By Richard Skanse As any songwriter who ever had the experience can surely attest, one did not walk into a co-writing session with Guy Clark with …
By Lynne Margolis The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde was the “surprise” superstar musical guest at the Austin Chronicle’s 35th annual Austin Music Awards, held Sunday night …
By Rob Patterson “We don’t know where these songs come from,” says Gurf Morlix, verging into the metaphysics of creativity. “We just kind of reach …
By Mattson Rainer [Editor’s Note: Mattson Rainer is the program director of the Americana station KNBT 92.1 FM in New Braunfels, Texas.] In 1996, as …
By Richard Skanse When Ray Wylie Hubbard was invited to last month’s Desert Trip festival in Indio, California, he responded with a polite but resolute …
By Lynne Margolis Kris Kristofferson, Bonnie Raitt, the late B.B. King and retired Austin City Limits executive producer Dick Peterson became the third class of …
By Lynne Margolis One of the Austin music community’s greatest traits is its collective willingness to support a member in need. But when word began …
By Don McLeese “It’s the singer, not the song.” — Mick Jagger/Keith Richards “I’m just an old chunk of coal But I’m gonna be a …
By Lynne Margolis When in the course of human events and July heat, it becomes necessary to pay $4 for semi-chilled water, $6 for Sno-cones …
Well, that wasn’t easy, was it? Oh sure, there were a few uneven match-ups there at the start. Although we maintain that all 64 of the …
