By Thomas D. Mooney Texas singer-songwriter Troy Cartwright’s new release, the stellar five-track Don’t Fade (out Oct. 7), may only clock in at five tracks long, but …
By Kelly Dearmore (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) Mike Ryan is not, strictly speaking, a “newcomer” on the Texas country scene. The San …
By James McMurtry (LSM May/June 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 3) [EDITOR’S NOTE: On the first night of this year’s SXSW, I cornered Tamara Saviano, producer …
By Holly Gleason (Aug/Sept 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 4) “Our first song … was Norah Jones. Then our second one was Emmylou,” says Mary Karr of the first …
By Lynne Margolis (March/April 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 2) Austin musician Danny Malone has a particularly odd tattoo on his right forearm. It’s a set …
Friendly Advice on Just About Anything from the Hill Country’s Happiest Songwriter By Al Barlow (March/April 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 2) Dear Al, Have you …
By Clair Devers (LSM June/July 2010/vol. 3 – issue 4) “Of course George Strait wrote ‘Desperately!’” This is what happens when you talk music outside …
By Richard Skanse September 2006 There’s a scene in director James Szalapski’s 1981 singer-songwriter/“new country” documentary Heartworn Highways in which Guy Clark is filmed in …
