ZZ Top | ZZ Top Signs To American Recordings
ultimate-guitar.com 7/4/2008
ZZ Top has signed a new record deal with Rick Rubin's American Recordings imprint through Columbia, reports Billboard.com. ... |
Lyle Lovett | Lovett, With Large Band and Rich Sound
Washington Post 7/4/2008
Lyle Lovett's Large Band was both super-sized and customized at Wolf Trap on Wednesday night, during a richly textured and often wonderfully vibrant 2 1/2 -hour performance. ... |
Caroline Herring | Music to think and drink to
Sydney Morning Herald 7/4/2008
There is so little fuss, so little gloss or musical or sonic grandstanding made by these two albums that they are bound to find themselves at the margins. Which is not just wasteful but downright stupid because with Eilen Jewell and Caroline Herring you can have a drink, a dance, a fight, a heartbre... |
Ryan Bingham | Ryan Bingham's Rugged Country
NPR MUSIC 7/3/2008
Texan Ryan Bingham embraces his country roots by telling vivid, lyrical stories supported by harmonica, simplistic guitar riffs, and mandolin. His rugged, yet romantic voice evokes the hardship and loss of a man far beyond his years. ... |
Willie Nelson | Willie Nelson: A musical treasure chest
Houston Chronicle 7/3/2008
A recent exhaustive biography about Willie Nelson rid me of the need to ask much about the minutiae of his life. So, for the most part, we stuck to songs. Despite the beat-up guitar, the pot smoking, the braids, the tall tales from rowdier days and other superficial things that have made Nelson an i... |
Zack Walther & the Cronkites | Band campaign offers a spot on liner notes
Herald-Zeitung 7/2/2008
Zack Walther and the Cronkites play their usual gig at Gruene Hall tonight, but this Walther Wednesday will kick off a special campaign to get the fans involved with the release of their new CD. ... |
Willie Nelson | Life of musical icon Willie Nelson is an incomplete portrait
Chicago Tribune 6/28/2008
Willie Nelson's first name really is Willie. Not William. Just Willie. That's about the simplest fact about this complex American musical icon, which means it's a herculean task to put the singer/songwriter into context. Noted Texas author Joe Nick Patoski tries in his new biography, and though he s... |
Cory Morrow | Cory Morrow’s new CD ‘a celebration’
Wichita Falls Times Record News 6/27/2008
For Cory Morrow, every album is introspective, but none more so than his latest, “Vagrants and Kings.” “Every album, within the writing of the songs, is about what’s happening in my life,” said Morrow in a phone interview. “ … It’s really obvious to me about finding a good place in my life … what m... |
Carolyn Wonderland | Count on Carolyn Wonderland to yowl Texas blues
The Oregonian 6/27/2008
Texas blues singer-songwriter and guitarist Carolyn Wonderland was on her cell phone in or near Mount Olive, N.J. She didn't have time to talk. "We're waiting to get into this hotel room hoping that we can wipe some of the stink off ourselves before we hit another double-header," she said. "There ... |
Shooter Jennings | Shooter Jennings hits a bullseye at The Beachland Ballroom
Cleveland Leader 6/27/2008
The Beachland Ballroom on June 26 was swung into a tornado as Shooter Jennings blew into town. But before he brought his brand of country rock to the masses, Cleveland’s home grown rednecks, The Not So Good Ol’ Boys got the crowd riled up with their own sound. Unfortunately their first song had a bi... |
Kinky Friedman | All Dogs Go to Heaven, er, Texas
Denton Record-Chronicle 6/26/2008
Today in Denton, every dog’s best friend is a Jewish Cowboy, and a Texas poet comes in as a pretty good sidekick. Writer and musician Kinky Friedman wasn’t shy about stumping for a no-kill shelter in Texas when he was campaigning for governor — a policy that likely didn’t make his opponents’ lists.... |
Robert Earl Keen | Concert Preview: Robert Earl Keen
The Houstonist 6/25/2008
Veteran singer-songwriter and one of Houston's favorite sons, Robert Earl Keen stands tall among such other Texas artists as Jerry Jeff Walker, Rodney Crowell, Ray Wylie Hubbard and Joe Ely as an example of how to achieve longevity in the country music business without ever having a Nashville hit. K... |
