Rodney Crowell: “Close Ties”
RODNEY CROWELL Close Ties New West Sixteen years on from the release of his career-rebooting The Houston Kid, Rodney Crowell’s second wind has now been …
RODNEY CROWELL Close Ties New West Sixteen years on from the release of his career-rebooting The Houston Kid, Rodney Crowell’s second wind has now been …
By Scott Schinder On the cover of her third album, Highway Queen, outlaw-country upstart Nikki Lane poses in a vintage dress, draped across the horns …
NIKKI LANE Highway Queen New West Nikki Lane is a post-modern girl, and with all that sangfroid, she’s more the sweetheart of the heavy metal …
ROBERT ELLIS Robert Ellis New West From the first sparkling moments of “Perfect Strangers,” it’s apparent that Robert Ellis has found a more pop-forward take …
By Adam Dawson The origin story of the dynamic roots music duo Cicada Rhythm reads like it came straight out of a movie script. A …
SLOBBERBONE Everything You Thought Was Right Was Wrong Today New West With all due respect to Gram Parsons (and all humble recognition of what grandiose …
By Richard Skanse Anytime you stick a who’s who of Americana’s biggest names on a boat for a week’s worth of intimate performances on the …
CORB LUND Things That Can’t Be Undone New West Corb Lund has been one of Canada’s top country performers for more than two decades. But …
STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES Terraplane New West After three decades of album making, Steve Earle’s hardcore-troubadour credentials are just about bulletproof. His track record …
By Holly Gleason (LSM July/Aug 2014/vol 7 – issue 4) “There was this article… What was the title?” muses Eleanor Whitmore, the crimson mermaid-tressed and …