By Chris Mosser Me and Rob Baird, we’re neighbors. Central Austin is desperately clinging to the fading traces of humble, quirky, hippified and “weird” Old …
JACK INGRAM Electric Lucky Dog Jack Ingram may have been the first solo Texas singer-songwriter to pop up in the direct wake of Robert Earl …
By Thomas D. Mooney Over the past decade, Dave Cobb has produced critically-acclaimed — and award-winning — albums by the likes of Jason Isbell (Southeastern, …
By Holly Gleason Thirty years ago, at a time when Nashville was running on the fumes of Merle, Waylon, Willie, and Emmy, the general state …
LYLE LOVETT Joshua Judges Ruth Curb (1992) The 1970s wave of “outlaw” country musicians were revolutionary in a ruggedly coherent sort of way: Willie, Waylon, …
AUBRIE SELLERS New City Blues Thirty Tigers Aubrie Sellers comes on like a new kind of country queen: tough, strong, smart, raw and someone who …
The hardcore troubadour talks Terraplane blues By Holly Gleason Steve Earle, like everyone it seems at “The Life and Songs of Emmylou Harris: An All-Star …
By Kelly Dearmore Going into the making of his third album, 2013’s Rose Queen, William Clark Green knew it was time to put it all …
By Richard Skanse (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) Lee Ann Womack won’t name names, let alone pinpoint the scene of the crime. But …
By Adam Dawson (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) “I don’t try to record in the studio like I play live, to the chagrin …
