By j. poet Dale Watson loves real roots music, especially old time, hard-core honky-tonk rockers and ballads that tug your heartstrings hard enough to make …
By Lynne Margolis Country star Miranda Lambert has canceled the three Texas dates of her Keeper of the Flame tour due to vocal problems, promoter …
By Kelly Dearmore (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) The seemingly always Nudie-suited Jim Lauderdale is more than just the sharpest-dressed man in Nashville: …
By Holly Gleason (LSM July/Aug 2014/vol 7 – issue 4) “That’s not anywhere in the So You Want to Be a Country Singer Handbook,” Miranda …
MIRANDA LAMBERT Platinum RCA Nashville In the middle of Miranda Lambert’s new album, after the big radio hit and the star wattage duet, sits the …
By Richard Skanse (LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1) How did a 61-year-old, pure country traditionalist like George Strait manage to beat out the whippersnapper-likes …
ASHLEY MONROE Like a Rose Warner Music Nashville Ashley Monroe is an old soul wise beyond her years. Clear evidence: The Nashville resident’s Like a …
By Lynne Margolis (LSM Jan/Feb 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 1) Austin native Suzanna Choffel may not have finished out the last season of NBC-TV’s The …
By Rita Ballou (Nov/Dec 2011/Vol. 4 – Issue 6) It’s that time of year again for revisiting, rehashing, looking ahead, and — if you’re like …
By Holly Gleason (LSM Sept/Oct 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 5) Miranda Lambert has never been particularly interested in how other people did it. Sure, she first came …
