Last month, we kicked off the new year with a round-up of all of the albums we reviewed in 2018 — along with new reviews …
By Richard Skanse When it was announced a few weeks back that Willie Nelson would be performing at a rally in Austin for Democratic Texas …
By Richard Skanse Nearly two decades on from writing one of the most haunting songs of his career — 2001’s “Wave,” about the day his father, …
By Richard Skanse “How did you find me?” asks a (somewhat) convincingly surprised-sounding Joe Ely by way of “hello.” “I’m in a small village in …
By Richard Skanse Jimmie Dale Gilmore recalls the night — or at least that particular moment — from more than half a century ago like …
By Richard Skanse On a night dedicated to the celebration of the Austin music scene’s best, both long-established and on the rise, two of the biggest honors of …
WADE BOWEN Solid Ground Thirty Tigers Few artists carry the torch for the modern Texas version of independent country music as reliably and enthusiastically as …
JOHN BAUMANN Proving Grounds www.johnbaumannmusic.com If you’re gonna invoke the hallowed likes of Terry Allen, Joe Ely, Butch Hancock, and Jimmie Dale Gilmore by name …
By Richard Skanse As of this Tuesday morning, Joe Ely has just 48 hours left in his term as the Texas State Musician of 2016 …
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 …
