In Memoriam: Barbara Wolfe of Casbeers
By Jim Beal Jr. (LSM March/April 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 2) In early December of last year, about the time Christmas decorations started outshining barroom …
Posts tagged Americana
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February 11, 2016 Rodney Crowell, Hayes Carll, Dawes, Jayhawks bound for Old Settler’s Other highlights for 29th annual Old Settler's Music Festival (April 14-17) to include a bluegrass tribute to the Who's "Tommy"
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February 5, 2016 Lucinda Williams: “The Ghosts of Highway 20”
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February 3, 2016 Jayhawks announce new album, tour dates Forthcoming “Paging Mr. Proust” finds Americana stalwarts collaborating with Peter Buk and Mike Mills of R.E.M.
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January 26, 2016 Contrary to ordinary: Blue Water Highway Band There’s a lot more to this fast-rising Texas roots outfit than first meets the eye
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January 25, 2016 Traveling Red River Songwriters bring festival preview to Lubbock Firehouse Theatre, Lubbock, Texas, Jan. 21, 2016
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Jere Lowe: “Cars Trains and the Wind”
JERE LOWE Cars Trains and the Wind www.JereLowe.com When Texans get to bragging about the Texas-sized musical talent pool of the Lone Star State, the …
Brian Keane: “Coming Home”
BRIAN KEANE Coming Home www.briankeane.net Texas regional radio has been kind to Brian Keane in the past three years. The Josh Abbott Band took Keane’s …
Los Lonely Boys: “Revelation”
LOS LONELY BOYS Revelation Lonelytone/Playing in Traffic Records At first glance, Revelation seems like a pretty bold title for a Los Lonely Boys album — …
Laura Cantrell: “No Way There From Here”
LAURA CANTRELL No Way There From Here Thrift Shop Recordings Over her five albums, New York-via-Nashville alt-country songbird Laura Cantrell has evolved steadily from savvy …
Scott H. Biram: “Nothin’ But Blood”
SCOTT H. BIRAM Nothin’ But Blood Bloodshot Records Scott H. Biram has always specialized in capturing the black, tortured depths of the human soul. And …
Rosanne Cash: “The River & the Thread”
ROSANNE CASH The River & the Thread Blue Note The guitar is all tremble and steam, just a few notes rocking back and forth over a …
Lucinda Williams: “Lucinda Williams”
LUCINDA WILLIAMS Lucinda Williams Thirty Tigers/Lucinda Williams Music Scour the extensive liners accompanying this deluxe, 25th-anniversary reissue of Lucinda Williams’ self-titled 1988 third album, including …
Hard Working Americans: “Hard Working Americans”
HARD WORKING AMERICANS Hard Working Americans Thirty Tigers/Melvin When Todd Snider’s friend and co-manager, Great American Taxi keyboardist Chad Staehly, suggested Snider try hanging out …
Midnight River Choir: “Fresh Air”
MIDNIGHT RIVER CHOIR Fresh Air Rambling Gypsy Records On their third album, Midnight River Choir demonstrates just how much that “Choir” in the band’s name …
