By Richard Skanse “Hey, what ’cha know?” It’s 10:30 a.m., and Joe Ely, his signature West Texas greeting as cheerful as ever, is all coffee’d …
By Michael Corcoran On Easter Sunday 1972, Texas artist Boyd Elder was the toast of the Los Angeles music and arts community. His one-man “American …
I Fought the Law: The Life and Strange Death of Bobby Fuller By Miriam Linna and Randell Fuller Kicks Books El Paso native Bobby Fuller’s …
DIRTY RIVER BOYS Dirty River Boys DRB Music From the very first notes, it’s clear that the self-titled release from El Paso’s Dirty River Boys …
VARIOUS ARTISTS El Paso Rock, Volume 4: Thunder El Paso Rock, Volume 5: The Troubled Streets El Paso Rock, Volume 6: Black Out El Paso …
By Gurf Morlix (LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1) I got an email from Richard Skanse. He asked if I’d be interested in writing an …
By Courtney Sudbrink (March/April 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 2) When a film or TV star decides to throw their hat into the music ring, the …
By Richard Skanse (May/June 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 3) “I buried my heart, I was born again with 17 lies and one night of sin …
Notes from the Editor By Richard Skanse (March/April 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 2) For all the great music that’s come out of the Lone Star …
TOM RUSSELL Mesabi Shout! Factory El Paso-based troubadour Tom Russell has been on one hell of a roll over the last decade, from digging deeply …
