With the opening round of 64 in our Ultimate Texas Country vs. Red Dirt Album Showdown now in the books amid a total of over …
As Lone Star Music celebrates our 17th year in business covering the Texas/Red Dirt scene, we present to you, the fans, our very first just-for-fun …
By Richard Skanse For an annual tradition now into its fourth decade, Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Picnic has always had a funny way of …
MICHAEL MURPHEY Geronimo’s Cadillac A&M Records One of the greatest legends of Texas music isn’t a specific artist or band so much as it is …
HAYES CARLL Lovers and Leavers HWY 87 Records/Thirty Tigers The elevator pitch for Hayes Carll’s fifth album, as sketched out by the artist himself in …
By Chris Mosser Wednesday, April 6, 2016 was one of those days when something almost imperceptible, but somehow unmistakably palpable, changed. A dramatic shift in …
By Holly Gleason It’s been five years since Hayes Carll put out a record, but it feels more like a decade. For the jokester/heart-tugging troubadour, …
By Richard Skanse Long before he built his House of Songs, launched an award-winning animation/film company, helped shepherd a Roky Erickson comeback, and dreamed up …
RAY WYLIE HUBBARD Loco Gringo’s Lament Dejadisc (original)/Misery Loves Company/Smith Entertainment (reissues) Most folks have heard the F. Scott Fitzgerald quote about how “there are …
From living legends like Willie Nelson, Robert Earl Keen, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Steve Earle, and Emmylou Harris to fan favorites William Clark Green, Josh Abbott, Kyle Park, …
