No, He's Not Retired - Robert Earl Keen talks "Western Chill"
Like his contemporaries George Strait and Gary P. Nunn, Robert Earl Keen has redefined the word “retirement.” It’s not the boomer dream...
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Brad Beheler
May 12
Wade Bowen - Flyin'
There is no artist more consistent than Wade Bowen. Trends come and go. Peers fall away and younger ones take their place. Wade Bowen...
Brad Beheler
Oct 10, 2023
John Baumann's Border Radio
John Baumann's Border Radio stakes his claim as one of the greats in Texas songwriting.
Brad Beheler
Aug 24, 2023
Bingham and Eady Taking Different Directions
Bingham and Eady take different approaches to reach different locales on their new records
Brad Beheler
Mar 9, 2023
Jade Marie Patek Has a Good Song In Her Head, and Great Album On Her Hands
Jade Marie Patek has been on our radar for nearly a decade. She has been a mainstay at our annual River Jam festival and has continued...
Cody Starr
Feb 22, 2023
Album Review: Matt Hillyer’s “Glorieta” is Sequestered No More
Long time Galleywinter favorite and honky-tonk road warrior, Matt Hillyer, is putting out his first solo endeavor since the 2021...
Brad Beheler
Oct 4, 2022
Courtney Patton - Electrostatic
Courtney Patton is a force of personality. She makes you feel whatever she is feeling. Most of the time that is a jovial, life of the...
Brad Beheler
Aug 23, 2022
Bri Bagwell Uses Her Head and Follows Her Heart
Bri Bagwell has carried the torch as the preeminent female Texas Music performer for the last decade. If there’s a festival bill, you...
Brad Beheler
Aug 17, 2022
Wade Bowen Finds His Truth With a Secret
Six albums into a career can pigeonhole an artist. Throw in a few live offerings and you think you have a pretty good understanding of...
Cody Starr
Jun 30, 2022
Cody Canada and The Departed – Soul Gravy (2022)
Sometimes the best medicine for a sick world is comfort food, and we’re about to be fed chicken fried steak, homemade biscuits and a big...
Cody Starr
Apr 1, 2022
Bobby Duncan – Maybe This Time
A lot has changed in the world since Bobby Duncan put out his last studio record, Forever From Here, in 2012. That year Apple unveiled...
Brad Beheler
Feb 26, 2021
Charley Crockett – 10 For Slim
The first time I ever heard James “Slim” Hand, it was just in conversation at the dusty bartop in Tokio, TX at, what else, the Tokio...
Cody Starr
Sep 15, 2020
Wade Bowen – The Waiting
Wade Bowen delivered us some joy over the Labor Day weekend by dropping a new EP he’d secretly been working on during the lock downs. At...
Brad Beheler
Sep 1, 2020
Shaker Hymns – The Ties That Bind
The genre of southern rock had been moribund and dormant until the ascendance of bands such as Cross Canadian Ragweed, Whiskey Myers and...
Brad Beheler
Jun 26, 2020
Kyle Nix – Lightning on the Mountain and Other Short Stories
Going solo after being in a massively successful band is one of the more difficult propositions in the music business. It has rarely been...
Brad Beheler
Jun 4, 2020
John Baumann – Country Shade
John Baumann is one of the finest young songwriters plying his trade in Texas and beyond at the moment. He’s developed a knack for...
Brad Beheler
May 8, 2020
Wade Bowen/Randy Rogers – Hold My Beer Volume 2
The Hold My Beer Volume 1 release from Wade Bowen and Randy Rogers dropped five years ago. It was a rallying testament to the type of...
Brad Beheler
May 1, 2020
American Aquarium – Lamentations
BJ Barham has carved out a spot among modern songwriters with his a signature brand of hardscrabble songs that evoke the best parts of...
Brad Beheler
Feb 7, 2020
James Steinle – What I Came Here For
In my recap of Mile 0 Fest 2020, I remarked that James Steinle’s style falls somewhere around if John Prine maintained a residency at the...
Brad Beheler
Jul 19, 2019
Josh Weathers – Wild Ones
Josh Weathers career can be described in many ways, but mercurial may perhaps be the most fitting adjective. Never one to follow the...
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