By Richard Skanse Inclement weather can thwart a lot of well-laid plans, but it’s no match against the power of song — or rather, the …
By Lynne Margolis Eight years ago in a one-story Austin bungalow, a novel experiment was launched. Called the House of Songs, it brought local and …
By Lynne Margolis When Jimmy LaFave passed away on the night of May 21, 2017, his life was chronicled in respectful obituaries; they reviewed his …
Austin’s House of Songs, the cultural exchange program which pairs some of the city’s best songwriters with visiting troubadours from around the world for unique and mutually …
By Lynne Margolis Despite the uncanny timing, one of the few events Louis Jay Meyers certainly did not plan was his death from a heart …
By Jenni Finlay “Let’s do a renegade showcase this year,” Louis said, that devilish grin never leaving his face. “There’s no reason why we can’t …
By Lynne Margolis (LSM July/Aug 2014/vol 7 – issue 4) John Fullbright likes to joke that he’d have trouble naming a cat, much less an …
Notes from the Editor By Richard Skanse (LSM July/Aug 2014/vol. 7 – Issue ) I can’t, for the life of me, remember what song it …
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 …
100 years after his birth, Woody Guthrie is as relevant as ever. And even Oklahoma’s finally welcoming him home. By Lynne Margolis (May/June 2012/vol. 5 …
