By Richard Skanse “How did you find me?” asks a (somewhat) convincingly surprised-sounding Joe Ely by way of “hello.” “I’m in a small village in …
By Richard Skanse As any seasoned “Kerrvert” can tell you, there’s never really a question of will it rain at the Kerrville Folk Festival; it’s only …
By Richard Skanse It’s long after dark on April 1, 2015, and Ray Wylie Hubbard is striding up my gravel driveway through sheets of rain …
Rod Kennedy: The Passing of a Legend By Bob Livingston (LSM May/June 2014/vol. 7 – issue 3) Rod Kennedy was a crusty old bird. There are …
Notes from the Editor By Richard Skanse (LSM May/June 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 3) It was four years ago this month that I finished editing …
By Bob Livingston (LSM March/April 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 2) I had just finished playing a set at a benefit show in Dripping Springs. I …
By Eric Hisaw (LSM Sept/Oct 2013/Vol. 6 – Issue 5) Something was happening in Austin and it was time the rest of the country took …
By Rob Patterson (LSM Sept/Oct 2013/Vol. 6 – Issue 5) “I’ve always considered myself a serious amateur,” asserts Michael Martin Murphey. “I never wanted to …
JERRY JEFF WALKER Live From Austin, TX: Dixie’s Bar & Bus Stop May 6 Entertainment This 1984 performance, available for the first time as both …
By Bob Livingston (March/April 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 2) We were a band with no name. Not that we hadn’t tried: the Unborn Calves, Ro-de-o-dee Riff …
