By Mike Ethan Messick Sometimes bands and artists treat their debut projects — justifiably or otherwise — like a bad high-school picture they can’t quite erase but …
By Lynne Margolis After duking it out for dominance on 2015 on Top 10 lists, Jason Isbell and Chris Stapleton each earned double wins at …
By Michael Corcoran On Easter Sunday 1972, Texas artist Boyd Elder was the toast of the Los Angeles music and arts community. His one-man “American …
By Bill Ramsey Often maligned and closely associated with soft rock and the so-called “yacht rock” of such artists as Michael McDonald, the popular Southern …
By Bill Ramsey Glenn Frey did anything but take it easy. Beneath the veneer of the laid-back California stoner — an image that could cannily …
By Lynne Margolis (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) Though Paul Thorn didn’t release his first album until 1997, it’s not a stretch to …
CHRISTINE ALBERT Everything’s Beautiful Now MoonHouse Records There’s a time — and music — for Texas two-stepping and knocking back cold longnecks in Texas dance …
Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson among big winners at AMA Awards By Lynne Margolis (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) Fifteen years after the gathering …
By D.C. Bloom (Oct/Nov 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 5) Jimmy LaFave strolls into Threadgill’s looking like any one of the thousands of hipster dads in …
100 years after his birth, Woody Guthrie is as relevant as ever. And even Oklahoma’s finally welcoming him home. By Lynne Margolis (May/June 2012/vol. 5 …
