By Richard Skanse Willie Nelson hasn’t graced a stage at the Austin City Limits Music Festival since his early 70s, way back in the Fest’s …
By Mike Ethan Messick Recent converts to the independent Texas country-rock movement might not know this, but for a stretch in the late ‘90s going …
By Thomas D. Mooney Over the past decade, Dave Cobb has produced critically-acclaimed — and award-winning — albums by the likes of Jason Isbell (Southeastern, …
By Christian Wallace It’s been said that good things take time. Sam Anderson and David Matsler met back in 2003 out on the lonely Llano …
By Thomas D. Mooney Nobody who was there is ever gonna forget the night Chris Stapleton came to Lubbock. For the “Traveller” himself, it may …
By Lynne Margolis After duking it out for dominance on 2015 on Top 10 lists, Jason Isbell and Chris Stapleton each earned double wins at …
By Holly Gleason Aubrie Sellers is mad. “So this guy writes about my record, and says all this stuff … like Frank (Liddell, the producer …
When Lee Ann Womack released The Way I’m Livin’ in late September 2014, the award-winning country singer knew she and her producer/husband Frank Liddell had …
Let’s be honest here: As fun as it is to compile (and peruse) these sorts of year-end deals, the fact is, the very idea of …
From living legends like Willie Nelson, Robert Earl Keen, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Steve Earle, and Emmylou Harris to fan favorites William Clark Green, Josh Abbott, Kyle Park, …
