Songs of Sahara Sultry voiced Wimberley native Sahara Smith is ready to take on the world.
By Lynne Margolis (LSM Aug/Sept 2010/vol. 3 – Issue 5) If Sahara Smith becomes the next big star to glow beyond the Lone Star State, …
By Lynne Margolis (LSM Aug/Sept 2010/vol. 3 – Issue 5) If Sahara Smith becomes the next big star to glow beyond the Lone Star State, …
PAUL THORN Pimps and Preachers Perpetual Obscurity Mississippi’s Paul Thorn is another “outsider” who has long had a loyal following in Texas. But unlike Eaglesmith, …
FRED EAGLESMITH Cha Cha Cha Lonesome Day Writing and performing “Americana” songs long before there was a genre by the name, Fred Eaglesmith is a …
TIFT MERRITT See You On the Moon Fantasy The last time we heard from Tift Merritt, the Houston native had become fully introspective, on songs …
Discovering Woody Guthrie By Terri Hendrix (LSM Aug/Sept 2010/vol. 3 – Issue 5) “I lived in a place called Okfuskee And I had a little …
WALT WILKINS AND THE MYSTIQUEROS Agave Blue Boot Born onstage at Gruene Hall in 2006, the Mystiqueros are Walt “Big Daddy” Wilkins, Bill “El Guapo” …
SEAN McCONNELL Saints, Thieves, Liars www.seanmcconnell.com Sean McConnell hails from Boston, where he spent much of his youth absorbing such coffeehouse-friendly influences as Joni Mitchell, …
MIKE STINSON The Jukebox in Your Heart Stag Records Outside of James Hand, Dale Watson and a small cadre of others, there are few artists …
By Tom Buckley (LSM June/July 2010/vol. 3 – issue 4) Michelle Shocked could write a song about the origins of her musical career, and few …
By Dale Martin (LSM June/July 2010/vol. 3 – issue 4) Tom Gillam may still be somewhat of a newcomer to the Texas music scene, having …