Place pulls Southern writers so strongly that they can never fully move away from their Southern ground. Although he lived in Oxford, Mississippi, and spent years in Hollywood cranking out scripts, William Faulkner created his own little postage stamp parcel […]
Radney Foster and Kyle Hutton join forces on The Foster EP, a five-track EP benefitting the Texas foster care system. Released March 31, the collection offers four originals co-written by Hutton and Foster who open their hearts on songs that honestly capture […]
It’s hard to believe it’s already February, but here we are. With the news filled with disturbing stories, it’s a great time to get lost in some good music. Fortunately, February is prime time for crowdfunding campaigns, so there’s plenty […]
Two electric guitars recite a harmoniously staggered theme, shadowing a couple up a flight of stairs. They pause on every third step, perhaps restating their consent or to check if anyone is watching. At the 4-second mark, a phased rhythm […]
Baby, It’s Cold Outside Radney Foster took the stage at the Wheeler Center for the Arts to riotous applause here Saturday night, and then spent the first minute of the show tuning his vintage Gibson acoustic while explaining that the near-zero […]
In a parallel universe, Radney Foster is the guy I’d pick to renovate my old Greek Revival house in New Orleans’ Garden District (my fantasy pied-a-terre in Tuscany is just fine as is, thanks). In that dimension, as in this […]
Recorded live at the Continental Club in Austin last year, Are You Ready For the Big Show is Radney Foster’s fourth album since the dissolution of Foster & Lloyd back in 1991, and it’s a good move for him. While […]
Since his last solo album, 1995’s Labor Of Love, Radney Foster has had a tumultuous personal life, with the lows of a divorce and child-custody court battle followed by the highs of remarriage and imminent fatherhood. It’s no surprise, then, […]
