LSM Cover Story: Reckless Kelly Every Step of the Way
From the Idaho mountains to the Live Music Capital of the World, from scrappy new-kids-in-town to seasoned elder statesmen of the Texas music scene, and …
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LSM Cover Story: Jason Isbell Ride with me: Twelve years down the road from his first drive-by shot at fame, Jason Isbell finds his true sense of direction.
By Andrew Dansby (LSM July/Aug 2013/Vol. 6 – Issue 4) Six years ago Jason Isbell had a new band and a new career, and he …
LSM Cover Story: Amanda Shires Drop and Lift: Amanda Shires, the Girl with the Dragon Phoenix Tattoo
By Richard Skanse (LSM July/Aug 2013/Vol. 6 – Issue 4) On Feb. 23, 10 days before her 31st birthday, Amanda Shires married fellow singer-songwriter Jason …
LSM Cover Story: Steve Earle Steve Earle's Low Highway: With hard times in the new millennium, it takes a fearless heart to sing the truth.
By Holly Gleason (LSM May/June 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 3) It’s a late afternoon in the Big Apple, the tail end of a particularly …
Songs & Stories of San Marcos: Kent Finlay The Storyteller: Cheatham Street’s Kent Finlay on George Strait, Todd Snider, Randy Rogers and the ongoing legacy of his beloved shrine to songwriters and Texas music.
By Richard Skanse (March/April 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 2) Although he took a decade-long hiatus from the club-running business in the ’90s, Cheatham Street Warehouse …
LSM Cover Story: Jerry Jeff Walker The Lion in winter
By John T. Davis (March/April 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 2) Jerry Jeff Walker is turning 70. Who’d of thunk it? Certainly no one who watched …
LSM Cover Story: Lyle Lovett Which way does that pony run?: As Lyle Lovett ends one phase of his career with "Release Me," the long, tall Texan looks back on 25 years of extraordinary opportunities — and ahead to his wide-open future.
By Lynne Margolis (LSM Jan/Feb 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 1) When discussing their creative process, most songwriters struggle a bit. They’ll tell you whether they …
LSM Cover Story: Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-head "Shut up and play the blues, buttmunch!" Austin's Mike Judge on music, his movies, and the triumphant ... uh, huh-huh-huh ... comeback of Beavis and Butt-head
By Richard Skanse (Nov/Dec 2011/Vol. 4 – Issue 6) In the 2006 Mike Judge film Idiocracy, ordinary average guy and cryogenics guinea pig Joe Bauers (Luke Wilson) …
LSM Cover Story: Robert Earl Keen Don’t Fence Me In: Trail-blazing, band-leading Robert Earl Keen never asked to be the king of the Texas music hill or even a household name. From "No Kinda Dancer" to "Ready for Confetti," he’s always dreamed of a bigger piece of sky.
By Richard Skanse (LSM Sept/Oct 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 5) Are you a hat, or a Robert Earl Keen? According to Rich Brotherton, that was …
LSM Cover: Sunny Sweeney Sun rise: How Sunny Sweeney went from working 9-to-5 to living her dream ... and still makin' a living.
By Richard Skanse (LSM July/Aug 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 4) Sometimes, she forgets … Not, of course, when she’s on — as in onstage, on …
