John Prine: “The Tree of Forgiveness”
JOHN PRINE The Tree of Forgiveness Oh Boy Records One of the then-young songwriters that got tagged with the “next Bob Dylan!” hype in the …
JOHN PRINE The Tree of Forgiveness Oh Boy Records One of the then-young songwriters that got tagged with the “next Bob Dylan!” hype in the …
By Richard Skanse Move over, Donald — you are now only the second most surprising winner of 2016. Actually, as shocking as the November presidential election …
By Richard Skanse When Sturgill Simpson, duly appointed member of the official Holy Trinity of Saving Country Music Messiahs (alongside Chris Stapleton and Jason Isbell), …
By Thomas D. Mooney “I hate being cliche like this,” says Cleto Cordero, the chief songwriter and frontman for Lubbock’s country roots band Flatland Cavalry, “but summer is my favorite …
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 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 …
THE DIRTY RIVER BOYS The Science of Flight DRB Music El Paso’s Dirty River Boys may hail from from a town that’s as far removed …
Lucinda Williams, Robert Plant, Buddy Miller and more honored By Lynne Margolis (Nov/Dec 2011/Vol. 4 – Issue 6) At previous Americana Honors and Awards shows, …
Musicians turn out to support their own and others By Lynne Margolis (Nov/Dec 2011/Vol. 4 – Issue 6) Singer-songwriter Jessica Shepherd says the only time …
By Lynne Margolis (LSM Sept/Oct 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 5) If the Duo/Group of the Year nominees were the only acts performing at the 10th …