Posts tagged country

GRANGER SMITH Dirt Road Driveway Thirty Tigers If there were a Most Likeable Artist category in the annual Lone Star Music Awards, Granger Smith would …

THE BEAUMONTS Where Do You Want It? Saustex Records Let’s get this right out of the way: The Beaumonts are not a for-everybody-kinda band. The easily …

KACEY MUSGRAVES Same Trailer, Different Park Mercury Kacey Musgraves is the perfect mainstream country music conundrum. Same Trailer, Different Park will be widely recognized as …

DALE WATSON & HIS LONESTARS El Rancho Azul Red House Records On Dale Waton’s latest album, the pompadoured honky-tonker wastes little time in displaying the honesty …

SONS OF FATHERS Burning Days Blanco River Music Sons of Fathers, led by David Beck and Paul Cauthen, have been widely accepted by fans of …

THE HILL COUNTRY GENTLEMEN The Hill Country Gentlemen Self Released The Hill Country Gentlemen have been knocking around the San Marcos scene for going on …

By Diana Hendricks (March/April 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 2) To understand Texas music is to understand a sense of place. Yes, it can be made …

ROSEHILL Crooked Thoughts Tenacity Records Rosehill, the Houston-based duo comprised of Mitch McBain and Blake Myers, are developing a promising trend that establishes them as …

THE DIRTY RIVER BOYS The Science of Flight DRB Music El Paso’s Dirty River Boys may hail from from a town that’s as far removed …

CHRIS KNIGHT Little Victories Drifter’s Church Chris Knight has little need for musical experimentation. His grizzled blend of rural poetry and folk-inflected roadhouse rock is …