By D.C. Bloom From a 1983 jam session in a Manchaca, Texas warehouse to over three million airplays around the world, Bill Carter’s “Crossfire” has come …
DWIGHT YOAKAM Swimmin’ Pools, Movie Stars … Sugar Hill Records Among the kinds of artist Dwight Yoakam has never been: cowpunk, country-rock, hat act, neo-traditionalist, …
STURGILL SIMPSON A Sailor’s Guide to Earth Atlantic If you happened to catch the social media hubbub over Sturgill Simpson’s “In Bloom” video in late …
STURGILL SIMPSON Metamodern Sounds in Country Music High Top Mountain Records “A picture is worth a thousand words,” sings Sturgill Simpson, “but a word ain’t worth …
Former Willie Nelson (and Merle Haggard) guitarist, who retired in 2008, missed playing with the Family Band but not “the bus rides.” By Dale Martin (LSM …
CHRIS KNIGHT Little Victories Drifter’s Church Chris Knight has little need for musical experimentation. His grizzled blend of rural poetry and folk-inflected roadhouse rock is …
Hardcore troubadour and “Honorary Texan” sticks to the stuff that works on Little Victories By Kelly Dearmore (Oct/Nov 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 5) Four years isn’t exactly …
I am you and you are me and we are all together … By D.C. Bloom (Oct/Nov 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 5) Like the Trishas, …
By Rob Patterson July 2006 It’s a Lone Star Music landmark that Chris Knight is our spotlight artist this month. Unlike the other acts that …
By Richard Skanse March 2006 At a glance — and even on closer inspection — Walt Wilkins really doesn’t fit the profile of your everyday …
