The Hill Country Gentlemen: “The Hill Country Gentlemen”
THE HILL COUNTRY GENTLEMEN The Hill Country Gentlemen Self Released The Hill Country Gentlemen have been knocking around the San Marcos scene for going on …
Album Reviews
Gurf Morlix: “Finds the Present Tense”
GURF MORLIX Finds the Present Tense Rootball Records “These are my blues,” declares Gurf Morlix at his most morose near the end of Finds the …
Willie Nelson: “Let’s Face the Music and Dance”
WILLIE NELSON Let’s Face the Music and Dance Sony Legacy Willie Nelson tosses off perfunctory, half-baked albums with such frequency that it’s easy to forget …
Junior Brown: “Volume Ten”
JUNIOR BROWN Volume Ten JRB Junior Brown has been working his Ernest-Tubb-on-acid schtick for more than 20 years now, and somehow it still works. And …
Aaron Watson: “Real Good Time”
AARON WATSON Real Good Time 12th Street Records Aaron Watson’s built an A-list Texas country career out of knowing just how to rock the honky-tonk …
Dwight Yoakam: “3 Pears”
DWIGHT YOAKAM 3 Pears Warner Bros Album reviews are too often framed by the “so-and-so’s best album since …” boilerplate. Such is a difficult construct to …
Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale: “Buddy and Jim”
BUDDY MILLER & JIM LAUDERDALE Buddy and Jim New West Records With a recording schedule of three entire days, Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale could …
Sean McConnell: “Midland”
SEAN MCCONNELL Midland www.seanmcconnell.com I first heard about Sean McConnell in a Radio Free Texas chat with Wade Bowen. Bowen marveled at what an amazing …
Terry Allen: “Bottom of the World”
TERRY ALLEN Bottom of the World www.terryallenartmusic.com Although he’s hardly been sitting idle in the interim, having produced two major multi-media art and theater works …
Gary Clark Jr.: “Blak and Blu”
GARY CLARK JR. Blak and Blu Warner Bros. When proud Austinites tell you that no bluesman has faced the fame and anticipation that hometown hero …
