Eliza Gilkyson: “Secularia”
ELIZA GILKYSON Secularia Red House Records Just shy of 20 years into her remarkable second act (2000 being the year that she rebooted her career, …
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Jimmy LaFave: “Peace Town”
JIMMY LAFAVE Peace Town Music Road Records Beloved Austin music veteran Jimmy LaFave lost his battle to cancer back in May of 2017, but his …
Old trees just grow stronger A songwriter's appreciation of John Prine
By D.C. Bloom Austin is a city of songwriters. And if you were to poll them all, I’d wager you’d find that a healthy percenage …
Courtney Marie Andrews: “May Your Kindness Remain”
COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS May Your Kindness Remain Fat Possum/Mama Bird Recording Co. With a voice as pure and expressive as Judy Collins and a pen …
Nichole Wagner: “Plotting the Constellations”
NICHOLE WAGNER Plotting the Constellations www.NicholeWagnerMusic.com Even as EPs go, the debut recording by Nichole Wagner feels like a tease, comprising just three originals and …
In Profile: Ruthie Foster Finding the "Promise of a New Day" in the roots of tradition
By j. poet (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) “I come from a gospel family,” Ruthie Foster says from her home in Austin, reflecting …
D.C. Bloom: “The Rest is Commentary”
D.C. BLOOM The Rest is Commentary Table or Booth Music In the 10 years since his move down from Virginia, corporate/ government speechwriter by day/singer-songwriter …
Kelley Mickwee: “You Used to Live Here”
KELLEY MICKWEE You Used to Live Here www.kelleymickwee.com Thrust onto some of the bigger stages in Americana music for a few years as a member …
BettySoo: “When We’re Gone”
BETTYSOO When We’re Gone www.bettysoo.com In her nine years as a recording artist, Austin’s BettySoo has made albums more stylistically varied (2007’s delightful Little Tiny …
LSM Cover Story: John Fullbright “What’s so bad about happy?”: Oklahoma tunesmith John Fullbright seeks answers to that burning question and others while crafting the songs of his life
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 …
