Chris Stapleton: “From A Room: Volume 1”
CHRIS STAPLETON From A Room: Volume 1 Mercury Nashville If you were updating the authoritative history of modern country music to reflect the last couple …
CHRIS STAPLETON From A Room: Volume 1 Mercury Nashville If you were updating the authoritative history of modern country music to reflect the last couple …
By Richard Skanse It’s not about nostalgia, Terry Allen insisted. “It’s about memory.” That was mid-December, and the internationally renowned artist, sculptor, and maverick songwriter …
Our readers have spoken — or rather, clicked and voted — and the verdict is in: The self-titled 1977 debut by Lubbock-reared roots rocker Joe Ely …
By Kelly Dearmore There are very few — if any — songwriters around that can boast a portfolio as varied as that of Sean McConnell. …
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The hardcore troubadour talks Terraplane blues By Holly Gleason Steve Earle, like everyone it seems at “The Life and Songs of Emmylou Harris: An All-Star …
BRENT BEST Your Dog, Champ Last Chance As the front man for North Texas’ Slobberbone, Brent Best developed a reputation as a singer of uncommon …
JOE TEICHMAN Backburner Tremolo Joe Music It’s hard to spot a breakout artist in the crowded field of modern young country-folk artists — it’s a …
RYAN BINGHAM Fear and Saturday Night Axster Bingham Records/Thirty Tigers The quality that his earliest champions like Joe Ely and Terry Allen praised most about Ryan …
HAL KETCHUM I’m the Troubadour Music Road Records Having gotten through a bout of mainstream stardom back in the early ’90s — and a long run …