As everyone who reads this magazine knows, Austin is the heart and soul of Texas’ alternative country (whatever that is) scene. By way of contrast, Houston is more often musically identified with urban cowboys and urban Geto Boys. But don’t […]
Conspicuously absent during these recent years of country-rock renewal — and all the debt it owes to the renegade blending of Southern R&B and hillbilly music — has been the one man who virtually originated and defined that melding of […]
I had heard such sounds before, heard them as a little boy lying in bed in the wiregrass country of south Georgia, heard the sounds of animals crying far off in the woods, heard the sounds the black woods hands […]
A certain post-modern confluence of backgrounds typifies the latest roots rock scare. Deliberate Strangers singer-guitarist-mandolinist Tom Moran is a veteran of the 1980s Boston punk scene, having spent years as a guitarist for The Five. Bassist-vocalist Stephanie Vargo (who has […]
Joshua trees silently pass the window, the sun’s glare stealing their color. Distant mountains glisten in the tear-filled eyes of Claudette Colbert. Her smartly bobbed hair bounces lightly against the headrest as the train pulls to a stop. She walks […]
The sign reads “Haircuts $6″, painted across the window so boldly as to obscure the interior and with no especial concern for aesthetics. Inside, the salon is decorated much like the back room of a thrift shop at the edge […]
PASS THE SAUCE: Longtime musical compadres Joe Ely, Terry Allen, Butch Hancock, the Maines Brothers and Jesse Taylor were among the musicians who played a benefit concert in Lubbock, Texas, on April 18 to raise money for a bronze statue […]
To describe The Ranch as unlike any other place on earth would be misleading, for it was in fact very much like a great many other places: It was a country music bar. Like every country bar, the Double-R Bar […]
Cry in your beer: But renew your subscription I hated to let my subscription expire. I always look forward to receiving your magazine. But I’ve been so broke my life would’ve made a good country song. My girlfriend was pregnant […]
Awhile back I wrote something about coming from an itchy footed people, and I guess you could say I’ve been scratching a good bit lately. Here’s where the road has taken me these last two months: From Los Angeles to […]
