In Memoriam: Ray Price
From roadhouses and dancefloor shuffles to concert halls and sophisticated, string-laden standards, the great connector was country music — and Texas music — incarnate. By …
Posts tagged honky-tonk
A country boy can survive Kevin Fowler gets back to the serious business of having fun by calling his own shots.
By Mike Ethan Messick (LSM March/April 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 2) It’d probably be irresponsible to send too many overeager fans out to Kevin Fowler’s patch of …
LSM Cover Story: Robert Ellis Wayward Son: How Houston kid Robert Ellis jumped the honky-tonk track and found his own way to the light.
By Andrew Dansby (LSM March/April 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 2) Sitting outside Houston’s SugarHill Recording Studios, Robert Ellis looks weary … His eyes are dark and his …
Jason Eady: “Daylight & Dark”
JASON EADY Daylight & Dark Old Guitar Records To misquote the late, great Waylon Jennings, this whole “they don’t make country music like they used …
Kathryn Legendre: “Old Soul”
Kathryn Legendre Old Soul www.kathrynlegendremusic.com Though still on the shy side of 30, Austin newcomer Kathryn Legendre ain’t kidding when she sings about being an …
Chris King: “Native”
CHRIS KING Native Classic Horse Label The January 2013 release of 1983, his first full-length, was just enough of a breakthrough to get Austin songwriter …
LSM Playlist: Best of Americana 2013
The Best Americana albums of 2013 … as picked by our staff and writers (LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1) Richard Skanse, Editor 1. Terry …
In Profile: The Hickoids Austin’s infamous purveyors of irreverent cowpunk, stage their triumphant return with "Hairy Chafin’ Ape Suit."
By Eric Hisaw (LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1) From Bob Wills to Buddy Holly and Mance Lipscomb to Santiago Jimenez — to name but a …
Kyle Park: “Beggin’ For More”
KYLE PARK Beggin’ For More Thirty Tigers The current generation (hell, make it every generation) of Texas songwriters can more or less be divided into …
Mike Stinson: “Hell and Half of Georgia”
MIKE STINSON Hell and Half of Georgia Popular Cove Recording Company In the pantheon of so-called “neo” honky-tonkers, Mike Stinson already loomed rather large when …
