Posts tagged West Texas

By Richard Skanse (LSM March/April 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 2) Central Texas-based singer, guitarist, and keyboard player Jeff Strahan passed away on Jan. 15 following …

JERE LOWE Cars Trains and the Wind www.JereLowe.com When Texans get to bragging about the Texas-sized musical talent pool of the Lone Star State, the …

BRENNEN LEIGH & NOEL McKAY Before the World Was Made www.brennenleigh.net Cute musical couples love to make cute songs of love together. One supposes it’s …

AMANDA SHIRES Down Fell the Doves Lightning Rod Records When West Texan Amanda Shires up ’n’ moved to Tennessee, it was obvious she’d never slide …

By Richard Skanse (LSM July/Aug 2013/Vol. 6 – Issue 4) On Feb. 23, 10 days before her 31st birthday, Amanda Shires married fellow singer-songwriter Jason …

By Richard Skanse (LSM Jan/Feb 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 1) In the summer of 1965, a 22-year-old art student from Lubbock, Texas, named Terry Allen walked …

THE PEAR RATZ “Still Hungry … Still Hurtin’”: Live at Brewster Street Ice House Rancho Azul Records Pear Ratz fans, your cries have been heard. …

NICOLETTE GOOD Monarch www.nicolettegood.com San Antonio’s Nicolette Good is certainly having a namesake year. You know, a good one. She’s won the Texas singer-songwriter’s equivalent …

The Blue Light Live 1806 Buddy Holly Avenue, Lubbock, Texas 806-762-1185 / www.thebluelightlive.com (LSM May/June 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 3) Fans of great original live …

By Christopher J. Oglesby (LSM May/June 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 3) If you’ve ever heard the music of Lubbock singer-songwriter Cary Swinney, chances are you …