Turnpike Troubadours: “Goodbye Normal Street”
TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS Goodbye Normal Street Bossier City Records/Thirty Tigers For the Turnpike Troubadours’ third album, Goodbye Normal Street, the Evan Felker-led band of Oklahomans has cemented …
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Ray Wylie Hubbard: “The Grifter’s Hymnal”
RAY WYLIE HUBBARD The Grifter’s Hymnal Bordello Records Like the faded songbook pictured on the cover of The Grifter’s Hymnal, Ray Wylie Hubbard’s music has …
Q&A: Jason Boland The lead Straggler talks "Rancho Alto," the state of the nation, and walking the line between inspiration and innovation while living life in the sober lane.
By Chris Mosser (Nov/Dec 2011/Vol. 4 – Issue 6) Jason Boland is a survivor. The onetime “Bourbon Legend” is now six-years sober, and in recent …
Slow and steady, but right in time Stoney LaRue on consciousness, Nashville, and the making of his long-awaited new studio album, "Velvet"
By Kathleen O’Keefe (Nov/Dec 2011/Vol. 4 – Issue 6) It’s been nearly a decade since Stoney LaRue released his first (now out of print) CD, …
Mike McClure Band: “Fifty Billion” / The Damn Quails: “Down the Hatch”
MIKE McCLURE BAND Fifty Billion 598 Recordings THE DAMN QUAILS Down the Hatch 598 Recordings Up the road and down a ways, tucked away in a …
No stopping No Justice As one great Stillwater band rides into the sunset, another comes into its own.
By Laurie Barker James (LSM Jan/Feb 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 1) Ask Steve Rice of No Justice to define the music his band makes, and …
Jason Boland & The Stragglers: “Rancho Alto”
JASON BOLAND & THE STRAGGLERS Ranch Alto APEX Nashville/Proud Souls Ent/30 Tigers Springing out of Stillwater right around the same time as fellow Okie heavyweights …
Turnpike Troubadours: On a roll and bound for glory Oklahoma's hottest rising Americana act regroups with Mike McClure to record follow-up to their 2010 breakthrough, "Diamonds & Gasoline"
By Laurie Barker James (LSM July/Aug 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 4) To some, the Turnpike Troubadours seemed to come blazing out of nowhere to win …
LSM Cover Story: Cody Canada and the Departed Departure Point: Teamed with blues rocker Seth James and a new posse of old friends, Cody Canada is ready for life after Cross Canadian Ragweed. But first he's going back to his Red Dirt roots to take care of some unfinished business.
By Richard Skanse (LSM Jan/Feb 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 1) On Oct. 24, 2010 — 16 years and 23 days after making its public debut on …
Turnpike Troubadours: “Diamonds & Gasoline”
TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS Diamonds & Gasoline Red 11 Music In parts of Jason Boland’s “Tulsa Time” video, he’s sporting a t-shirt emblazoned Turnpike Troubadours. In my experience, …
