Sentient beings get down sometimes, man. Life ebbs; life flows — and your mood follows suit. It’s cool: Happens to everyone, even James McMurtry. I’ve seen McMurtry about a hundred times, and my wife’s probably seen him more. She frequently […]
Yes, imaginary friends, it’s another Summer Sunday Flashback: tweak of my ancient Voice piece, orig pub. ’08: Make It Here James McMurtry Just Us Kids (Lightning Rod) “We Can’t Make It Here,” the relentlessly calm, guitar-and-kickdrum-powered opener of James McMurtry’s […]
Yes, imaginary friends, it’s another Summer Sunday Flashback: tweak of my ancient Voice piece, orig pub. ’08: Make It Here James McMurtry Just Us Kids (Lightning Rod) “We Can’t Make It Here,” the relentlessly calm, guitar-and-kickdrum-powered opener of James McMurtry’s […]
In a world where competency is increasingly underapreciated, James McMurtry toils. There’s no risk of him changing the way we look at song or influencing generations to come, but he’s flat good at his craft. And, yes, there’s straight craft […]
The 30A Songwriters Festival just concluded and once again our crack guest reporter, Brenda Rosser, whom I know from our annual sojourns to AmericanaFest, was on the scene to take in the action, and now shares her highlights along with […]
James McMurtry at Hibiscus, 30A Songwriters Festival
James McMurtry at Hibiscus, 30A Songwriters Festival
