Posts tagged women in music

By Richard Skanse (LSM March/April 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 2) “Oh Eliza, you try so hard …” That’s Eliza Gilkyson, singing to herself in a song she …

LAURA CANTRELL No Way There From Here Thrift Shop Recordings Over her five albums, New York-via-Nashville alt-country songbird Laura Cantrell has evolved steadily from savvy …

ELIZA GILKYSON The Nocturne Diaries Red House Records Ever since her by then already three-decade-plus-long music career hit its artistic stride in full with her …

ROSANNE CASH The River & the Thread Blue Note The guitar is all tremble and steam, just a few notes rocking back and forth over a …

LUCINDA WILLIAMS Lucinda Williams Thirty Tigers/Lucinda Williams Music Scour the extensive liners accompanying this deluxe, 25th-anniversary reissue of Lucinda Williams’ self-titled 1988 third album, including …

PATTY GRIFFIN Silver Bell A&M Records When Patty Griffin recorded Silver Bell in 1999, she undoubtedly hoped it would chime around the world. But the …

TISH HINOJOSA After the Fair Varese Vintage Records Tish Hinojosa has been making beautiful, soulful music ever since bursting onto the folk scene in 1989 …

Kathryn Legendre Old Soul www.kathrynlegendremusic.com Though still on the shy side of 30, Austin newcomer Kathryn Legendre ain’t kidding when she sings about being an …

By Holly Gleason (LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1) Patty Griffin swings open the door to her tour bus, far heavier than it looks, with …

By Lynne Margolis (LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1) Before Valerie June hit a single note that October Saturday in Zilker Park, those clustered around …