By Richard Skanse Although Americana, alt-country, and Texas-reared singer-songwriter acts are all now by and large relegated to afterthought (if any thought at all) status at …
MAYEUX & BROUSSARD High Times & Good Rhymes www.Mbtxmusic.com Brian Broussard is Texas born and although Tate Mayeux was born in Louisiana, he was raised …
STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES Terraplane New West After three decades of album making, Steve Earle’s hardcore-troubadour credentials are just about bulletproof. His track record …
ROBERT EARL KEEN Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions Dualtone Forty-odd years and thousands of miles down that road going on forever, Robert Earl Keen’s career …
By Richard Skanse (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) Lee Ann Womack won’t name names, let alone pinpoint the scene of the crime. But …
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 Richard Skanse (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) Get ready to break out the confetti again: On Feb. 10, Americana icon and Lone …
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 …
By Lynne Margolis (LSM July/Aug 2014/vol 7 – issue 4) As the popularity of Americana music continues to grow, the tiny town of Franklin, Tenn., …
By Lynne Margolis (LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1) Though Bill Monroe, “the father of bluegrass,” hailed from Kentucky, genre giants Earl Scruggs and Doc …
