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 …
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November 18, 2016 Robert Earl Keen: “Live Dinner Reunion”
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November 16, 2016 Q&A: Robert Earl Keen The king of the Texas-Americana music hill talks about his new double-album “Live Dinner Reunion,” his love of bluegrass and bubbly pilsners, and his current obsession with crafting the perfect 90-second song.
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October 25, 2016 David Rodriguez: Too weird for Kerrville A remembrance by Craig Clifford, adapted from the new book, "Pickers & Poets: The Ruthlessly Poetic Singer-Songwriters of Texas"
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August 17, 2016 Old friends, shining like diamonds, come together for “Guy Clark: A Celebration” Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, Aug. 16, 2016
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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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Q&A: Hayes Carll talks “Lovers and Leavers” How the acclaimed Texas troubadour learned to stop worrying about pulling punchlines and learned to love the terrifying process of getting real
By Holly Gleason It’s been five years since Hayes Carll put out a record, but it feels more like a decade. For the jokester/heart-tugging troubadour, …
Q&A: Joe Ely The Official Texas State Musician of 2016 talks tributes, guitar telepathy, turning 69 and trying to make sense of Trump
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 …
LSM Playlist: Nashville’s “Great Credibility Scare” of the ’80s A dirty dozen maverick albums that rocked the country status quo
By Holly Gleason Thirty years ago, at a time when Nashville was running on the fumes of Merle, Waylon, Willie, and Emmy, the general state …
Lyle Lovett talks “Songs & Stories” tour with Vince Gill “Cred Scare” vets team up for 13-date acoustic swing through the South
By Holly Gleason “We were doing two shows in Philadelphia and somewhere in New Jersey, and we got snowed out,” Lyle Lovett says of his …
LSM Throwback Thursday Review Lyle Lovett: "Joshua Judges Ruth" (1992)
LYLE LOVETT Joshua Judges Ruth Curb (1992) The 1970s wave of “outlaw” country musicians were revolutionary in a ruggedly coherent sort of way: Willie, Waylon, …
LSM Wants to Know … What was your favorite duet of 2015?
From full-on duo albums (Randy and Wade, Emmylou and Rodney, Willie and Merle) to one-off marquee pairings (Robert Earl and Lyle, Pat and Lyle, other …
Robert Earl Keen: “Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions”
ROBERT EARL KEEN Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions Dualtone Forty-odd years and thousands of miles down that road going on forever, Robert Earl Keen’s career …
LSM Cover Story: Wade Bowen Who I Am ... NOW: Just a regular guy, having the time of his life writing seriously good songs at the top of his game
By Rob Patterson (LSM Jan/Feb 2015/vol 8 – issue 1) There are, every now and then, occasions in an artist’s career when the things that …
Ho-ho-hold the banjo! Bluegrass album, Christmas surprise coming from Robert Earl Keen & family
By Richard Skanse (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) Get ready to break out the confetti again: On Feb. 10, Americana icon and Lone …
