By Richard Skanse Over the course of his two-and-a-half-hour, 25-song set last Thursday night in Austin, Rodney Crowell dipped just four times into his pre-1990 …
SLAID CLEAVES Ghost on the Car Radio Candy House Media Slaid Cleaves likes singing about — or at least feels compelled to sing about — folks with …
MICHAEL O’NEAL Stars Sawmill Records A Northeast Texas troubadour who has been semi-quietly building up his catalog over the past decade and change, Michael O’Neal has …
ROBYN LUDWICK This Tall to Ride Late Show Records / www.robynludwick.com Robyn Ludwick’s family might be a bit of a microcosm for the gender politics …
MIKE ETHAN MESSICK How Close We Came www.mikeethanmessick.com First, a disclaimer is in order. If you’re a regular reader of Lone Star Music Magazine, and pay …
RICH O’TOOLE American Kid PTO Records This may be odd timing for a review of an album that’s been up for sale for a couple …
CHRIS STAPLETON From A Room: Volume 1 Mercury Nashville If you were updating the authoritative history of modern country music to reflect the last couple …
JOHN MORELAND Big Bad Luv 4AD By his own admission, when John Moreland wrote his breakthrough second solo album, 2013’s In the Throes, his sole …
JASON EADY Jason Eady Thirty Tigers Why exactly Jason Eady opted for the old “self-titled” conceit here is a bit of a head-scratcher. This is the …
Bruce Robison Bruce Robison & the Back Porch Band www.brucerobison.com “Wanna punch that one from the bong hit on?” That little nugget of studio chatter — …
