RIP: Guy Clark, Nov. 6, 1941 – May 17, 2016 Legendary Texas songwriter dead at 74
IBy Richard Skanse Guy Clark, the dean of Texas songwriters, passed away early Tuesday morning in Nashville. He was 74. The legendary troubadour, who won …
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August 15, 2021 Nanci Griffith Catches Some Sweet Blackbird’s Wings A personal tribute to the beloved Texas "folkabilly" poet, who passed away on Aug. 13, 2021
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August 29, 2020 Q&A: Courtney Marie Andrews The prolific and widely travelled (but still "emerging") singer-songwriter talks about her new album, "Old Flowers," and the beauty of coming to peaceful terms with the end of love.
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July 24, 2020 H. Kink: “men.”
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May 1, 2020 Q&A: Eliza Gilkyson Talking quarantine blues, apocalyptic tendencies, and her “2020” mission to set things right through the power of peaceful protest and stubbornly purposeful folk music.
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September 13, 2019 In Memoriam: Daniel Johnston, Jan. 22, 1961 – Sept. 10, 2019 Against the odds of mental illness and crippling stage fright, the "Cutting Edge" breakout found cult fame and "true love" in the hearts of devoted fans around the world
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Willie’s 4th of July Picnic back in Austin for second year in a row Tickets on sale Friday for Independence Day bash at Circuit of the Americas
By Richard Skanse For an annual tradition now into its fourth decade, Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Picnic has always had a funny way of …
Willie Nelson, Gary Clark Jr. to help ACL HOF induct Kristofferson, Raitt, and King Rodney Crowell, Mavis Staples, and Taj Mahal also tapped to perform at October ceremony
By Lynne Margolis Austin City Limits has enlisted Willie Nelson, Mavis Staples, Rodney Crowell, Gary Clark Jr. and Taj Mahal to perform at its third …
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Q&A: Courtney Marie Andrews The prolific and widely travelled (but still "emerging") singer-songwriter talks about her new album, "Old Flowers," and the beauty of coming to peaceful terms with the end of love.
By Richard Skanse By the time she hits 30 this fall, Courtney Marie Andrews will have officially spent half of her life as a performing …
Q&A: Eliza Gilkyson Talking quarantine blues, apocalyptic tendencies, and her “2020” mission to set things right through the power of peaceful protest and stubbornly purposeful folk music.
By Richard Skanse “Today is the day our record is released into this strange, alternate universe that we’re living in right now where I can’t …
Slip Inside this House: Roky’s Last Ride From Halloween in the Big Apple to "Easter Everywhere" in San Francisco, a fond look back at Roky Erickson's final tour by three starry-eyed young Texas rockers who landed the gig of their dreams.
By Richard Skanse Like many Roky Erickson fans, Ryan Lee first heard the news about the 71-year-old godfather of psych rock’s death last month on …
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LSM Cover Story: Quaker City Night Hawks New Frontier: How Fort Worth's Quaker City Night Hawks reclaimed rock ’n’ roll for the New South by taking their "Texas Heavy" boogie to the stars
By Christian Wallace When the brain is asked to communicate “Southern rock” to the mind’s eye, it’s a safe bet that those first neural signals …
LSM Cover Story: Ray Wylie Hubbard All Loose Things: Conversations with Ray Wylie Hubbard from a year ... well, lived.
By Richard Skanse It’s long after dark on April 1, 2015, and Ray Wylie Hubbard is striding up my gravel driveway through sheets of rain …
