Heartworn Highways: The story behind “London Homesick Blues”
By Gary P. Nunn (March/April 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 2) January of 1972 was a turning point in my life. Having left the University to …
Posts tagged Rod Kennedy
Ruthie Foster: Fire in the Soul The phenomenal folk-singer turned blues-belter continues her artistic hot streak with "Let It Burn"
By Richard Skanse (LSM Jan/Feb 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 1) Ruthie Foster didn’t actually make her new Let It Burn album with her hands tied behind her …
LSM Cover Story: Kerrville Folk Festival City of Song: For 39 years (and counting), the Kerrville Folk Festival has drawn music lovers from all walks of life deep into the heart of the Texas Hill Country. Some come as legends or to launch their careers; others, just to escape the real world, if only for a week or three. But nobody leaves untouched by song — and without a profound understanding of the words “Welcome Home.”
By Richard Skanse (LSM June/July 2010/vol. 3 – issue 4) In the before and after, Quiet Valley Ranch can be a little too quiet. Come …
Go Fish! It just wouldn't be a Kerrville Folk Festival without Trout Fishing in America
By Michael Devers (LSM June/July 2010/vol. 3 – issue 4) On an unusually warm evening in early 1983, Ezra Idlet ran into Rod Kennedy on …
Kerrville Memories Kerrvert hall of famers Lyle Lovett, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Robert Earl Keen share their favorite festival tales
By Richard Skanse (LSM June/July 2010/vol. 3 – issue 4) Ray Wylie Hubbard “I don’t know if you knew this, but I used to drink. …
