By Madisun K. Geis With a voice that commands the room and the songwriting chops to back it up, Kaitlin Butts is a spitfire songstress …
CHRIS STAPLETON From A Room: Volume 1 Mercury Nashville If you were updating the authoritative history of modern country music to reflect the last couple …
RUTHIE FOSTER Joy Comes Back Blue Corn Music As valid and tempting to break out as they may seem anytime she puts out a new …
By Richard Skanse It’s been a couple days now since Weekend 1 (Sept. 30-Oct. 2) of the 15th annual Austin CIty Limits Music Festival came …
By Lone Star Music Staff When the very first Austin City Limits Music Festival was held way back in 2002, the two-day-only lineup boasted a …
By Lynne Margolis In a night filled with Americana luminaries — and even the Lumineers — the one artist who made history during the 15th …
By Holly Gleason Joe Ely, hair white and posture ram-road straight, leaned into the mic and half-whispered, half-sang, “I ain’t looking for trouble, I can’t …
By Christian Wallace When the brain is asked to communicate “Southern rock” to the mind’s eye, it’s a safe bet that those first neural signals …
By Richard Skanse All these years later, the schoolyard taunt still haunts Robert Ellis, needling at his self confidence like a splinter burrowed deep inside …
Bonnie Bishop Ain’t Who I Was Thirty Tigers It can be difficult knowing which albums are truly “Americana” these days. Whereas your more basic established …
