By Thomas D. Mooney Rodney Parker needed a restart. After Parker and 50 Peso Reward released 2013’s The Apology: Part 2, the singer-songwriter moved from …
By Richard Skanse Out of all the stunning visuals on display throughout most of the Dixie Chicks’ two-hour concert Sunday night at the Austin360 Amphitheater, …
By Don McLeese Was Ralph Stanley ever young? We have no recorded evidence that he ever sounded young, that his vocal style was once boyish. …
DIXIE CHICKS Wide Open Spaces (1998, Monument; 2016 vinyl reissue on Sony Legacy) Fly (1999, Monument; 2016 vinyl reissue on Sony Legacy) Home (2002, Open …
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 …
By j. poet (LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1) “Between us, we make up one good songwriter,” says Wild Child singer and ukulele player Kelsey …
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 O’S Thunderdog Punch Five Records The O’s — the Dallas duo comprising Taylor Young on acoustic guitar and kick drum and John Pedigo on …
DUSTIN WELCH Tijuana Bible Super Rooster Records The passion and intensity of a confident young artist bringing his vision to the world is an inspiring …
SLIM BAWB Pardon Me Swampgrass Records Although Slim Bawb — aka Bob Pearce, former frontman of Sacramento, Calif.’s long-running band the Beer Dawgs — has …
