By Mike Ethan Messick The version of Ryan Bingham put forward in his music — a rough-hewn, rowdy, smoky-voiced vagabond still shy of middle age …
ROBERT ELLIS Robert Ellis New West From the first sparkling moments of “Perfect Strangers,” it’s apparent that Robert Ellis has found a more pop-forward take …
By Richard Skanse (LSM Jan/Feb 2015/vol 8 – issue 1) Ryan Bingham has a pretty good track record when it comes to making strong first …
By Lynne Margolis (LSM May/June 2014/vol. 7 – issue 3) Radney Foster’s new album, Everything I Should Have Said, opens with a sinister tune about a …
Punching in with Americana’s new supergroup By Lynne Margolis (LSM March/April 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 2) Todd Snider may present himself as a barefoot-stoner folkie just …
By D.C. Bloom (LSM May/June 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 3) The Whiskey Sisters’ koozie pretty much nails it: “Powerhouse harmony driven rocking country six piece …
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 …
By Courtney Sudbrink (Oct/Nov 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 5) Like just about any other day in Santa Monica, Calif., the sun is shining and the Spanish palms …
I SEE HAWKS IN L.A. New Kind of Lonely Western Seeds I See Hawks in L.A. have been knocking out fans on the West Coast …
By Richard Skanse (Nov/Dec 2011/Vol. 4 – Issue 6) In the 2006 Mike Judge film Idiocracy, ordinary average guy and cryogenics guinea pig Joe Bauers (Luke Wilson) …
