Gary Nicholson: “Texas Songbook”
GARY NICHOLSON Texas Songbook Bismeaux Records Gary Nicholson’s long career has yielded many hits and high points, including producing two Grammy-winning albums for fellow Fort …
GARY NICHOLSON Texas Songbook Bismeaux Records Gary Nicholson’s long career has yielded many hits and high points, including producing two Grammy-winning albums for fellow Fort …
By Lynne Margolis (LSM July/Aug 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 4) When Rhett Miller let his pal Murry Hammond talk him into forsaking a Sarah Lawrence …
JOHN HIATT Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns New West The press blurb for John Hiatt’s current tour with Lyle Lovett refers to Hiatt as an …
By Lynne Margolis (LSM July/Aug 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 4) Eleven years in, the members of Texas’ Eli Young Band are having the kind of …
OWEN TEMPLE Mountain Home El Paisano Records Texas is the kind of place where a town can be called “Mountain Home,” even though its elevation …
OKKERVIL RIVER I Am Very Far Jagjaguar Though the songs beg for interpretation, one hesitates to hazard guesses about what might have been inside Will …
SARAH JAROSZ Follow Me Down Sugar Hill Records Most 17-year-olds wouldn’t have a clue what to do in a recording studio, much less pull off …
Director (and Willie pal) Billy Bob Thornton pays tribute to “The King of Luck.” By Lynne Margolis (LSM May/June 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 3) When …
BLACK JOE LEWIS & THE HONEYBEARS Scandalous Lost Highway Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears don’t do sweet soul music. They do down ‘n’ dirty, …
THE BAND OF HEATHENS Top Hat Crown & The Clapmaster’s Son BOH Records Colin Brooks, Ed Jurdi and Gordy Quist are the kind of scarily …