Posts tagged Americana

MATT KING Apples and Orphans Big Bicycle Music For some time now, Matt King has been pegged as an artist with a must-see live show …

CHRIS KING 1983 Classic Horse Chris King may not be a household name yet, but he’s hardly a stranger to those-in-the-know on the Texas music …

THE HILL COUNTRY GENTLEMEN The Hill Country Gentlemen Self Released The Hill Country Gentlemen have been knocking around the San Marcos scene for going on …

GURF MORLIX Finds the Present Tense Rootball Records “These are my blues,” declares Gurf Morlix at his most morose near the end of Finds the …

By Kelly Dearmore (March/April 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 2) With hindsight, maybe it does sound a little over the top. Or maybe you just had …

By Andrew Dansby (March/April 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 2) Todd Snider ends and begins again in 2003. The year between his first live album, Near …

By Cody Oxley (March/April 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 2) You’re not really from San Marcos,” maintains Scott H. Biram, “unless you know how to ‘bust …

By Richard Skanse (LSM Jan/Feb 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 1) In the summer of 1965, a 22-year-old art student from Lubbock, Texas, named Terry Allen walked …

DWIGHT YOAKAM 3 Pears Warner Bros Album reviews are too often framed by the “so-and-so’s best album since …” boilerplate. Such is a difficult construct to …

BUDDY MILLER & JIM LAUDERDALE Buddy and Jim New West Records With a recording schedule of three entire days, Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale could …