Old trees just grow stronger A songwriter's appreciation of John Prine
By D.C. Bloom Austin is a city of songwriters. And if you were to poll them all, I’d wager you’d find that a healthy percenage …
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June 28, 2018 Old trees just grow stronger A songwriter's appreciation of John Prine
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March 4, 2018 In Memoriam: Brandon Jenkins, June 7, 1969 – March 2, 2018 Requiem for a Red Dirt Legend
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May 26, 2017 Remembering Jimmy LaFave Traveling a musical road from Guthrie and Dylan to Bruce and beyond, LaFave sprinkled red-dirt folk all over this land
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January 21, 2017 Observe, feel, write: Remembering Greg Trooper How a Yankee from New Jersey helped set my bar for Americana cool
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November 14, 2016 Remembering Leon Russell A song for you ... and me ... and us
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In Memoriam: Brandon Jenkins, June 7, 1969 – March 2, 2018 Requiem for a Red Dirt Legend
By Cody Oxley The Red Dirt music family lost one of its most beloved songwriting voices on Friday, March 2, when Brandon Dean Jenkins passed …
Remembering Jimmy LaFave Traveling a musical road from Guthrie and Dylan to Bruce and beyond, LaFave sprinkled red-dirt folk all over this land
By Lynne Margolis When Jimmy LaFave passed away on the night of May 21, 2017, his life was chronicled in respectful obituaries; they reviewed his …
Observe, feel, write: Remembering Greg Trooper How a Yankee from New Jersey helped set my bar for Americana cool
By Mattson Rainer [Editor’s Note: Mattson Rainer is the program director of the Americana station KNBT 92.1 FM in New Braunfels, Texas.] In 1996, as …
Remembering Leon Russell A song for you ... and me ... and us
By Holly Gleason I was wearing brand new Prada velvet Mary Janes, with saddle leather straps, and a big velvet, men’s cut shirt from back …
In Memoriam: Louis Jay Meyers From co-founding SXSW to bringing focus to Folk Alliance and banjos to "Tommy," Meyers' dedication to music was limitless
By Lynne Margolis Despite the uncanny timing, one of the few events Louis Jay Meyers certainly did not plan was his death from a heart …
Louis Meyers: An Appreciation The show must go on
By Jenni Finlay “Let’s do a renegade showcase this year,” Louis said, that devilish grin never leaving his face. “There’s no reason why we can’t …
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 …
Before the fire, after the flood: Friends remember Victor Holk Two tributes to the late San Marcos songwriter, including the premiere of Colin Colby's "Colorado"
[Editor’s Note: San Marcos, Texas-based singer-songwriter Victor Holk, who passed away on Aug. 20, 2015 from injuries sustained in a tragic house fire in June, would …
Heartworn Highways: Allan Goodman tribute
Live Forever: Remembering Allan Goodman By Drew Kennedy (LSM July/Aug 2014/vol 7 – issue 4) [Editor’s Note: California-born guitarist and songwriter Allan Goodman, who became …
