Cut from the sonic cloth of Tom Waits, John Prine, Colter Wall and Bob Dylan, Ian Noe adds some Appalachian flavor to his music to make...

Rodney Crowell once famously wrote “I don’t drink as much as I used to, lately it just ain’t my style…”. As I approach midlife, I find...

Yep. One more post about Bowen Music Fest for 2019. Wade Bowen started all of this as an excuse to get together and play some golf with...

Wade Bowen is a music fan first and foremost. It’s the reason anyone picks up the pen or guitar in the first place. They find...

In the early spring of 2010, a friend of ours from Stillwater sent us a DM telling us to check out her friend’s band. They had just cut a...

One of the coolest things to emerge from the entire Texas/Red Dirt independent scene has been the notion of giving back in a grand way....

Ten years ago I was in the middle of my two decade stint as an annual LJT devotee. The one set not to be trifled with or missed during...

If Billy McFarland taught us anything it’s that the paradigm of hosting a music festival in 2019 isn’t what it was in 2009, 1999, 1969...

The sun shines on a dreamer Shines a light on you when you listen to your heart The sun shines on a dreamer Shines a light on you through...

I hope that life without a chaperone is what you thought it’d be I hope your brother’s El Camino runs forever I hope the world sees the...

Think pieces galore have hit the web today after the triumphant Grammys night for both Kacey Musgraves and Brandi Carlile.  Two artists...

Sean McConnell is an anomaly for our music scene.  A Massachusetts bred folk singer with soul overtones that connected to Texas via...

I want to go home with the Armadillo…. As an iconic phrase as has ever been written in the annals of Texas music.  The man that supplied...

Kylie Rae Harris has been a powerful vocalist capable of engaging audiences with story and song for many years.  She has lived more life...

Pirates and poets.  Miscreants and misfits.  Vacationers and locals. Key West is a haven for  just about everyone. Heading into year 2,...

Last year’s inaugural Mile 0 Fest was a rousing success by any measure. As we’ve learned from the recent spate of coverage regarding the...

Much has been made the past few years regarding the slide of country from traditional sounds into pop-ish tendencies.  One of the usual...

There are dozens of records that have been landmarks for this scene over the past decades, but precious few standout as true monuments to...

January brings renewal, Steamboat and 12 months of high hopes.  The spirit of rebirth and change permeates every aspect of one’s life...

Josh and Heather Ward have been a part of the Galleywinter family for years. Way before my time here, Heather and others from the “Tore...