Hayes Carll: “Lovers and Leavers”
HAYES CARLL Lovers and Leavers HWY 87 Records/Thirty Tigers The elevator pitch for Hayes Carll’s fifth album, as sketched out by the artist himself in …
Posts tagged Texas songwriter
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September 2, 2016 Jack Ingram: “Midnight Motel”
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August 10, 2016 For the sake of the songs Townes Van Zandt, 2 other Texas natives to be inducted into Nashville Songwriters HOF
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July 22, 2016 The truths and consequences of Charlie Stout’s “Dust and Wind” The West Texas songwriter talks Flatland murder ballads and High Plains hymns
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July 19, 2016 The Finals: LSM’s ’70s Progressive Country/Honky-Tonk Heroes Shotgun Showdown Joe Ely faces off against the Red Headed Stranger
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July 13, 2016 (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"
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Q&A: Hayes Carll talks “Lovers and Leavers” How the acclaimed Texas troubadour learned to stop worrying about pulling punchlines and learned to love the terrifying process of getting real
By Holly Gleason It’s been five years since Hayes Carll put out a record, but it feels more like a decade. For the jokester/heart-tugging troubadour, …
Q&A: Lincoln Durham Mining the dark and playing with fire (and cigar-box guitars) to share his "Revelations of a Mind Unraveling"
By Kelly Dearmore Spend any time listening to Lincoln Durham’s music, and you might come to the conclusion that he’s the angriest young performing songwriter in …
Wade Bowen: “Then Sings My Soul … Songs for My Mother”
WADE BOWEN Then Sings My Soul … Songs for My Mother Bowen Sounds Wade Bowen typically skates along musical edges with a rock sound, some …
LSM Throwback Thursday Review Adam Carroll: "South of Town" (1998)
ADAM CARROLL South of Town Down Hole Records If you’re reading this, there’s a pretty good chance that at some point someone’s floated the notion …
Q&A: Parker McCollum “The Limestone Kid” on success, studying the masters, and fighting frat boy prejudice
By Cody Oxley Try not to judge singer-songwriter Parker McCollum by his cover. The 23-year-old “Limestone Kid” from Conroe is well aware of the fact …
Chris King: “Borderland” Live at Superfly's Lone Star Music Emporium, San Marcos, TX on March 1, 2016
Chris King and band performing his song “Borderland,” from his new album Animal, at Superfly’s Lone Star Music Emporium in San Marcos, Texas on March 1, 2016.
Townes Van Zandt honored by Butch Hancock and compadres at birthday salute Cactus Cafe, Austin, Texas, March 7, 2016
By Tiffany Walker “All you can leave is what someone will carry, after your ashes are spread …” That line, from the first song played …
Q&A: Joe Ely The Official Texas State Musician of 2016 talks tributes, guitar telepathy, turning 69 and trying to make sense of Trump
By Richard Skanse “Hey, what ’cha know?” It’s 10:30 a.m., and Joe Ely, his signature West Texas greeting as cheerful as ever, is all coffee’d …
In Memoriam: Jeromy Ray Hooper, Jan. 23, 1976 – March 2, 2016
By Mike Ethan Messick Let’s hear it for the part-timers. We’re all walking through an age where the line between a performer and a fan …
