By Richard Skanse Out of all the stunning visuals on display throughout most of the Dixie Chicks’ two-hour concert Sunday night at the Austin360 Amphitheater, …
By Kelly Dearmore (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) The Tradewinds Social Club is not the kind of joint where lasting musical memories are …
By Lynne Margolis (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) Though Paul Thorn didn’t release his first album until 1997, it’s not a stretch to …
By Holly Gleason (LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1) Patty Griffin swings open the door to her tour bus, far heavier than it looks, with …
STEVE FORBERT Over With You Blue Corn Music There’s a bit of irony that the new Bob Dylan album (Tempest) and this new Steve Forbert …
By Lynne Margolis (Oct/Nov 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 5) Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent aren’t the first duo to pour country, folk, blues, good …
ROBIN TERRAZAS Let’s Take Two Platinum Blues Music Company “Don’t tell me how success will be/Don’t tell me the price I must pay,” implores San …
By Cody Oxley (May/June 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 3) “I figured it’d go one way or the other — a big success or a horrible …
By Richard Skanse (LSM March/April 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 2) Now 13 years (and seven albums) down the proverbial gravel road from her irrefutable breakthrough …
PAUL THORN Pimps and Preachers Perpetual Obscurity Mississippi’s Paul Thorn is another “outsider” who has long had a loyal following in Texas. But unlike Eaglesmith, …
