By Richard Skanse “I guess I should just say I really didn’t mean for it to be any kind of tribute,” says Verlon Thompson of …
VARIOUS ARTISTS Dreamer: A Tribute to Kent Finlay Eight 30 Records Although he was a prolific songwriter and no stranger to performing onstage, Kent Finlay …
By Richard Skanse That Kent Finlay loved songwriters as much as he loved writing songs himself was no secret to anybody who ever knew the …
From Lone Star legends to breakout newcomers, these were our favorite Americana albums of 2014 … Richard Skanse, Editor 1. Robert Ellis, The Lights from …
MATT HARLAN Raven Hotel Berkalin Records Matt Harlan is a regular at the historic Anderson Fair venue in his native Houston, where quite often established …
By D.C. Bloom (LSM Jan/Feb 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 1) How does one begin to thank the thousands of men and women from our armed …
MATT HARLAN & THE SENTIMENTALS Bow and Be Simple Berkalin Records There’s something distinctly American about the sort of dusty, country-tinged folk that Matt Harlan …
