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 Michael Corcoran The ranking of Texas songs is not a new idea. I think the first person who took on the task held back …
RANDY ROGERS & WADE BOWEN Watch This Lil’ Buddy Toons From Willie and Waylon to Jack, Charlie and Pat, every generation of Texas country music has …
JACK INGRAM Electric Lucky Dog Jack Ingram may have been the first solo Texas singer-songwriter to pop up in the direct wake of Robert Earl …
SLOBBERBONE Everything You Thought Was Right Was Wrong Today New West With all due respect to Gram Parsons (and all humble recognition of what grandiose …
By Kelly Dearmore “Ain’t it great to be alive? Ain’t it nice to be fighting’ on the winning side?” There’s always a ring of triumph to Shovels …
By Kelly Dearmore Over the course of the past seven years, Dallas’s the O’s have crafted a sonic signature all their own, pairing Taylor Young’s low drawl …
RHETT MILLER The Traveler ATO Records The Traveler isn’t your average solo effort, where the frontman of a well-known act assembles some studio musicians to …
OLD 97’s Hitchhike to Rhome (20th Anniversary Edition) Omnivore Recordings Although it was never as big in the mainstream as “Outlaw” country in the ’70s …
By Kelly Dearmore (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) The Tradewinds Social Club is not the kind of joint where lasting musical memories are …
