By Richard Skanse As any self-respecting (and/or self-loathing, come pay-up time) vinyl junkie already knows, Record Store Day is Saturday, April 16. Out of the …
ADAM CARROLL South of Town Down Hole Records If you’re reading this, there’s a pretty good chance that at some point someone’s floated the notion …
By Cody Oxley Try not to judge singer-songwriter Parker McCollum by his cover. The 23-year-old “Limestone Kid” from Conroe is well aware of the fact …
By Richard Skanse “Hey, what ’cha know?” It’s 10:30 a.m., and Joe Ely, his signature West Texas greeting as cheerful as ever, is all coffee’d …
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 Tiffany Walker As cowboy poet/master of ceremonies Red Steagall pointed out at the 10th annual Texas Heritage Songwriters’ Association Hall of Fame Awards Show …
By Holly Gleason “We were doing two shows in Philadelphia and somewhere in New Jersey, and we got snowed out,” Lyle Lovett says of his …
By Lynne Margolis Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum members and Austin City Limits supporters attending an unveiling of the museum’s new Austin City Limits …
By Mike Ethan Messick The best-known branches of roots music — country, blues, folk — are touted in most circles for their relatability, tuned into …
JOE ELY Panhandle Rambler Rack ’Em Records Out of all the living legends of Texas and Americana music to tumble out of Lubbock in the …
