By Mike Ethan Messick (LSM July/Aug 2013/Vol. 6 – Issue 4) Every genre of music is populated with stories of lifelong strivers who finally come …
By D.C. Bloom (LSM Jan/Feb 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 1) How does one begin to thank the thousands of men and women from our armed …
CHARLIE SHAFTER Charlie Shafter Dog Hits Records With his song “Sea Wall,” Charlie Shafter may have penned the most personal universal love story not written …
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, …
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 …
By Walt Wilkins (Aug/Sept 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 4) I had one of the coolest jobs anyone could ever dream of: I scouted locations for …
WALT WILKINS Plenty Ride Records Walt Wilkins bookends Plenty with a Zen mantra (“Just Be”) and a psalm for gratitude embraced (“Between Midnight & Day”). …
MATT HARLAN & THE SENTIMENTALS Bow and Be Simple Berkalin Records There’s something distinctly American about the sort of dusty, country-tinged folk that Matt Harlan …
By Cody Oxley (May/June 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 3) “I figured it’d go one way or the other — a big success or a horrible …
By D.C. Bloom (LSM Jan/Feb 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 1) A guitar is much more than just the tool of a musician’s trade. A guitar can …
