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 …
By Lynne Margolis In a night filled with Americana luminaries — and even the Lumineers — the one artist who made history during the 15th …
By Lynne Margolis Jim Lauderdale has emceed the Americana Music Association’s Honors & Awards shows almost since the organization began presenting awards in 2002. …
PARKER MILLSAP The Very Last Day Okrahoma Records You listen to one too many fire and brimstone sermons as a young ’un growing up in …
By Darryl Smyers Touring in honor of the 50th anniversary of his debut album, Alice’s Restaurant, legendary singer-songwriter Arlo Guthrie was in fine form in …
LUCINDA WILLIAMS The Ghosts of Highway 20 Highway 20 Records If Lucinda Williams’ 2014 album Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone found the singer …
By j. poet “Growing up, I played Mozart obsessively,” Elana James says, describing her first musical inspiration. “I’d go to class early to practice, but …
A new crop of students delivers lessons from the Boss By Lynne Margolis (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) When Bruce Springsteen released Born …
By Lynne Margolis (LSM July/Aug 2014/vol 7 – issue 4) John Fullbright likes to joke that he’d have trouble naming a cat, much less an …
By D.C. Bloom (LSM March/April 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 2) Operating on the biblical “the last shall be first” principle that Parker Millsap no doubt heard from …
