When Jim Lauderdale takes the stage on September 21 at the Americana Music Association’s 15th Annual Honors and Awards Show at the Ryman, I have no doubt he will receive not only thunderous applause, but likely the longest standing ovation anyone has ever […]
Vince Gill told me recently that, in music, there are drainers — those who have a negative attitude toward any new music, who drain the energy out of a room as they complain about that music. There are also refillers — […]
For my money, nothing encapsulates the Lone Star ethos better than Texas Monthly’s slogan: the national magazine of Texas. The state’s certainly big and bombastic enough to be a sovereign entity, with its own swagger, cuisine, culture, and way of […]
A lot of music has influenced long-time Poco bass player Jack Sundrud, but he says seeing the Beatles at age 15 “was the experience that set the hook of music in my soul.” Sundrud’s memorable day — Aug. 21, 1965 […]
