Recap: Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Picnic When it’s hot and expensive, what keeps fans coming?
By Lynne Margolis When in the course of human events and July heat, it becomes necessary to pay $4 for semi-chilled water, $6 for Sno-cones …
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December 6, 2016 Nominations announced for 59th annual Grammy Awards Sturgill Simpson, Maren Morris in running for some of this year’s top honors
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October 14, 2016 Austin City Limits inducts latest Hall of Famers Kristofferson, Raitt, King and exec producer Dick Peterson feted; show will air Dec. 31
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August 10, 2016 For the sake of the songs Townes Van Zandt, 2 other Texas natives to be inducted into Nashville Songwriters HOF
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July 13, 2016 (Just Because) You Asked Me To … Taking a closer look at LSM's "Shotgun Showdown" between Waylon's "Honky Tonk Heroes" and Billy Joe's "Old Five and Dimers"
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July 11, 2016 Round 4: LSM’s Progressive Country/Honky-Tonk Heroes Showdown Willie and Ely make it into the Elite 8 with two albums each, but Waylon, Shaver, Townes and Guy are still in the hunt
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LSM’s Progressive Country/Honky-Tonk Heroes Showdown, Round 3! Jennings vs. Shaver, Van Zandt vs. Ely, Allen vs. Clark and more impossible choices
It’s all fun and games until somebody gets hurt. Or until one’s favorite album of all time gets eliminated. Or until it comes down to …
LSM’s Progressive Country/Honky-Tonk Heroes Showdown, Round 2! Townes Van Zandt shoots down "Shotgun Willie" to lead all competitors advancing to Round of 32
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 …
The Highwaymen ride again with a little help from a Family friend Mickey Raphael on the making of “The Highwaymen Live: American Outlaws”
By Holly Gleason “Willie was doing some stuff with (producer) Buddy Cannon,” says Mickey Raphael, the longtime harmonica player with Nelson’s storied Family band. “He …
LSM Presents: That ’70s Texas Progressive Country/Honky-Tonk Heroes Shotgun Showdown We picked 64 classic albums that helped define the Golden Age of Texas music. Now YOU pick the very BEST of the best.
Last month, we introduced our new “LSM Tournament Brackets” feature with a little something we humbly called “The Ultimate Texas Country vs. Red Dirt Album …
RIP: Guy Clark, Nov. 6, 1941 – May 17, 2016 Legendary Texas songwriter dead at 74
IBy Richard Skanse Guy Clark, the dean of Texas songwriters, passed away early Tuesday morning in Nashville. He was 74. The legendary troubadour, who won …
Willie’s 4th of July Picnic back in Austin for second year in a row Tickets on sale Friday for Independence Day bash at Circuit of the Americas
By Richard Skanse For an annual tradition now into its fourth decade, Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Picnic has always had a funny way of …
Willie Nelson, Gary Clark Jr. to help ACL HOF induct Kristofferson, Raitt, and King Rodney Crowell, Mavis Staples, and Taj Mahal also tapped to perform at October ceremony
By Lynne Margolis Austin City Limits has enlisted Willie Nelson, Mavis Staples, Rodney Crowell, Gary Clark Jr. and Taj Mahal to perform at its third …
Q&A: Parker McCollum “The Limestone Kid” on success, studying the masters, and fighting frat boy prejudice
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 …
“Austin City Limits” expands again Long-running TV show unveils museum exhibit, new HOF inductees and a spinoff series
By Lynne Margolis Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum members and Austin City Limits supporters attending an unveiling of the museum’s new Austin City Limits …
