Mr. Record Man: Alejandro Escovedo
By Scott Schinder (May/June 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 3) Alejandro Escovedo’s new Big Station continues the incredible creative roll that began with 2006’s The Boxing …
By Scott Schinder (May/June 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 3) Alejandro Escovedo’s new Big Station continues the incredible creative roll that began with 2006’s The Boxing …
K. PHILLIPS American Girls Rancho Azul Singer-songwriter K Phillips is based in Austin and plays the kind of music that makes the Austin scene so …
BRACKEN HALE Bracken Hale www.brackenhale.com Austin, Texas, has never exactly been short on country acts of the retro persuasion — but it could stand a few …
By D.C. Bloom (March/April 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 2) Luckenbach, Texas 412 Luckenbach Town Loop, Fredericksburg, Texas 830-997-3224 or 888-311-8990 / www.luckenbachtexas.com When Guy Clark …
GENE WATSON Best of the Rest: 25 Greatest Hits Fourteen Carat Music Texas country music legend Gene Watson always wanted to be a musician, but …
MARTIN ZELLAR Roosters Crow Owen Lee Recordings In a marginally more fair world, the Gear Daddies — pride of Austin, Minn., — would have made …
SHURMAN Inspiration Teletone Records As admittedly lazy critical adjectives go, “Stonesy” is only slightly less overused than “Beatlesque.” But “Facey” just doesn’t look or sound …
LYLE LOVETT Release Me Lost Highway Though he says the split was cordial, Lyle Lovett couldn’t resist taking a parting shot upon leaving his label …
RAY WYLIE HUBBARD The Grifter’s Hymnal Bordello Records Like the faded songbook pictured on the cover of The Grifter’s Hymnal, Ray Wylie Hubbard’s music has …
By John T. Davis (March/April 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 2) Jerry Jeff Walker is turning 70. Who’d of thunk it? Certainly no one who watched …