By Richard Skanse It’s mid-morning on Tuesday, July 18 — Day 2 of President Trump’s mildly ballyhooed “Made in America” week — and Todd Snider …
JACK INGRAM Electric Lucky Dog Jack Ingram may have been the first solo Texas singer-songwriter to pop up in the direct wake of Robert Earl …
By Adam Dawson For a lot of Americana music fans, Rod Picott’s name might be most familiar for appearing in album credits as the co-writer …
TOM RUSSELL Mesabi Shout! Factory El Paso-based troubadour Tom Russell has been on one hell of a roll over the last decade, from digging deeply …
AMANDA SHIRES Carrying Lightning amandashires.net “Look how easy a heart can catch on fire,” observes Amanda Shires just over two minutes into her first song …
KIM RICHEY Wreck Your Wheels Thirty Tigers When the deadlines, pay and other downsides of music journalism make you wonder why you still bother, along …
Bingham, Hubbard, Carll and Griffin nab AMA Honors and Awards nominations By Richard Skanse (LSM June/July 2010/vol. 3 – issue 4) With all due respect …
By Richard Skanse November 2002 You wouldn’t wish the last couple of years of Billy Joe Shaver’s life on your worst enemy. By now, his …
