Black Joe Lewis: “Electric Slave”
BLACK JOE LEWIS Electric Slave Punch Five Records With Electric Slave, Austin’s Black Joe Lewis and his gang turn in another smoking 11-track salvo that …
Posts tagged Americana
LSM Cover Story: Reckless Kelly Every Step of the Way
From the Idaho mountains to the Live Music Capital of the World, from scrappy new-kids-in-town to seasoned elder statesmen of the Texas music scene, and …
The continuing education of Sarah Jarosz Grammy-nominated former child prodigy graduates with honors just in time to release her third album, Build Me Up From Bones
By D.C. Bloom (LSM Sept/Oct 2013/Vol. 6 – Issue 5) We’ll get to the music stuff in a second. But let’s start with a little …
Q&A: Michael Martin Murphey The original "Cosmic Cowboy" of the early ’70s continues to ride high in the saddle.
By Rob Patterson (LSM Sept/Oct 2013/Vol. 6 – Issue 5) “I’ve always considered myself a serious amateur,” asserts Michael Martin Murphey. “I never wanted to …
The Avett Brothers: “Magpie and the Dandelion”
THE AVETT BROTHERS Magpie and the Dandelion American/Republic The first single from the Avett Brothers’ new album is called “Another is Waiting.” If they trafficked …
Thick as thieves Thieving Birds spread their wings with Gold Coast
By Kelly Dearmore (LSM Sept/Oct 2013/Vol. 6 – Issue 5) The Cliff’s Notes version of Thieving Birds’ origin is that the members of the Fort …
Rowed Over: The Americana Music Festival’s ode du SXSW
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 …
Brandy Zdan: “Lone Hunter”
BRANDY ZDAN Lone Hunter Cavalier Recordings Entertainment Clocking in at a modest 21-minutes, Brandy Zdan’s debut six-song EP, Lone Hunter, is a textbook example of …
Statesboro Revue: “Ramble on Privilege Creek”
THE STATESBORO REVUE Ramble on Privilege Creek Shalley Records/Vision Entertainment If Stewart and Garrett Mann had created the Statesboro Revue in the ’70s, they almost …
Mike Stinson: “Hell and Half of Georgia”
MIKE STINSON Hell and Half of Georgia Popular Cove Recording Company In the pantheon of so-called “neo” honky-tonkers, Mike Stinson already loomed rather large when …