Lyle Lovett | Lyle Lovett is livin' and playin' large
Asbury Park Press 6/25/2008
Lyle Lovett is driving west on Route 290 in Central Texas, talking on a cell phone and making his way to a recording session with Charlie Sexton. "I'm honestly not sure if I'm breaking the law or not, which is also sort of a Texas thing," he admits.... |
Cross Canadian Ragweed | Cross Canadian Ragweed plays Summerfest
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 6/25/2008
Cody Canada knows that festival crowds can be trying for rock bands. But that doesn't worry his band, Cross Canadian Ragweed, which plays Summerfest's Potawatomi Bingo Casino Stage at 6 tonight. "Yeah it's definitely a challenge," the band's front man and songwriter said. "There are probably a hun... |
Todd Snider | East Nashville Livin
synthesis.net 6/24/2008
Todd Snider has spent much of his life wandering America’s dusty highways and endless train tracks. His songs combine the wanderlust of a beat poet with the honest narrative of a folk balladeer. Snider’s music is sweetly nostalgic, and at times sharply satirical. Over the years he’s been lauded, app... |
Miranda Lambert | Miranda Lambert a rising star at Country USA
Appleton Post-Crescent 6/24/2008
Like many music artists who enjoy breakthrough success with a debut CD, Miranda Lambert found herself in a time crunch to finish her second album, "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend." That can be a disastrous scenario, and Lambert was aware of what was at stake. "It's definitely scary because you hear all the h... |
Sam Bush | Sam Bush Reigns as King of Telluride Bluegrass Festival
CMT News 6/23/2008
It's no wonder Sam Bush is considered the King of Telluride. The town's famous bluegrass festival turned 35 this weekend, and Bush has played it 34 times. His Highness surrounded himself with a royal court of instrumentalist all-stars late Sunday night (June 22), with Dobro player Jerry Douglas, gui... |
George Jones | George Jones Album of Duets Features Keith Richards, Mark Knopfler
CMT News 6/23/2008
George Jones' previously unreleased duets with Keith Richards, Mark Knopfler, Dolly Parton and the late Tammy Wynette will be made available to the public on Burn Your Playhouse Down, a Bandit Records album set for Aug. 19 release. Seven of the tracks are extra songs not included on Jones' The Bradl... |
Jack Ingram | Ingram to entertain Cassia County fairgoers
South Idaho Press 6/23/2008
Rising country star Jack Ingram will perform for country music fans at the Cassia County Fair Concert on Tuesday, Aug. 12.... |
Willie Nelson | Willie Nelson Releases STARDUST: LEGACY EDITION 4-CD Box Set
liveonmusic.com 6/23/2008
In honor of the 30th anniversary of Stardust’s release in April 1978 - and as part of Legacy’s ongoing album release campaign in celebration of Willie’s 75th birthday on April 30, 2008, - an event that was commemorated that month with the long-awaited publication of the biography Willie Nelson: An ... |
Carolyn Wonderland | Unknown Wonderland shines at Rochester jazz festival
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle 6/21/2008
Even though you might expect big names like Al Green to suck all of the air out of the East End, brilliant little unknowns at the smaller venues still find room to breathe at the festival. Friday night at Montage, they were still talking about the second set on the previous night by saxophonist Blak... |
Randy Rogers Band | Musicians step away from bands to stage 'Songs and Stories' tour
newsok.com 6/20/2008
Randy Rogers has found another performer he can trust. And if anyone accuses his "Songs and Stories” tour with Wade Bowen of getting stale — which hard-core fans probably won't — he will keep plucking with his musical doppelganger of seven years.... |
Stoney LaRue | Music and Fire
Graham Leader 6/20/2008
Stoney Larue and Bleu Edmondson will perform sizzling authentic Texas music at Possum Hollow during “A Night of Music & Fire” Saturday, June 28.... |
Patricia Vonne | Songbird of Prey: Catching up with Patricia Vonne
The Monitor 6/19/2008
