Ramble On … Levon Helm: An appreciation
By Greg Ellis (May/June 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 3) As I write this, Levon Helm has been gone for two weeks, and by the time …
By Greg Ellis (May/June 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 3) As I write this, Levon Helm has been gone for two weeks, and by the time …
On Saturday, April 12, Mark McCoy, former bass player for Micky and the Motorcars, drowned in a rafting accident on the Salmon River near Stanley, …
By Lynne Margolis (May/June 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 3) A little layer of dust could hardly tamp down the enthusiasm shared by performers and audience …
By D.C. Bloom (May/June 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 3) After playing a bouncy acoustic version of “Forty Dogs” at Austin’s State Theatre on April 23, …
By Richard Skanse (May/June 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 3) Hayes Carll (pictured) and the other winners at this year’s Lone Star Music Awards, held April …
The beast that consumes Austin also gives back By Lynne Margolis (May/June 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 3) Having long ago morphed from an 800-pound gorilla …
By Lynne Margolis (May/June 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 3) The fact that Willie Nelson was performing in a Johnny Cash tribute at ACL Live at …
By Lynne Margolis (March/April 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 2) Austin musician Danny Malone has a particularly odd tattoo on his right forearm. It’s a set …
By Brian T. Atkinson (March/April 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 2) Townes Van Zandt wrote singular poetry (“Pancho and Lefty,” “If I Needed You”); Robert Earl Keen …
By Kathleen O’Keefe (March/April 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 2) Every year at the MusicFest in Steamboat, Colo., one of the most anticipated events of the …