RIP: Guy Clark, Nov. 6, 1941 – May 17, 2016 Legendary Texas songwriter dead at 74
IBy Richard Skanse Guy Clark, the dean of Texas songwriters, passed away early Tuesday morning in Nashville. He was 74. The legendary troubadour, who won …
Posts tagged Robert Earl Keen
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January 2, 2017 New Offenders top LSM’s Best of 2016 Reader’s Poll Willie, Sturgill, Whiskey Myers and Bonnie Whitmore round out Top 5
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November 18, 2016 Robert Earl Keen: “Live Dinner Reunion”
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November 16, 2016 Q&A: Robert Earl Keen The king of the Texas-Americana music hill talks about his new double-album “Live Dinner Reunion,” his love of bluegrass and bubbly pilsners, and his current obsession with crafting the perfect 90-second song.
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November 4, 2016 Q&A: Zac Wilkerson The Amarillo singer talks about working with Walt Wilkins, revisiting the songs of his youth and dealing with grief on “Dustbowl Soul.”
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October 5, 2016 Q&A: Cody Braun of Reckless Kelly Talking "Sunset Motel," the songs that got away and the road ahead
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LSM Throwback Thursday Review Reckless Kelly: "Under the Table and Above the Sun" (2003)
RECKLESS KELLY Under the Table and Above the Sun Sugar Hill Records (2003) Even though they originally hail from the Pacific Northwest, Reckless Kelly is …
LSM Throwback Thursday Review Jack Ingram: "Electric" (2003)
JACK INGRAM Electric Lucky Dog Jack Ingram may have been the first solo Texas singer-songwriter to pop up in the direct wake of Robert Earl …
LSM State of Mind: Singing the “RSD” blues Why Record Store Day isn’t all it should and was meant to be — and how I’d fix it.
By Chris Mosser Record Store Day! If you dig vinyl, or music of any kind, Record Store Day sounds like a good thing — and …
Hayes Carll: “Lovers and Leavers”
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 …
Q&A: Matt Martindale of Cooder Graw With the return of this much-loved (and missed) Amarillo band, the Texas country scene just might get loud again
By Mike Ethan Messick Recent converts to the independent Texas country-rock movement might not know this, but for a stretch in the late ‘90s going …
High Plains Jamboree: Terry Allen and friends bring “Lubbock (on everything)” to life Texas Tech University's Allen Theatre, Lubbock, Texas, Feb. 18, 2016
By Thomas D. Mooney Terry Allen was 36-years-old when he released his second album, the double-platter, all-encompassing monolith Lubbock (on Everything). Released in 1979, it …
Lyle Lovett talks “Songs & Stories” tour with Vince Gill “Cred Scare” vets team up for 13-date acoustic swing through the South
By Holly Gleason “We were doing two shows in Philadelphia and somewhere in New Jersey, and we got snowed out,” Lyle Lovett says of his …
LSM Playlist: Texas Country 101 15 landmark albums that helped launch the modern Texas/Red Dirt music scene
By Mike Ethan Messick The early to mid-1990s were a time of recalibration and resurgence for what it meant to be a Texas musician. Outlaw …
Randy Rogers Band: “Nothing Shines Like Neon”
RANDY ROGERS BAND Nothing Shines Like Neon Tommy Jackson Records/Thirty Tigers While it’d be a stretch to call the very (very) good Nothing Shines Like …
