Turnpike Troubadours

Show Review: Turnpike Troubadours with Lucero and Reckless Kelly

Turnpike Troubadours with Lucero and Reckless Kelly at the Anthem   In July 1990, I attended a songwriters’ workshop and acoustic show that featured Guy Clark, Joe Ely, John Hiatt, and Mary Chapin Carpenter at Houston’s Tower Theater. The show was part of the Marlboro Music Festival, and the press kit included coupons and a […]

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B.J. Barham

Interview: B. J. Barham

B.J. Barham photos by Glenn Cook at Union Stage show B.J. Barham picks up the phone and apologizes. He needs to delay the start of our conversation. The 38-year-old American Aquarium frontman, a self-described extravert who talks a mile a minute and is known for his high-energy tightrope walking shows, is picking up his daughter […]

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