Sturgill Simpson: “Metamodern Sounds in Country Music”
STURGILL SIMPSON Metamodern Sounds in Country Music High Top Mountain Records “A picture is worth a thousand words,” sings Sturgill Simpson, “but a word ain’t worth …
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April 7, 2016 Monte Warden’s modern sounds in traditional pop music The Wagoneers frontman takes a swing at crooning a brand new tune (bunches of ’em) with new residency at Austin’s Continental Club Gallery
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April 6, 2016 Country music legend Merle Haggard dead at 79 From his 1962 debut single, "Skid Row," to his 2015 duo album with Willie Nelson, the Hag helped define the sound of classic country
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April 1, 2016 Q&A: Dave Cobb The Grammy-winning producer on the making of "Southern Family," working with Americana A-listers Isbell, Stapleton, and Simpson, and the art of capturing magic in the moment.
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March 28, 2016 Q&A: Jon Langford The journeyman alt-country maverick on the Waco Brothers’ acclaimed new album, his new outfit Bad Luck Jonathan and the thrill of having his paintings hung in the Country Music Hall of Fame.
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March 21, 2016 Loretta Lynn: “Full Circle”
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Rowed Over: The Cowboy Rides Away
George Strait: The end of the trail (or so they say) By Holly Gleason (LSM May/June 2014/vol. 7 – issue 3) “Sometimes I feel like Jesse …
Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis: “Our Year”
BRUCE ROBISON & KELLY WILLIS Our Year Thirty Tigers After taking forever and a day before finally getting around to making a full album together, …
In Memoriam: Ray Price
From roadhouses and dancefloor shuffles to concert halls and sophisticated, string-laden standards, the great connector was country music — and Texas music — incarnate. By …
LSM Cover Story: Robert Ellis Wayward Son: How Houston kid Robert Ellis jumped the honky-tonk track and found his own way to the light.
By Andrew Dansby (LSM March/April 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 2) Sitting outside Houston’s SugarHill Recording Studios, Robert Ellis looks weary … His eyes are dark and his …
Rosanne Cash: “The River & the Thread”
ROSANNE CASH The River & the Thread Blue Note The guitar is all tremble and steam, just a few notes rocking back and forth over a …
Cody Johnson: “Cowboy Like Me”
CODY JOHNSON Cowboy Like Me CoJo Music In that seemingly forgotten golden age of 1990s mainstream country music, one would be hard pressed to go …
Wax Poetic: Marty Robbins’ “Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs”
By Gurf Morlix (LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1) I got an email from Richard Skanse. He asked if I’d be interested in writing an …
Willie Nelson: “To All the Girls …”
WILLIE NELSON To All the Girls … Legacy Willie Nelson loves his duets and loves the ladies. But as with many of his collaborations, the …
George Strait: “Love Is Everything”
GEORGE STRAIT Love Is Everything MCA Nashville In his 32nd year of recording hit after smash-hit, does the 62-year-old George Strait really need to be …
