Charlie Stout: “Dust & Wind”
CHARLIE STOUT Dust & Wind New American Frontier “Backstory” is a valuable commodity in a field crowded with talented if somewhat-similar singers and songwriters; hearing …
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February 9, 2017 Joe Ely: The Crazy Lemon at 70 The Lubbock legend talks about his Paramount birthday bash, a newly discovered treasure trove of long-lost demos and the artistic freedom of getting to do pretty much anything he wants.
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February 2, 2017 Jonny Burke: “World’s On Fire” Superfly's Lone Star Music Emporium, San Marcos, Texas, 1-31-2017
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December 16, 2016 Terry Allen’s car tunes With “Road Angel,” his new installation at Austin’s Laguna Gloria, the renowned songwriter and visual artist casts music, memory, and the myth of the American automobile into bronze.
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November 22, 2016 Terry Allen: “The Juarez Device” and “There Oughta Be a Law Against Sunny Southern California” Superfly's Lone Star Music Emporium, San Marcos, Texas, Nov. 19, 2016
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November 18, 2016 Robert Earl Keen: “Live Dinner Reunion”
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Joe Teichman: “Heart Over Mind”
JOE TEICHMAN Heart Over Mind Tremolo Joe Records Texas-born singer-songwriter Joe Teichman takes this traveling troubadour thing seriously: he’s recently departed his Central Texas comfort …
The truths and consequences of Charlie Stout’s “Dust and Wind” The West Texas songwriter talks Flatland murder ballads and High Plains hymns
By Thomas D. Mooney Last summer, Lubbock singer-songwriter Charlie Stout headed out into the New Mexico desert, hunkered down in the abandoned Presbyterian church of an …
The Finals: LSM’s ’70s Progressive Country/Honky-Tonk Heroes Shotgun Showdown Joe Ely faces off against the Red Headed Stranger
Let’s be honest here … did anyone really want to have to choose between Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark? As hard as many of …
(Just Because) You Asked Me To … Taking a closer look at LSM's "Shotgun Showdown" between Waylon's "Honky Tonk Heroes" and Billy Joe's "Old Five and Dimers"
By Don McLeese “It’s the singer, not the song.” — Mick Jagger/Keith Richards “I’m just an old chunk of coal But I’m gonna be a …
Round 4: LSM’s Progressive Country/Honky-Tonk Heroes Showdown Willie and Ely make it into the Elite 8 with two albums each, but Waylon, Shaver, Townes and Guy are still in the hunt
When we kicked off this poll a couple weeks back with 64 classic albums from the ’70s heyday of Texas progressive country music, there were …
John Evans: “Polyester”
JOHN EVANS Polyester Splice Records Veteran Houston-bred, Austin-based musician John Evans may not be one of Texas music’s best-known names, but despite his eclectic style …
Shad Blair: “Sawdust”
SHAD BLAIR Sawdust www.shadblair.com Gifted but obscure, Shad Blair has been knocking around the Austin-area country-folk talent pool for at least a decade, honing a …
Austin Meade: “Feet on the Floor” Superfly's Lone Star Music Emporium, San Marcos, Texas, 6-4-2016
Texas songwriter Austin Meade celebrated the release of his new EP, Heartbreak Coming, with a Saturday afternoon in-store performance with his band at Superfly’s Lone Star …
Robert Ellis: “Elephant” and “Amanda Jane” Superfly's Lone Star Music Emporium, San Marcos, Texas, 6-4-2016
On Saturday, June 4, the day after the release of his self-titled fourth album, Houston-reared singer-songwriter Robert Ellis visited Superfly’s Lone Star Music Emporium in …