Fresh off the heels of a six-week European tour and 14th tour overall, Patricia Vonne isn't ready for a break just yet. When she's on stage she's home. Vonne is also celebrating the release of her latest album Firebird, which crosses international boundaries, pays homage to a legendary Spanish poe... |
Randy Rogers Band | San Angelo Music Festival Scheduled for September 27
San Angelo Live 6/19/2008
San Angelo’s River Stage on the Concho River will once again be the location for the annual music festival in September. Dubbed The Lonestar Music Fest, The Randy Rogers Band will headline the event scheduled for September 27, 2008. ... |
Steve Earle | Steve Earle prolongs the 'Serenade'
livedaily.com 6/19/2008
Fresh off a month-long UK jaunt, Steve Earle [ tickets ] is gearing up to launch the next leg of his North American tour, which has been extended through September.... |
Emmylou Harris | Her Career Seems a Rebuke
Wall Street Journal 6/19/2008
Emmylou Harris is treating me to a visit to the Country Music Hall of Fame and moves directly to "the well from which it all springs," as she put it, Maybelle Carter's big-bodied 1928 Gibson L-5 guitar. We study, in the next display case, the most famous mandolin in American music history, the 1923 ... |
Pat Green | Green taking a little time off to smell the roses
charleston.net 6/19/2008
Emotionally and physically speaking, Texas troubadour Pat Green is a good place.... |
Willie Nelson | Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis Team Up For 'Two Men With The Blues,' Out July 8
starpulse.com 6/18/2008
The event was simply billed as "Willie Nelson Sings the Blues," but the historic two-night stand on January 12 and 13, 2007 at Jazz at Lincoln Center was far more than that. Call it a summit meeting between two American icons, Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis, two of the most significant figures in m... |
Trent Willmon | He's well worn and broken in
Houston Chronicle 6/18/2008
For a few minutes, Trent Willmon looks every bit a country singer. His strong mug is capped by a black Stetson, and he sports the well-worn boots and jeans and a sturdy work coat.... |
Freddie Steady | Rock Steady Freddie Steady: Groovin' on the music of his life
Sulphur Springs News Telegram 6/18/2008
For some, finding their true calling and passion in life is a long and winding road. Musician Freddie Krc found his bliss when he was just 9 years old.... |
Toadies | Toadies expand tour plans
livedaily.com 6/18/2008
The Toadies [ tickets ], who are gearing up for their first full-blown US tour since disbanding in 2001, have rolled out a new batch of shows, most of which focus on the Texas-based group's home turf.... |
Edgar Winter | Edgar Winter's Frankenstein moment
Niagara Falls Review 6/17/2008
Edgar Winter didn't have Boris Karloff on the brain when he wrote his classic rock instrumental, "Frankenstein." ... |
James McMurtry | McMurtry's cinematic style winning him fans
San Francisco Chronicle 6/17/2008
James McMurtry never wrote political songs because he didn't like listening to them much.... |
John Hiatt | John Hiatt Guided By Love On 'Same Old Man'
Billboard 6/17/2008
John Hiatt's in love -- and he tells us all about it on his new album, "Same Old Man," which arrived May 27 on New West. And he's in love with, of all people, his wife.... |
Reckless Kelly | Reckless Kelly enjoys multi-game tear
mlb.com 6/17/2008
The members of Reckless Kelly have brought their rootsy Texas rock n' roll stylings to arenas, nightclubs, parks, beer bars and honky tonks, but there's one type of venue where they say they feel more comfortable than anywhere else. ... |
Cross Canadian Ragweed | Cross Canadian Ragweed goes its own way
mlive.com 6/16/2008
If you didn't get the memo anytime in the past 13 years, Cross Canadian Ragweed is not a country band. ... |
Jason Eady | Singer-songwriter Jason Eady wasn’t afraid to follow a few rabbit trails on his
San Antonio Current 6/11/2008
Some artists are crafted by outside forces, while others wind upward, vine-like, working their way slowly into the light, supported by the traditions that came before them. Rootsy singer-songwriter Jason Eady chose vine over product after being cured of his musical disillusionment by such artists as... |
Miranda Lambert | Miranda Lambert Goes Gold!
