Black Fret strikes a chord for Austin music
By Lynne Margolis (LSM March/April 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 2) Throughout history, creatives from Shakespeare to Michelangelo to Mozart have relied on the largesse of well-heeled patrons. …
By Lynne Margolis (LSM March/April 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 2) Throughout history, creatives from Shakespeare to Michelangelo to Mozart have relied on the largesse of well-heeled patrons. …
By Lynne Margolis (LSM March/April 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 2) You would think, after spending nearly 40 years as an integral member of Tom Petty & the …
VARIOUS ARTISTS Looking Into You: A Tribute to Jackson Browne Music Road Records Tribute albums can be such tricky affairs. When honoring a departed titan …
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN High Hopes Columbia In the liner notes to High Hopes, Bruce Springsteen says he wanted to give these stray songs their proper due. …
HARD WORKING AMERICANS Hard Working Americans Thirty Tigers/Melvin When Todd Snider’s friend and co-manager, Great American Taxi keyboardist Chad Staehly, suggested Snider try hanging out …
PATTY GRIFFIN Silver Bell A&M Records When Patty Griffin recorded Silver Bell in 1999, she undoubtedly hoped it would chime around the world. But the …
The Best Americana albums of 2013 … as picked by our staff and writers (LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1) Richard Skanse, Editor 1. Terry …
By Lynne Margolis (LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1) Before Valerie June hit a single note that October Saturday in Zilker Park, those clustered around …
By Lynne Margolis (LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1) Though Bill Monroe, “the father of bluegrass,” hailed from Kentucky, genre giants Earl Scruggs and Doc …
By Lynne Margolis (LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1) From Mumford & Sons’ Album of the Year Grammy Award to the Coen Brothers’ folk-filled, T …