Various Artists: “Dreamer: A Tribute to Kent Finlay”
VARIOUS ARTISTS Dreamer: A Tribute to Kent Finlay Eight 30 Records Although he was a prolific songwriter and no stranger to performing onstage, Kent Finlay …
Posts tagged Texas songwriter
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July 11, 2016 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
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June 7, 2016 Q&A: Robert Ellis The Houston honky-tonker turned fearless genre bender on songwriting, recording, taking the high road and challenging the rules of “authenticity”
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June 4, 2016 Maren Morris finds her truth The independent Texas songwriter steps up to the big time with her bold, genre-blurring major-label debut, “Hero.”
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June 2, 2016 LSM Throwback Thursday Review Randy Rogers Band: "Rollercoaster" (2004)
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May 19, 2016 LSM Throwback Thursday Review Guy Clark: "Dublin Blues" (1995)
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Terri Hendrix: “Northern Lights” Live at Superfly's Lone Star Music Emporium, San Marcos, TX on Feb. 26, 2016
Terri Hendrix and Lloyd Maines performing her new song “Northern Lights” at Superfly’s Lone Star Music Emporium in San Marcos, Texas on Feb. 26, 2016. …
Terri Hendrix & Lloyd Maines: “Fifty Shades of Hey” Live at Superfly's Lone Star Music Emporium, San Marcos, TX on Feb. 26, 2016
Terri Hendrix and Lloyd Maines performing her song “Fifty Shades of Hey” at Superfly’s Lone Star Music Emporium in San Marcos, Texas on Feb. 26, …
Javi Garcia vs. “The Great Controversy” … round 2 The uncompromising Texas rocker and detail-obsessed graphic artist spent three years bringing his 2013 sophomore album to its final vinyl destination. And it was worth the wait.
By Richard Skanse Songwriter Javi Garcia does not work in half measures. His 2010 debut, A Southern Horror, proved as much with a bang, shotgunning …
Lyle Lovett talks “Songs & Stories” tour with Vince Gill “Cred Scare” vets team up for 13-date acoustic swing through the South
By Holly Gleason “We were doing two shows in Philadelphia and somewhere in New Jersey, and we got snowed out,” Lyle Lovett says of his …
Terri Hendrix: “Love You Strong (Project 5.1)”
TERRI HENDRIX Love You Strong (Project 5.1) Wilory Records The common perception of the lullaby is that of a simple, gentle tonic before sleep. But …
LSM Throwback Thursday Review Lyle Lovett: "Joshua Judges Ruth" (1992)
LYLE LOVETT Joshua Judges Ruth Curb (1992) The 1970s wave of “outlaw” country musicians were revolutionary in a ruggedly coherent sort of way: Willie, Waylon, …
Chris King’s “Animal” instincts The rising Texas songwriter talks about straying off leash from his country comfort zone
By Mike Ethan Messick Austin singer-songwriter Chris King has kicked up a not-insignificant amount of dust over the past couple of years, ascending from erstwhile …
Q&A: William Clark Green The “Ringing Road” singer on his two-night stand at Gruene Hall recording his first live album
By Thomas D. Mooney With the release of his fourth album, Ringling Road — Lone Star Music’s fourth best-selling album of 2015 — Texas songwriter William …
LSM Premiere: A song — and chapter — from “Kent Finlay, Dreamer” Adam Carroll discusses his mentor's "oddball" sense of humor and sings "Be Nice to 'Em Son"
By Richard Skanse That Kent Finlay loved songwriters as much as he loved writing songs himself was no secret to anybody who ever knew the …
