By Richard Skanse “Today is the day our record is released into this strange, alternate universe that we’re living in right now where I can’t …
By Lynne Margolis When Jimmy LaFave passed away on the night of May 21, 2017, his life was chronicled in respectful obituaries; they reviewed his …
Austin’s House of Songs, the cultural exchange program which pairs some of the city’s best songwriters with visiting troubadours from around the world for unique and mutually …
By Richard Skanse “I guess I should just say I really didn’t mean for it to be any kind of tribute,” says Verlon Thompson of …
By Tiffany Walker “All you can leave is what someone will carry, after your ashes are spread …” That line, from the first song played …
BETTYSOO When We’re Gone www.bettysoo.com In her nine years as a recording artist, Austin’s BettySoo has made albums more stylistically varied (2007’s delightful Little Tiny …
By Richard Skanse (LSM May/June 2014/vol. 7 – issue 3) On the top shelf of a bookcase in Cary Cooper’s living room in Dallas sits an …
Poor David’s Pub 1313 South Lamar, Dallas, Texas 75215 214-565-1295 / www.poordavidspub.com By Tiffany Walker (LSM Jan/Feb 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 1) Dallas. It’s the city …
By Lynne Margolis (March/April 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 2) After five years in “the home of the blues, the birthplace of rock ’n’ roll,” the …
Notes from the Editor By Richard Skanse (LSM Jan/Feb 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 1) As an incurable record-collecting junkie, I’ve long been a sucker for …
