By Richard Skanse As milestone birthdays go, 70 trips around the sun certainly merits a fair amount of fuss. A nice family dinner at bare …
By Richard Skanse It’s not about nostalgia, Terry Allen insisted. “It’s about memory.” That was mid-December, and the internationally renowned artist, sculptor, and maverick songwriter …
By Don McLeese There are no losers here. From the start, even before I knew who the 64 slotted contenders were, my critical pick to …
By Richard Skanse “Hey, what ’cha know?” It’s 10:30 a.m., and Joe Ely, his signature West Texas greeting as cheerful as ever, is all coffee’d …
By Richard Skanse (LSM Jan/Feb 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 1) In the summer of 1965, a 22-year-old art student from Lubbock, Texas, named Terry Allen walked …
Lubbock’s most philosophical musical export ponders the mysteries of artistic motivation, songwriting and the joy of making “Heirloom Music” just for the fun of it. …
By Colin Gilmore (LSM May/June 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 3) The Scene I have been all over the nation. I’ve been through thousands of towns …
Notes From the Editor By Richard Skanse (LSM May/June 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 3) The last time I visited Lubbock, I was a junior in …
By Eric Hisaw (LSM May/June 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 3) “Well I left my home out on the great high plains, headed for some new terrain …
By Eric Hisaw (LSM May/June 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 3) “Jesse and Lloyd! Lloyd and Jesse!” the woman at the front of the stage repeated …
