Consensus, schmensus! When we asked our core staff and contributors to put together their individual Top 10 lists of their favorite Americana releases of 2016, we kinda …
WILLIE NELSON For the Good Times: A Tribute to Ray Price Legacy Willie Nelson’s prodigious recording output — 60 or so albums just since 1975’s …
By Michael Corcoran The ranking of Texas songs is not a new idea. I think the first person who took on the task held back …
By Holly Gleason I didn’t like country music. Truth is, I probably didn’t really know what it was at all. Whiny, nasal, twang twang twang …
By Richard Skanse Country music has done right by Monte Warden, and for most of his life, the Austin singer-songwriter and band leader has been …
By Mike Ethan Messick Austin singer-songwriter Chris King has kicked up a not-insignificant amount of dust over the past couple of years, ascending from erstwhile …
By Michael Corcoran We praise our pioneers who’ve found subtle new ways to play their instruments, but rare is the one who invents a new …
By j. poet “Growing up, I played Mozart obsessively,” Elana James says, describing her first musical inspiration. “I’d go to class early to practice, but …
From roadhouses and dancefloor shuffles to concert halls and sophisticated, string-laden standards, the great connector was country music — and Texas music — incarnate. By …
Notes from the Editor By Richard Skanse (LSM March/April 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 2) I’ve known Andrew Dansby since college, and I can honestly only think of …
