By Mike Ethan Messick Few artists are as central to the birth and sustenance of a music scene as Robert Earl Keen is to the …
By Mike Ethan Messick The version of Ryan Bingham put forward in his music — a rough-hewn, rowdy, smoky-voiced vagabond still shy of middle age …
By Mike Ethan Messick Texas songwriter Zane Williams put in more than a few diligent years plying his trade for handfuls of listeners in small venues, …
SHOVELS & ROPE Little Seeds New West Records Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent, over the course of a couple of proper full-length albums and …
By Mike Ethan Messick Steadfast talents, tireless tourers, and beloved brethren to the community of modern Texas music, the band Reckless Kelly are as …
RECKLESS KELLY Sunset Motel No Big Deal Records Reckless Kelly doesn’t have much to prove. Their commitment to the work of making solid, relatable, original …
JACK INGRAM Midnight Motel Rounder Records Jack Ingram has always had a knack for singing like everything’s out on the table: all the weariness, all …
CHARLIE STOUT Dust & Wind New American Frontier “Backstory” is a valuable commodity in a field crowded with talented if somewhat-similar singers and songwriters; hearing …
BRANDY CLARK Big Day in a Small Town Warner Bros. Career-wise, Nashville songwriter Brandy Clark brings to mind a Jim Lauderdale or Chris Stapleton, someone …
JOE TEICHMAN Heart Over Mind Tremolo Joe Records Texas-born singer-songwriter Joe Teichman takes this traveling troubadour thing seriously: he’s recently departed his Central Texas comfort …
