Aubrie Sellers: “New City Blues”
AUBRIE SELLERS New City Blues Thirty Tigers Aubrie Sellers comes on like a new kind of country queen: tough, strong, smart, raw and someone who …
Posts tagged Holly Gleason
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June 4, 2016 Maren Morris finds her truth The independent Texas songwriter steps up to the big time with her bold, genre-blurring major-label debut, “Hero.”
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May 17, 2016 In Memoriam: Guy Clark Randall Knives, Desperados and Homegrown Tomatoes
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May 13, 2016 Hard Working Americans: “Rest in Chaos”
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April 7, 2016 Bourbon ’n’ “Big City” Merle Haggard sings us back home: A personal tribute to a life-changing legend
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April 7, 2016 Q&A: Hayes Carll talks “Lovers and Leavers” How the acclaimed Texas troubadour learned to stop worrying about pulling punchlines and learned to love the terrifying process of getting real
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LSM Playlist: Best of Americana 2015 Rounding up our favorite Americana, Texas and Red Dirt albums of 2015
Let’s be honest here: As fun as it is to compile (and peruse) these sorts of year-end deals, the fact is, the very idea of …
Kacey Musgraves: So much more than “Pageant Material” Everywhere she goes, the “Dimestore Cowgirl” brings it all back home
By Holly Gleason Kacey Musgraves knows the value of family. At the 50th Anniversary of the Academy of Country Music Awards telecast from AT+T Texas …
Shining a different way Patty Griffin embraces the beauty of risk on "Servant of Love"
By Holly Gleason “James Baldwin always said there’s this love versus safety thing. Everybody wants love, but they go for safety,” muses Patty Griffin, knee …
Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin: “Lost Time”
DAVE ALVIN AND PHIL ALVIN Lost Time Yep Roc In some ways, Lost Time could serve as the prequel to the Blasters, the iconic blues-driven …
Q&A: Steve Earle Talking to the hardcore troubabour about sex, Lightnin' and "Terraplane" blues
The hardcore troubadour talks Terraplane blues By Holly Gleason Steve Earle, like everyone it seems at “The Life and Songs of Emmylou Harris: An All-Star …
The Mavericks make “Mono” magic Raul Malo on Mono, crossing genres, and bridging divides with music tailor made to move the body.
By Holly Gleason “Romantic, lustful, silly … at times spiritual, even depressing,” Raul Malo, the Cuban-American frontman of the Mavericks, is ticking off the many …
LSM Playlist: Best of Americana 2014
From Lone Star legends to breakout newcomers, these were our favorite Americana albums of 2014 … Richard Skanse, Editor 1. Robert Ellis, The Lights from …
Red Dirt Rising Stoney LaRue continues his creative ascent and mature upturn with "Aviator"
By Holly Gleason (LSM Jan/Feb 2015/vol 8 – issue 1) A lot has happened to Stoney LaRue since the August 2011 release of Velvet, the …
Sunny finds the light Three years after cracking the country Top 10 with the majors, Sunny Sweeney returns to her feisty independent roots with the bold, confident Provoked.
By Holly Gleason (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) Sunny Sweeney can recall with vivid, multi- sensual clarity her very first musical moment of …