top40-charts.com 6/11/2008
Miranda Lambert struck gold as she walked into the press conference room at the CMA Music Festival LP field concert on June 6, 2008, and heard that her sophomore album, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, was RIAA certified gold. ... |
Willie Nelson | Willie’s Place Concerts To Benefit Parkinson
khbrhillsboro.com 6/11/2008
Country music legend and Abbott native, Willie Nelson has announced that he will perform a private concert, Monday, June 30, as a preview to the completion of Willie’s Place at Carl’s Corner.... |
Various Artists | Krauss, Plant, Helm and McMurtry Lead Americana Nominations
CMT NEWS 6/11/2008
Alison Krauss, Robert Plant, Levon Helm and James McMurtry each earned three nominations for the Americana Honors and Awards taking place Sept. 18 at the Ryman Auditorium. The nominees were announced Wednesday (June 11) during an event at BMI's offices on Nashville's Music Row. Krauss and Plant's du... |
Ray Price | Country music legend to perform in Dodge
dodgecity.com 6/11/2008
Without the influence of Ray Price, today's country music might sound a lot different.... |
Reckless Kelly | Woodie Guthrie Inspires Reckless Kelly On Upcoming Album
pluginmusic.com 6/10/2008
While reading the Woodie Guthrie autobiography Bound For Glory, Reckless Kelly's Willy Braun was inspired to write "Ragged As The Road," the first single from the band's venomous new album 'Bulletproof' (out June 24th on Yep Roc). "There was a lot of cool train jumping and lonesome traveler stuff in... |
Old 97s | Old 97’s - Blame It On Gravity Review
www.411mania.com 6/7/2008
Back in ’99, my brother caught the Old 97’s on an episode of “Austin City Limits” and fell instantly in love with them. A few Fight Songs later and I’d been converted, too. Old 97’s were one of my first favorite alt-country bands (though they, like most folks, rebel against the classification).... |
Guy Forsyth | For Guy Forsyth, all roads eventually lead back to blues
austin360.com 6/6/2008
Don't let the Austin music pedigree, the killer voice and the wide smile fool you. Guy Forsyth is a bit of a geek. ... |
Stoney LaRue | LaRue sparks with acoustic set at the Iron Horse
timesrecordnews.com 6/6/2008
Stormy skies couldn’t stop the crowd from packing into The Iron Horse Pub Thursday night to see Red Dirt country artist Stoney LaRue.... |
Wendy Colonna | Songwriter Relay in Austin and La Grange
Newswire Today 6/6/2008
Austin's favorite musical sweethearts, Wendy Colonna and Erin Ivey, join forces with Chad Pope for two very special shows in June. Colonna and Pope return to central Texas after two months of touring the U.S., while Ivey is on her way to Zambia, Africa for the month of July. Venues were chosen for... |
Alejandro Escovedo | Escovedo delves into his past
courier-journal.com 6/6/2008
As one of the more introspective songwriters working today, Alejandro Escovedo has always transformed his life into music. You've never had to read very far between the lines.... |
Houston Marchman | Marchman CD stripped down, ‘Naked’
timesrecordnews.com 6/6/2008
Forget the Naked Chef. It’s the “Naked” CD.... |
Jack Ingram | Ingram leads the pack at Wolfe Dance
Times Record News Wichita Falls 6/6/2008
You might call him the alpha male of the rockin’ country pack.... |
ZZ Top | Billy Gibbons looks back at ZZ Top’s remarkable career
Anderson Independent 6/5/2008
Like Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak, ZZ Top’s run of four decades with the same lineup is a record that’s likely to never be broken. During that phenomenal stretch, band members Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard have cranked out some of the best blues-rock ever recorded. This Saturday... |
James McMurtry | McMurtry makes every word count
Pittsburg Post Gazette 6/5/2008
Figuring that his well-traveled touring van was past due for an oil change, James McMurtry thought about looking for a Jiffy Lube when he pulled into town for the night's gig. But then he got a better idea. "First order of business, I'm gonna see if they have beer in the Mexican restaurant behind th... |
Marcia Ball | Marcia Ball at The Ark
Michigan Live 6/5/2008
Marcia Ball was angry. About politics. More particularly, she was angry at the Bush administration, its policies, the war in Iraq - you know, the usual list.... |
George Jones | Star's Stolen Guitar Found After 46 Years
News 4 jax.com 6/5/2008
A guitar stolen from George Jones 46 years ago is being returned to the country music star.... |
Billy Joe Shaver | Brazos Nights features home-grown country in form of Billy Joe Shaver
Waco Tribune-Herald 6/5/2008
Waco singer-songwriter Billy Joe Shaver has a new backing band and a new CD since his last Brazos Nights appearance, but the same eagerness to play before a home crowd. “I love Waco. I hope to God everybody knows that,” he said in a recent interview.... |
Shooter Jennings | Shooter Jennings hits national TV this week
Country Standard Time 6/3/2008
