Editor’s Note: Texas singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith (born July 6, 1953 in Seguin and raised in Austin, where she began her widely renowned folk and country …
By Richard Skanse By the time she hits 30 this fall, Courtney Marie Andrews will have officially spent half of her life as a performing …
TODD SNIDER Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3 Aimless Records/Thirty Tigers In tales that may or may not have been true in his pleasantly rambling, comically …
NICHOLE WAGNER And the Sky Caught Fire Star Catcher Music An Austin songwriter (originally from Colorado) gifted with sly charm that rolls off her voice …
ROD PICOTT Out Past the Wires Welding Rod Records A New England kid reared on classic rock who caught the folk-music bug a few decades …
JIMMY LAFAVE Peace Town Music Road Records Beloved Austin music veteran Jimmy LaFave lost his battle to cancer back in May of 2017, but his …
By D.C. Bloom Austin is a city of songwriters. And if you were to poll them all, I’d wager you’d find that a healthy percenage …
JOHN PRINE The Tree of Forgiveness Oh Boy Records One of the then-young songwriters that got tagged with the “next Bob Dylan!” hype in the …
By Richard Skanse Las Vegas has earned a reputation for being a great many things over the years, but a hotbed of original music is …
RED SHAHAN Culberson County 7013 Records/Thirty Tigers One of the brightest alt-country debuts in recent years, Red Shahan’s 2015 release Men & Coyotes was a …
