By Richard Skanse When Austin’s Mobley delivered his dazzling one-man-band performance right before intermission at Saturday night’s Black Fret Black Ball, the prodigiously talented, multi-threat musician …
By Richard Skanse I wish I could say who served up the better cover of Prince’s “When Dove’s Cry” at the Old Settler’s Music Festival …
By Richard Skanse For never-been-theres and others who might not know better, the Old Settler’s Music Festival — which kicks off its 30th installment this …
By Richard Skanse Alas, there will be no Dallas Cowboys — or even Houston Texans, for that matter — on the field representing the Lone …
By Lynne Margolis When Lone Star Music recruited me to cover the Austin City Limits Festival’s 15th anniversary weekends, I said “sure,” not realizing exactly …
By Lynne Margolis When in the course of human events and July heat, it becomes necessary to pay $4 for semi-chilled water, $6 for Sno-cones …
By Richard Skanse For an annual tradition now into its fourth decade, Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Picnic has always had a funny way of …
From living legends like Willie Nelson, Robert Earl Keen, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Steve Earle, and Emmylou Harris to fan favorites William Clark Green, Josh Abbott, Kyle …
From Lone Star legends to breakout newcomers, these were our favorite Americana albums of 2014 … Richard Skanse, Editor 1. Robert Ellis, The Lights from …
Notes from the Editor By Richard Skanse (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) Apart from the opportunity to work with a team of really …