Shooter Jennings takes a shortbreak from Charlie Daniels' Volunteer Jam this week to stop in Los Angeles for two national television appearances. Jennings is on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson tonight... |
Greencards | Evolving Greencards Keep the Music Going
Graffiti West Virginia 6/3/2008
The Greencards started out as a bluegrass band and evolved into a modern acoustic band, “not genre specific,” as their mandolin player Kym Warner likes to point out. They’ve been touring with the likes of Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson... |
John Hiatt | Hiatt's 20th Album Shows Wisdom, Wryness Of His Years
courant.com 6/3/2008
The modesty implied by the title of John Hiatt's latest, "Same Old Man," is becoming, but come on: After 35 years, 17 studio albums and two live records, he has definitely changed. Anyone would have.... |
Emmylou Harris | Emmylou Harris Reflects On Loss Of Mentor
Great American Country 6/2/2008
Emmylou Harris was officially inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame during a medallion ceremony five weeks ago, but she grew up a fan not of country, but of folk music. Gram Parsons, a former member of the Byrds, enlisted her as a vocal partner, and he was an important link in steering her in... |
Old 97s | Old 97's: Gravity That Won't Weigh You Down
gather.com 6/1/2008
You always have that odd moment when you're talking about new music from the Old 97's ... let's all let it pass okay?! "Blame It On Gravity" ... the first set of fresh tunes since 2004 arrived a few weeks ago. The distance in time is significant, "Drag It Up" their last CD ... with a few exceptions,... |
Patrice Pike & The Black Box Rebellion | Texas Music Hall of Famer Patrice Pike plays North Lake Tahoe
www.Tahoe.com 5/30/2008
Austin, Texas is known for its laid back, bohemian yet ultra committed music scene--something Austin native Patrice Pike immediately conveys. She's just so intelligent, confident and effortlessly cool that she commands a special kind of respect that comes not just from her musical capacity but her... |
Kevin Fowler | Kevin Fowler: Bigger & better
Corpus Christi Caller-Times 5/30/2008
Kevin Fowler suggests that until he made his latest CD, "Bring It On," he had something of a split personality in his music. "When I met with (producer) Blake Chancey, he said, 'What kind of record do you want to make?' " Fowler recalled in a phone interview. "I said, 'You know, what I've never... |
Robert Earl Keen | Comfy away from Texas
Cincinnati Enquirer 5/30/2008
Like his heroes Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan, the road is the only home Robert Earl Keen really knows. The 52-year-old Texan has been crisscrossing to clubs, honky-tonks and theaters for nearly 20 years, playing songs, telling stories and managing, as he likes to joke, to stay "one step ahead of... |
Macon Greyson | Macon Greyson layers music with intensity
Corpus Christi Caller-Times 5/30/2008
Dallas-based Macon Greyson brings a rock and country blend of music laden with serious lyrics and guitars to the Executive Surf Club on Thursday with a free show. The band is not named after one of its members, though many a concert-goer has tried to shout out to someone named Macon. Members Buddy... |
Cross Canadian Ragweed | Cross Canadian Ragweed tour rolls back to area
Shreveport Times 5/29/2008
Cross Canadian Ragweed keeps their tour bus rolling for more than 260 nights a year and occasionally that lands them in a spot easily described as off the beaten path. Recently the group performed at Mishawaka Amphiteatre in Belleview, Colo. The sights were beautiful, but the cell phone service... |
Steve Earle | Outspoken Earle still full of surprises
Burton Mail UK 5/29/2008
GRAMMY Award winner, Rolling Stone Country Artist of the Year, BBC Radio 2 Lifetime Achievement Award winner, poet, playwright, producer, political campaigner and champion of the oppressed: many are the accolades bestowed on Steve Earle. ... |
Eliza Gilkyson | Shadow and Light
Tucson Weekly 5/29/2008
Growing up in a musical household, singer-songwriter Eliza Gilkyson never really considered another career. The daughter of legendary songwriter Terry Gilkyson, young Eliza found emotional release in music. ... |
Todd Snider | Todd Snider brings American satire to alt-country/folk scene
al.com 5/29/2008
Todd Snider's song "You Got Away With It (A Tale of Two Fraternity Brothers)" raised a few eyebrows in 2006. The song tells the story of a set of brothers where one becomes the leader of the free world. ... |
ZZ Top | ZZ Top: Still Sizzlin’ After Almost 40 Years
tricities.com 5/29/2008
On Feb. 10, 1970, three teenagers stepped on stage in Beaumont, Texas. Built on blues and razor sharp rock, the band boogied hotter than three pawn shop pistols. ... |
Ryan Bingham | Bull rider trades in rodeos for the life of a troubadour
Denver Post 5/27/2008
