AmericanaFest busts out on 15th birthday
Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson among big winners at AMA Awards By Lynne Margolis (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) Fifteen years after the gathering …
Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson among big winners at AMA Awards By Lynne Margolis (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) Fifteen years after the gathering …
The Best Americana albums of 2013 … as picked by our staff and writers (LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1) Richard Skanse, Editor 1. Terry …
By Lynne Margolis (LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1) From Mumford & Sons’ Album of the Year Grammy Award to the Coen Brothers’ folk-filled, T …
COLIN GILMORE The Wild and Hollow Woobletown Records Colin Gilmore may come from Flatlander stock, but the dominant Lubbock gene in his musical DNA doesn’t …
By Holly Gleason (LSM Sept/Oct 2013/Vol. 6 – Issue 5) In the beginning, no one thought South By Southwest was going to turn into a …
AMANDA SHIRES Down Fell the Doves Lightning Rod Records When West Texan Amanda Shires up ’n’ moved to Tennessee, it was obvious she’d never slide …
By Andrew Dansby (LSM July/Aug 2013/Vol. 6 – Issue 4) Six years ago Jason Isbell had a new band and a new career, and he …
By Richard Skanse (LSM July/Aug 2013/Vol. 6 – Issue 4) On Feb. 23, 10 days before her 31st birthday, Amanda Shires married fellow singer-songwriter Jason …
Notes From the Editor By Richard Skanse (LSM July/Aug 2013/Vol. 6 – Issue 4) Between putting together this magazine, running a record store, and just …
By Spencer Griffith (LSM Jan/Feb 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 1) The doctors laughed at first, until they saw that I was serious,” recounts American Aquarium …