Posts tagged singer-songwriter

By Richard Skanse (LSM July/Aug 2013/Vol. 6 – Issue 4) “What do you want to know?” Bob Schneider strides into the greenroom at New Braunfels’ …

By Tiffany Walker (LSM July/Aug 2013/Vol. 6 – Issue 4) Sam Baker’s new album is entitled Say Grace. When asked what he’s grateful for, Baker names …

By Slaid Cleaves (LSM May/June 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 3) I was 9 years old the day I first sat down next to Rod Picott …

By Richard Skanse (LSM May/June 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 3) Don’t call Steve Earle’s 1995 album Train a Comin’ a “comeback.” Oh, it certainly met …

By D.C. Bloom (LSM May/June 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 3) The Whiskey Sisters’ koozie pretty much nails it: “Powerhouse harmony driven rocking country six piece …

EMMYLOU HARRIS & RODNEY CROWELL Old Yellow Moon Nonesuch When Rodney Crowell was a member of Emmylou Harris’ Hot Band in the ‘70s, his designation …

AMANDA PEARCY Royal Street www.amandapearcy.com The Cliff’s Notes version of Amanda Pearcy’s hardscrabble life story, as told in the bio on her website, reads like …

SLAID CLEAVES Still Fighting the War Music Road Records Slaid Cleaves has made a fistful of very fine albums since his migration from Maine down …

KACEY MUSGRAVES Same Trailer, Different Park Mercury Kacey Musgraves is the perfect mainstream country music conundrum. Same Trailer, Different Park will be widely recognized as …

PATTY GRIFFIN American Kid New West Like most great songwriters, Patty Griffin is not known for happy tunes. But on American Kid, her New West …