By Richard Skanse Move over, Donald — you are now only the second most surprising winner of 2016. Actually, as shocking as the November presidential election …
DWIGHT YOAKAM Swimmin’ Pools, Movie Stars … Sugar Hill Records Among the kinds of artist Dwight Yoakam has never been: cowpunk, country-rock, hat act, neo-traditionalist, …
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 …
By Don McLeese Was Ralph Stanley ever young? We have no recorded evidence that he ever sounded young, that his vocal style was once boyish. …
By Holly Gleason Thirty years ago, at a time when Nashville was running on the fumes of Merle, Waylon, Willie, and Emmy, the general state …
By Michael Corcoran We praise our pioneers who’ve found subtle new ways to play their instruments, but rare is the one who invents a new …
From living legends like Willie Nelson, Robert Earl Keen, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Steve Earle, and Emmylou Harris to fan favorites William Clark Green, Josh Abbott, Kyle Park, …
By Lynne Margolis (LSM July/Aug 2013/Vol. 6 – Issue 4) To say that it’s been a good year for Americana music is almost an understatement. …
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 …
DWIGHT YOAKAM 3 Pears Warner Bros Album reviews are too often framed by the “so-and-so’s best album since …” boilerplate. Such is a difficult construct to …
