By Kelly Dearmore (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) The seemingly always Nudie-suited Jim Lauderdale is more than just the sharpest-dressed man in Nashville: …
GARY CLARK JR. Live Warner Bros Blues fans can be a demanding bunch. Each time promising players emerge, they’re expected to document their authenticity. Show …
For a band whose name derives from the voice procedure term for “will comply,” Wilco has been at its best when dealing with conflict: Jeff …
By Kelly Dearmore (LSM March/April 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 2) Eighteen years and 14 albums down the line from their formation, the Drive-By Truckers have …
AARON ALLAN Satisfaction Red Nickel Records Aaron Allan was just another songwriter I wasn’t familiar with the first time I heard him at Cheatham Street …
By Richard Skanse (March/April 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 2) By the time Jerry Jeff Walker came sliding sideways into Luckenbach, the 31-year-old freewheeling drifter already …
OLD 97’s The Grand Theatre, Vol. 2 New West Well, I’m still of the opinion that the whole thing should have been released together as …
OLD 97’S The Grand Theatre, Volume 1 New West Judging books by their covers is generally frowned upon, but what’s the rule for putting too …
JAMEY JOHNSON The Guitar Song Mercury Leave it to Jamey Johnson — a hickory-voiced ex-Marine who sings country music like a guy cryogenically frozen in …
By Cindy Royal (LSM Aug/Sept 2010/vol. 3 – Issue 5) After playing together for 17 years, you might think the Old 97’s would slow down …
