Courtyard Hounds: “Amelita”
COURT YARD HOUNDS Amelita Columbia Long before Natalie Maines turned the Dixie Chicks into a runaway freight train without brakes, they were a roots band …
COURT YARD HOUNDS Amelita Columbia Long before Natalie Maines turned the Dixie Chicks into a runaway freight train without brakes, they were a roots band …
RHETT MILLER The Dreamer Maximum Sunshine Records Sometimes sounding like a mix of Ryan Adams and Wilco (minus the experimental noise), Old 97’s frontman Rhett …
SIX MARKET BLVD. Shake It Down www.sixmarketblvd.com At the risk of downplaying Six Market Blvd.’s creative spark, they sound like they’ve got one hell of …
ELIJAH FORD Upon Waking Catapult Elijah Ford has made a good old-fashioned sideman’s record, but it’s so good he might not be a sideman for …
JORDAN MINOR The Cottonwood Tree www.jordanminor.com Somewhere between Ryan Adams and Jesse Dayton rests Jordan Minor’s new work, The Cottonwood Tree. The New Braunfels-based songwriter …
RYAN ADAMS Ashes & Fire PAX-AM/Capitol A new Ryan Adams album always carries with it an interesting subplot of sorts: Namely, what exactly was the …
By Doug Pullen (LSM July/Aug 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 4) What’s in a name? When you’re El Paso’s Dirty River Boys, it’s all about evoking …
AMANDA SHIRES Carrying Lightning amandashires.net “Look how easy a heart can catch on fire,” observes Amanda Shires just over two minutes into her first song …
RYAN ADAMS & THE CARDINALS III/IV Pax-AM Records Let’s get this out of the way upfront: Ryan Adams & the Cardinals’ III/IV is not, as …
By Lynne Margolis April 2008 For a guy who rocks out with what seems like such reckless abandon, Rhett Miller, Old 97’s’ lead singer and …