After Awhile: LSM Aug/Sept 2012 (The Trishas)
Notes From the Editor By Richard Skanse (Aug/Sept 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 4) I may have named this column after a Jimmie Dale Gilmore album, …
Posts tagged Texas/Red Dirt
Mr. Record Man: Pat Green
By Kelly Dearmore (Aug/Sept 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 4) It’s not terribly difficult to look back about 15 years or so and locate pretty much the …
Rawhide & Velvet: Rita’s “Pitch Perfect” Texas Country/Red Dirt Reality TV Shows
By Rita Ballou (May/June 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 3) We all complain about them and we swear up and down that we don’t watch them, …
Q&A: Josh Abbott The fastest rising star in Texas country music talks fame, critics, sports, and a little hypothetical cannibalism.
By Cody Oxley (May/June 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 3) Does anyone have an opinion on Josh Abbott? Now there’s a silly question. More to the …
Rawhide & Velvet: Treat It Right
By Rita Ballou (March/April 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 2) Remember “back in the day” — that is, approximately four years ago — when, if you …
Q&A: Jason Boland The lead Straggler talks "Rancho Alto," the state of the nation, and walking the line between inspiration and innovation while living life in the sober lane.
By Chris Mosser (Nov/Dec 2011/Vol. 4 – Issue 6) Jason Boland is a survivor. The onetime “Bourbon Legend” is now six-years sober, and in recent …
Slow and steady, but right in time Stoney LaRue on consciousness, Nashville, and the making of his long-awaited new studio album, "Velvet"
By Kathleen O’Keefe (Nov/Dec 2011/Vol. 4 – Issue 6) It’s been nearly a decade since Stoney LaRue released his first (now out of print) CD, …
Rawhide & Velvet: The 2011 Year in Ballou Bragogram
By Rita Ballou (Nov/Dec 2011/Vol. 4 – Issue 6) It’s that time of year again for revisiting, rehashing, looking ahead, and — if you’re like …
Mr. Record Man: Robert Earl Keen
By Mike Ethan Messick (LSM Sept/Oct 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 5) Hard as it may be to believe in the hyper-connected, niche-friendly world of today, there …
Rawhide & Velvet: The Man Fan
By Rita Ballou (LSM May/June 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 3) I guess the question you are asking yourself right now is, “Who is Rita Ballou?” …
