Consensus, schmensus! When we asked our core staff and contributors to put together their individual Top 10 lists of their favorite Americana releases of 2016, we kinda …
By Richard Skanse Move over, Donald — you are now only the second most surprising winner of 2016. Actually, as shocking as the November presidential election …
By Richard Skanse One of the coolest things about having a brick-and-mortar record store (Superfly’s Lone Star Music Emporium in San Marcos, Texas) as part …
CHRIS KING Animal Classic Records If you follow Austin songwriter Chris King on Twitter, you might have noticed that he can be a bit of …
By Cody Oxley Try not to judge singer-songwriter Parker McCollum by his cover. The 23-year-old “Limestone Kid” from Conroe is well aware of the fact …
Chris King and band performing his song “Borderland,” from his new album Animal, at Superfly’s Lone Star Music Emporium in San Marcos, Texas on March 1, 2016.
By Richard Skanse Austin, Texas — self-styled “Live Music Capital of the World” — is usually atypically quiet in March, turning into a veritable ghost …
By Mike Ethan Messick Austin singer-songwriter Chris King has kicked up a not-insignificant amount of dust over the past couple of years, ascending from erstwhile …
Musta notta gotta lotta sleep that night! Hall of Famer Joe Ely teams with Reckless Kelly to rock sixth annual Lone Star Music Awards in …
CHRIS KING Native Classic Horse Label The January 2013 release of 1983, his first full-length, was just enough of a breakthrough to get Austin songwriter …
