Robert Ellis: “The Lights From the Chemical Plant”
ROBERT ELLIS The Lights From the Chemical Plant New West Records As much as one hates to inadvertently set any gifted young hopeful up for …
Posts tagged Americana
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January 19, 2016 Hayes Carll announces forthcoming “Lovers and Leavers” Grammy-nominated songwriter to release Joe Henry-produced fifth album April 8
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January 14, 2016 Q&A: Catching up with Lee Ann Womack Talking Grammys, "Chances Are," and the rewards of "The Way I'm Livin'"
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December 12, 2015 Q&A: Rod Picott The hard-touring troubadour looks back on a year of good “Fortune,” shares some of his favorite road music and looks ahead to exploring new writing avenues in 2016.
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December 10, 2015 LSM Cover Story: Ray Wylie Hubbard All Loose Things: Conversations with Ray Wylie Hubbard from a year ... well, lived.
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December 6, 2015 Shining a different way Patty Griffin embraces the beauty of risk on "Servant of Love"
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Lincoln Durham: “The Exodus of the Deemed Unrighteous”
LINCOLN DURHAM The Exodus of the Deemed Unrighteous Droog Records One of the most skilled and creative guitarists knocking around the Texas roots-music scene today, …
Will Hoge: “Never Give In”
WILL HOGE Never Give In Cumberland Records Sometimes you want to tap the brakes on being too critical of modern Top 40 country music: those …
Rodney Parker & 50 Peso Reward: “The Apology, Part 2”
RODNEY PARKER & 50 PESO REWARD The Apology, Part 2 Smith Entertainment Hanging out on the fringe of a fringe, more the logical heirs to …
Sam Riggs: “Outrun the Sun”
SAM RIGGS AND THE NIGHT PEOPLE Outrun the Sun Thirty Tigers A popular half-in-jest mantra among fledgling bands is “fake it ’til you make it” …
LSM Playlist: Best of Americana 2013
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 …
Southern charmer Valerie June weaves old-school Appalachian folk, Delta blues, and deep-South gospel into a new sensation.
By Lynne Margolis (LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1) Before Valerie June hit a single note that October Saturday in Zilker Park, those clustered around …
Q&A: Kevin Russell In the wake of the Gourds’ “indefinite hiatus,” co-founder Kevin “Shinyribs” Russell talks candidly about the band’s split, early days, and future — along with his immediate plans to chase his musical muse wherever it leads him.
By Rob Patterson (LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1) Kevin Russell is the bearded Buddha of contemporary Texas semi-acoustic roots music. As co-frontman of the …
Wax Poetic: Marty Robbins’ “Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs”
By Gurf Morlix (LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1) I got an email from Richard Skanse. He asked if I’d be interested in writing an …
Drawing on inspiration Meet Ali Holder, an Austin singer-songwriter on the rise with her stellar and eclectic full-length debut, In Preparation for Saturn’s Return.
By D.C. Bloom (LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1) Ali Holder breezes through Strange Brew, one of the coolest of the many cool kids and …
