By Richard Skanse “Let’s make a rock record …” When Bonnie Whitmore launched her PledgeMusic campaign for her third album back in April, her mission …
By Lynne Margolis One of the Austin music community’s greatest traits is its collective willingness to support a member in need. But when word began …
The hardcore troubadour talks Terraplane blues By Holly Gleason Steve Earle, like everyone it seems at “The Life and Songs of Emmylou Harris: An All-Star …
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 …
By Holly Gleason (LSM July/Aug 2014/vol 7 – issue 4) “There was this article… What was the title?” muses Eleanor Whitmore, the crimson mermaid-tressed and …
THE MASTERSONS Good Luck Charm New West Records The biggest compliment you could give the Mastersons in a review would be to not even mention …
CHARLIE FAYE You Were Fine, You Weren’t Even Lonely Wine & Nut Records The wistfulness permeating — actually, dominating — the jazz-inflected soul-pop of Charlie Faye’s …
By Lynne Margolis (LSM July/Aug 2013/Vol. 6 – Issue 4) No matter how forthcoming an artist is, sometimes what they don’t tell you is just …
By Holly Gleason (LSM May/June 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 3) It’s a late afternoon in the Big Apple, the tail end of a particularly …
By Richard Skanse (LSM May/June 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 3) Don’t call Steve Earle’s 1995 album Train a Comin’ a “comeback.” Oh, it certainly met …
