By Lynne Margolis In a night filled with Americana luminaries — and even the Lumineers — the one artist who made history during the 15th …
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 Bill Ramsey Often maligned and closely associated with soft rock and the so-called “yacht rock” of such artists as Michael McDonald, the popular Southern …
By Bill Ramsey Glenn Frey did anything but take it easy. Beneath the veneer of the laid-back California stoner — an image that could cannily …
By Kelly Dearmore (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) The seemingly always Nudie-suited Jim Lauderdale is more than just the sharpest-dressed man in Nashville: …
ROBERT ELLIS The Lights From the Chemical Plant New West Records As much as one hates to inadvertently set any gifted young hopeful up for …
RONNIE FAUSS I Am the Man You Know I’m Not Normaltown Records Although he’s been kicking around the Dallas area for a few years now …
MARVIN ETZIONI Marvin Country! MarvinCountry.com Long before Lone Justice was a rumble down the wire of the biggest thing to hit country, rock or cow-punk, …
MASTERSONS Birds Fly South New West The Mastersons — the band — are Eleanor Whitmore and Chris Masterson, a Brooklyn-based, Texas born-and-raised married couple of …
Notes From the Editor By Richard Skanse (Nov/Dec 2011/Vol. 4 – Issue 6) According to the ancient Mayan calendar — or at least Hollywood and …