Ryan Bingham was a bull rider on the rodeo circuit, not even 20 years old yet, when he wrote a world-weary song about death, being a West Texas desperado and praying for change. ... |
Hank Williams Sr. | Country Music Legend Hank Williams' Radio Show Recordings To Be Released At Last
allheadlinenews.com 5/27/2008
Country music icon Hank Willams' radio performances are finally going to be released after years of legal battling between the late legend's family and the music publishers.... |
Owen Temple | Owen Temple "Two Thousand Miles"
www.AngryCountry.com 5/26/2008
This Texas-based singer-songwriter has released four albums over the past decade, with a five year work-and-school hiatus between 2002’s “Right Here and Now” and the local release of this disc back in 2007. Like many who travel within the self-contained universe that is Texas country music, he emerg... |
Pat Green | Pat Green concert reels in fans from all over
reporternews.com 5/25/2008
Since hearing Pat Green in high school and following his career throughout college, Jay Tidmore of Stephenville has seen the singer-songwriter perform 25 to 30 times. He lost count along the way.... |
Hayes Carll | Hayes Carll Reviewed
Austin Chronicle 5/25/2008
On his big-label debut, Trouble in Mind, Hayes Carll doesn't stray far from where his music's taken him on his first two discs. Some rave about the Houston native's talents as a Texas troubadour, but, to these ears, he sounds as derivative and uninspired as any other "Texas music" act, singing about... |
Sam Baker | Central Texas Songwriter Tries To Understand A Tragedy Save Email Print
kwtx.com 5/24/2008
Central Texas native Sam Baker sings of a young German boy who died with his parents on a train in Peru in 1986. ... |
Ray Wylie Hubbard | Ray Wylie Hubbard's songwriting key to success in Texas
Corpus Christi Caller-Times 5/23/2008
Age doesn't confine this bluesy, southern rocker. After all, the young and young at heart all find something appealing about Ray Wylie Hubbard. From "Snake Farm" to "Redneck Mothers," the Texas songwriting legend will bring his entire repertoire to Brewster Street Ice House on Saturday.... |
Willie Nelson | A review of the album 'Moment of Forever' by Willie Nelson
www.CLUAS.com 5/23/2008
Johnny is gone; Waylon is gone, only Willie is left. It’s hard to conceive now, given his superstardom, but Willie Nelson spent 15 years in Nashville trying in vain to get a hit record before throwing in his hat and returning to Texas where he finally started to create music that was not only true t... |
Brave Combo | Ennis’ Polka Fest – where to find the fun
Waxahachie Daily Light 5/23/2008
With three Czech dance groups and more bands than in recent years, this weekend’s National Polka Festival in Ennis will be kicking it up a notch. Festival director Danny Zapletal said the weekend’s fun, food and family-oriented activities will be stellar.... |
Cross Canadian Ragweed | Cross Canadian Invasion 2.0 is coming
Muskogee Phoenix 5/22/2008
Red Dirt turned to mud last year as Cross Canadian Ragweed rocked the Eufaula Cove Amphitheater for the first time ever. Cortney Edwards of Muskogee said she loved the show. “It was the best concert I have ever seen,” she said. “And I have been to a lot of concerts. We all had the best time, even ... |
Justin Townes Earle | Proud southern stock
hour.com 5/22/2008
Justin Townes Earle isn't shy about his roots, nor his distaste for hockey below the Mason-Dixon Line... |
Stoney LaRue | Red Dirt star loves where he’s from
Muskogee Phoenix 5/22/2008
Stoney LaRue said the craziest thing a fan has offered him was one of their kidneys — if he ever needed it. “Some fans will tell you crazy things,” he said. “But I like the ones who get autographs for their kids — it’s my job security.”... |
Son Volt | Son Volt's singular brand of Ameri
Times Union 5/22/2008
Since seminal alt-country band Uncle Tupelo broke up in 1994, the critics' line has been that bassist Jeff Tweedy's next band Wilco was much more experimental, while singer-guitarist Jay Farrar's Son Volt kept the Americana sound's fire burning.... |
Stephanie Briggs | Annual concert to benefit Locks of Love
New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung 5/21/2008
Jason Marbach started his music career about six years ago, but by industry standards he still considers himself a rookie. I tracked him down recently at his home in San Marcos to see what this talented young singer has been up to.... |
Pat Green | Busy Pat Green plays Sunday
Abilene Reporter News 5/21/2008
2008 isn't even half over, but it's been pretty eventful for Grammy-nominated Texas singer-songwriter Pat Green.... |
George Strait | George Strait Spurs Injured Cowboy Benefits
Great American Country 5/21/2008
As a real-life cowboy who hosts his own team-roping championship annually, George Strait has a great appreciation for the men who take part in rodeos, and he’s doing his share to help Justin Boots take care of people who are injured while participating in the sport professionally. ... |