Tom Russell: “Mesabi”
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 …
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 …
GUY CLARK Songs and Stories Dualtone Guy Clark already issued his definitive live album, the aptly titled Keepers, 14 years ago. Having released four more …
By Richard Skanse (LSM Sept/Oct 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 5) Are you a hat, or a Robert Earl Keen? According to Rich Brotherton, that was …
MATT THE ELECTRICIAN Accidental Thief www.matttheelectrician.com For dedicated fans of songwriter’s songwriter Paul Simon, Christmas came early this year with the release of the man’s …
BETTYSOO AND DOUG COX Across the Borderline: Lie to Me www.acrosstheborderline.org Spring, Texas, native BettySoo is one of the finest young folk singer-songwriters to emerge …
KIMMIE RHODES Dreams of Flying kimmierhodes.com While there’s a department of it in Washington, D.C., one must really question if there’s any justice in a …
MICHAEL FRACASSO Saint Monday Little Fuji Records It was pretty much a given that the latest album by Michael Fracasso would be good — very …
OKKERVIL RIVER I Am Very Far Jagjaguar Though the songs beg for interpretation, one hesitates to hazard guesses about what might have been inside Will …
BOB SCHNEIDER A Perfect Day Kirtland Records Two years ago, Bob Schneider split the bull’s eye. The Austin-based songwriter’s “40 Dogs (Like Romeo and Juliet),” …
SARAH JAROSZ Follow Me Down Sugar Hill Records Most 17-year-olds wouldn’t have a clue what to do in a recording studio, much less pull off …