By Richard Skanse While it might be logistically impossible to jam every major and up-and-coming act from the Red Dirt/Texas music scene onto one festival …
COURTNEY PATTON What It’s Like to Fly Alone www.courtneypatton.com For all the ways in which mainstream country music and its more indie-minded alternatives compare, contrast, …
By Richard Skanse “Do you want to see how fast I can go?” It’s a week before Thanksgiving, and Savannah Welch is showing off her …
JASON EADY Jason Eady Thirty Tigers Why exactly Jason Eady opted for the old “self-titled” conceit here is a bit of a head-scratcher. This is the …
By Richard Skanse As any songwriter who ever had the experience can surely attest, one did not walk into a co-writing session with Guy Clark with …
By Lynne Margolis The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde was the “surprise” superstar musical guest at the Austin Chronicle’s 35th annual Austin Music Awards, held Sunday night …
By Richard Skanse Three days after Savannah Welch was airlifted to an Austin hospital following a serious accident in Wimberley, the family of the Texas singer-songwriter and …
VARIOUS ARTISTS Highway Prayer: A Tribute to Adam Carroll Eight 30 Records Given that Texas troubadour Adam Carroll is neither dead nor “famous,” some might …
By Richard Skanse When the Trishas announced that they were all taking a little hiatus from touring and recording together a couple of years back, …
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 …
