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 …
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October 11, 2016 Book Review: “Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark” By Tamara Saviano (Texas A&M University Press)
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September 22, 2016 Isbell, Stapleton take top honors at Americana music awards Past, present and future of roots music celebrated at star-studded Americana Honors & Awards in Nashville
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August 17, 2016 Old friends, shining like diamonds, come together for “Guy Clark: A Celebration” Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, Aug. 16, 2016
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August 10, 2016 For the sake of the songs Townes Van Zandt, 2 other Texas natives to be inducted into Nashville Songwriters HOF
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June 3, 2016 Kerrville Folk Festival turns 45 Come rain, shine, or flood, the songs play on at Quiet Valley Ranch
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Willie Nelson, Gary Clark Jr. to help ACL HOF induct Kristofferson, Raitt, and King Rodney Crowell, Mavis Staples, and Taj Mahal also tapped to perform at October ceremony
By Lynne Margolis Austin City Limits has enlisted Willie Nelson, Mavis Staples, Rodney Crowell, Gary Clark Jr. and Taj Mahal to perform at its third …
2016 Record Store Day, Americana style … 12 exclusive RSD releases for the Texas/Americana music fanatic
By Richard Skanse As any self-respecting (and/or self-loathing, come pay-up time) vinyl junkie already knows, Record Store Day is Saturday, April 16. Out of the …
Bourbon ’n’ “Big City” Merle Haggard sings us back home: A personal tribute to a life-changing legend
By Holly Gleason I didn’t like country music. Truth is, I probably didn’t really know what it was at all. Whiny, nasal, twang twang twang …
Q&A: Parker McCollum “The Limestone Kid” on success, studying the masters, and fighting frat boy prejudice
By Cody Oxley Try not to judge singer-songwriter Parker McCollum by his cover. The 23-year-old “Limestone Kid” from Conroe is well aware of the fact …
Chris Stapleton makes his mark on Lubbock City Bank Auditorium, Lubbock, Texas, Feb. 26, 2016
By Thomas D. Mooney Nobody who was there is ever gonna forget the night Chris Stapleton came to Lubbock. For the “Traveller” himself, it may …
LSM Playlist: Nashville’s “Great Credibility Scare” of the ’80s A dirty dozen maverick albums that rocked the country status quo
By Holly Gleason Thirty years ago, at a time when Nashville was running on the fumes of Merle, Waylon, Willie, and Emmy, the general state …
Joe Ely, late Roy Orbison inducted into TXHSA Hall of Fame Songwriters J.D. Souther and Will Jennings also named to 2016 class
By Tiffany Walker As cowboy poet/master of ceremonies Red Steagall pointed out at the 10th annual Texas Heritage Songwriters’ Association Hall of Fame Awards Show …
Rodney Crowell, Hayes Carll, Dawes, Jayhawks bound for Old Settler’s Other highlights for 29th annual Old Settler's Music Festival (April 14-17) to include a bluegrass tribute to the Who's "Tommy"
By Richard Skanse Although Americana, alt-country, and Texas-reared singer-songwriter acts are all now by and large relegated to afterthought (if any thought at all) status at …
LSM Playlist: Best of Americana 2015 Rounding up our favorite Americana, Texas and Red Dirt albums of 2015
Let’s be honest here: As fun as it is to compile (and peruse) these sorts of year-end deals, the fact is, the very idea of …
