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 …
Consensus, schmensus! When we asked our core staff and contributors to put together their individual Top 10 lists of their favorite Americana releases of 2016, we kinda …
By Richard Skanse If you were to somehow stumble upon Terry Allen’s Road Angel unawares in the dead of night, odds are it’d scare the …
Three years (and 11 months, but who’s counting?) after his first appearance at Superfly’s Lone Star Music Emporium, songwriting legend and acclaimed visual artist Terry …
To celebrate the recent re-issue of his first two albums, 1975’s Juarez and 1979’s Lubbock (on everything), Texas songwriting legend and world-renowned visual artist Terry Allen returned to …
This is the tale of the Red Headed Stranger, and if he should pass your way … Well, you know the drill: Don’t mess with …
Well, that wasn’t easy, was it? Oh sure, there were a few uneven match-ups there at the start. Although we maintain that all 64 of the …
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 …
JOE ELY Panhandle Rambler Rack ’Em Records Out of all the living legends of Texas and Americana music to tumble out of Lubbock in the …
SAM BAKER Say Grace www.sambakermusic.com Sam Baker might be the most captivating songwriter in America. You’ll probably never catch yourself singing one of his songs …
