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CHELLE ROSE Ghost of Browder Holler Lil’ Damsel Records Now this woman can sing. And growl. And purr. And rock. Basically, Chelle Rose does everything …

MASTERSONS Birds Fly South New West The Mastersons — the band — are Eleanor Whitmore and Chris Masterson, a Brooklyn-based, Texas born-and-raised married couple of …

HOBART BROTHERS & LIL’ SIS HOBART At Least We Have Each Other Freedom An unlikely supergroup teaming three uncommonly gifted singer-songwriters, the pseudonymous Hobarts are …

This Land Is Your Land: Woody Guthrie and the Journey of an American Folk Song By Robert Santelli Running Press By Lynne Margolis (May/June 2012/vol. …

K. PHILLIPS American Girls Rancho Azul Singer-songwriter K Phillips is based in Austin and plays the kind of music that makes the Austin scene so …

BRACKEN HALE Bracken Hale www.brackenhale.com Austin, Texas, has never exactly been short on country acts of the retro persuasion — but it could stand a few …

ELEVEN HUNDRED SPRINGS Midway www.elevenhundredsprings.com With the release of Midway, their ninth record in 14 years, Eleven Hundred Springs has once again made an album …

GENE WATSON Best of the Rest: 25 Greatest Hits Fourteen Carat Music Texas country music legend Gene Watson always wanted to be a musician, but …

JIM WHITE Where It Hits You Yep Roc Released on David Byrne’s adventurous Luaka Bop label, Jim White’s extraordinary 1997 debut, The Mysterious Tale of …

I SEE HAWKS IN L.A. New Kind of Lonely Western Seeds I See Hawks in L.A. have been knocking out fans on the West Coast …