By Mike Ethan Messick The best-known branches of roots music — country, blues, folk — are touted in most circles for their relatability, tuned into …
By Richard Skanse When Kelly Willis and the Fireballs landed in Austin back in December of ’87, the 19-year-old rockabilly filly had no idea that …
By Richard Skanse It’s long after dark on April 1, 2015, and Ray Wylie Hubbard is striding up my gravel driveway through sheets of rain …
Musta notta gotta lotta sleep that night! Hall of Famer Joe Ely teams with Reckless Kelly to rock sixth annual Lone Star Music Awards in …
By Richard Skanse (LSM March/April 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 2) Central Texas-based singer, guitarist, and keyboard player Jeff Strahan passed away on Jan. 15 following …
By Richard Skanse (LSM Sept/Oct 2013/Vol. 6 – Issue 5) With hindsight, maybe it was inevitable: obvious chemistry aside, when a band calls itself the …
By Cody Oxley (March/April 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 2) You’re not really from San Marcos,” maintains Scott H. Biram, “unless you know how to ‘bust …
By Andrew Dansby (March/April 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 2) For years Todd Snider has been based out of and inspired by his home base of …
By Richard Skanse (March/April 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 2) Although he took a decade-long hiatus from the club-running business in the ’90s, Cheatham Street Warehouse …
SEAN MCCONNELL Midland www.seanmcconnell.com I first heard about Sean McConnell in a Radio Free Texas chat with Wade Bowen. Bowen marveled at what an amazing …
