By Lynne Margolis On the plane to Nashville, Charlie Sexton said he wasn’t going to win “the Buddy Miller Award” — the unofficial nickname for …
By Richard Skanse Over the course of his two-and-a-half-hour, 25-song set last Thursday night in Austin, Rodney Crowell dipped just four times into his pre-1990 …
RODNEY CROWELL Close Ties New West Sixteen years on from the release of his career-rebooting The Houston Kid, Rodney Crowell’s second wind has now been …
Rodney Crowell’s new album, Close Ties, will be released on March 31 on New West Records. If you preorder a CD or vinyl copy now through March 30 …
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 …
Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark By Tamara Saviano Texas A&M University Press By Diana Finlay Hendricks Tamara Saviano …
By Lynne Margolis In a night filled with Americana luminaries — and even the Lumineers — the one artist who made history during the 15th …
By Holly Gleason Joe Ely, hair white and posture ram-road straight, leaned into the mic and half-whispered, half-sang, “I ain’t looking for trouble, I can’t …
By Lynne Margolis Texas songwriter Townes Van Zandt will be among the 2016 inductees into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, the organization announced Tuesday. …
By Richard Skanse As any seasoned “Kerrvert” can tell you, there’s never really a question of will it rain at the Kerrville Folk Festival; it’s only …
