By Thomas D. Mooney Texas singer-songwriter Troy Cartwright’s new release, the stellar five-track Don’t Fade (out Oct. 7), may only clock in at five tracks long, but …
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 …
By Thomas D. Mooney The ’70s and ’80s were boom times for the West Texas music scene, with songwriters and bandleaders like Joe Ely, Butch …
By Thomas D. Mooney Lubbock singer-songwriter Randall King is a revivalist of sorts. While many songwriters in the state are pushing Texas Music off in …
By Thomas D. Mooney It’s early evening on the last Saturday in March, and the five members of Dolly Shine are sitting around an expanded …
By Thomas D. Mooney Over the past decade, Dave Cobb has produced critically-acclaimed — and award-winning — albums by the likes of Jason Isbell (Southeastern, …
By Thomas D. Mooney Nobody who was there is ever gonna forget the night Chris Stapleton came to Lubbock. For the “Traveller” himself, it may …
By Thomas D. Mooney Terry Allen was 36-years-old when he released his second album, the double-platter, all-encompassing monolith Lubbock (on Everything). Released in 1979, it …
By Thomas D. Mooney “I hate being cliche like this,” says Cleto Cordero, the chief songwriter and frontman for Lubbock’s country roots band Flatland Cavalry, “but summer is my favorite …
By Thomas D. Mooney By all definitions, Terry Allen’s double-album, Lubbock (on Everything) is a masterpiece that defines an era of music blowing in from the Panhandle, …
