By Holly Gleason (LSM July/Aug 2014/vol 7 – issue 4) “There was this article… What was the title?” muses Eleanor Whitmore, the crimson mermaid-tressed and …
By Holly Gleason (LSM July/Aug 2014/vol 7 – issue 4) Legend has always cloaked Billy Joe Shaver: As an 8-year-old living with his grandmother, singing …
By Holly Gleason (LSM July/Aug 2014/vol 7 – issue 4) “That’s not anywhere in the So You Want to Be a Country Singer Handbook,” Miranda …
Notes from the Editor By Richard Skanse (LSM July/Aug 2014/vol. 7 – Issue ) I can’t, for the life of me, remember what song it …
George Strait: The end of the trail (or so they say) By Holly Gleason (LSM May/June 2014/vol. 7 – issue 3) “Sometimes I feel like Jesse …
RODNEY CROWELL Tarpaper Sky New West Rodney Crowell arrived on the mid-80s country scene a veteran of Emmylou Harris’ Hot Band, a producer of Rosanne …
By Holly Gleason (LSM March/April 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 2) With his 6’7” frame and long ponytail, Ray Benson is one of the most recognizable …
ROSANNE CASH The River & the Thread Blue Note The guitar is all tremble and steam, just a few notes rocking back and forth over a …
By Holly Gleason (LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1) Patty Griffin swings open the door to her tour bus, far heavier than it looks, with …
Notes from the Editor By Richard Skanse (LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1) Well well now — look who went out and got themselves a …
