From living legends like Willie Nelson, Robert Earl Keen, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Steve Earle, and Emmylou Harris to fan favorites William Clark Green, Josh Abbott, Kyle Park, …
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 …
TOM RUSSELL The Rose of Roscrae www.TomRussell.com Tom Russell could well be a contender for the title of the world’s most interesting man. In addition …
By Richard Skanse (LSM Jan/Feb 2015/vol 8 – issue 1) “That felt good!” Jon Dee Graham offers this verdict from the studio floor of Austin’s …
By D.C. Bloom (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) Noel McKay will never forget the day he opened that can of whoop-ass at the …
By Richard Skanse (LSM July/Aug 2014/vol 7 – issue 4) The Devil’s Backbone Tavern in Fischer, Texas is the kinda place that looks pretty much …
ROBYN LUDWICK Little Rain www.robynludwick.com Robyn Ludwick does not trade in good times and sentimentality. She writes and sings hard songs about hardened souls (mostly …
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 …
GRANT PEEPLES Punishing the Myth GatorBone Records 105 Woody Guthrie reminded us that it takes a worried man to sing a worried song. On Punishing …
LUCINDA WILLIAMS Lucinda Williams Thirty Tigers/Lucinda Williams Music Scour the extensive liners accompanying this deluxe, 25th-anniversary reissue of Lucinda Williams’ self-titled 1988 third album, including …
