Cody Canada gets his own street party Departed frontman crowned city “prince” at Lone Star Music celebration
By Richard Skanse (LSM Sept/Oct 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 5) “This is going to keep me out of jail, isn’t it?” That was Cody Canada’s …
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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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Reckless Kelly takes a spin Willy Braun talks "Good Luck & True Love"
By Lynne Margolis (LSM Sept/Oct 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 5) After three releases on indie label Sugar Hill and two on Yep Roc, Reckless Kelly …
Miranda Lambert and her man land CMT video awards
(LSM July/Aug 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 4) Miranda Lambert’s Grammy-winning “The House that Built Me” picked up another trophy at the CMT Music Awards, besting …
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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 …
