In my last column, I asked several music writers what books have shaped, and continue to shape, their writing. Originally, I had planned on devoting one column to the books both music writers and musicians were reading, but the questions […]
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“My gratitude is far higher than my expectations ever were.” Beloved Texas troubadour Ray Wylie Hubbard’s new book a life….well, lived. was released on November 2nd via his own imprint, Bordello Records. Written with Thom Jurek the portable, relatively short tome chronicles Hubbard’s […]
“Is he singing a song about State Farm Insurance?” I wondered, slightly confused, as Ray Wylie Hubbard launched into his second song of the night at The Freight & Salvage. Nonetheless, much of the crowd was already singing along. Then […]
If there were a formula for how to become a legend, Texas songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard would be a corollary to that formula. That he is a legend cannot be denied and was proven once again on a Sunday night […]
Hubbard picks up where he left off with 2012’s The Grifter’s Hymnal, bursting with creative songs that merge country, blues and rock into a seamless experience. Recorded in only a few days, mostly live in the studio, Hubbard came prepared […]
Well, we have another gem from Ray Wylie Hubbard and this one has more punch and kick than any of his other discs, more focused and the words are more pointed. His digs are deeper and the songs because of […]
A lot of the music I listened to as I was “coming of age” I believed really meant something. I was fueled and fired with angst and passion and not any damn idea of what the hell to do with […]
The further down and dirty Ray Wylie Hubbard takes his music, the higher he raises the artistic ante. Dismissed more than a quarter-century ago as a cosmic-cowboy curiosity, an alcoholic casualty of a bygone era, Hubbard has somehow been reaching […]
Being a folkie ain’t easy. You demand the attention of your audience so you can play songs you may or may not have written, and in exchange, if you perform them honestly enough, you leave listeners with the impression they’re […]
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