Isaac Hoskins photo by Peter Salisbury Isaac Hoskins Evokes Classic Country For Bender Isaac Hoskins recently released his new album Bender, and with some excellent timing, also got to celebrate the appearance of two of his songs from the record on the TV show Yellowstone’s fifth season. The placements came about after meeting the show’s […]
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Tick Interview — Jerry Joseph photo by Jason Thrasher Jerry Joseph Delves Into Demos and Live Tracks For Tick Jerry Joseph and “The Stiff Boys,” aka Drive-By Truckers recently released an album of demos and live recordings titled Tick. If that team up rings a bell, it’s because their previous collaboration was Joseph’s 2020 album, […]
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Lori Ellen — “Ghost” There’s a school teacher in South Austin that spends her evenings moonlighting with the Midnight Girls, her summers volunteering for the Kerrville Folk Festival, and her fall in the Terlingua Desert in Far West Texas. Lori Ellen’s first single “Ghost” is an intimate portrait of the memories scribbled in her songbook. […]
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Angela Easterling photo by Sandlin Gaither Angela Easterling Shares Her Perspective As Witness Angela Easterling recently released her new album, Witness, as the culmination of many years of work and a project that took into account her recent experiences of living through the pandemic and welcoming her third child. Though she had an album ready […]
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John R. Miller photo by David McClister Americana Highways’ Key to the Highway series Fans always clamor to learn more about their favorite, most beloved musicians and those who travel with them. There’s such an allure to the road, with its serendipity, inevitable surprises, and sometimes unexpected discomforts. This interview series is a set of […]
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Steve Louw photo by Jacqui Van Staden Steve Louw Weathers Thunder and Rain South African artist Steve Louw recently released his second solo album, Thunder and Rain, building on his 2021 collection, Headlight Dreams. For Louw these are both new ventures and a return to very familiar territory since he’s a lifelong songwriter and musician. […]
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Abe Partridge photo by Cathy Partridge Painting portrait by Abe Partridge and Ronny Criss Abe Partridge on Field Recording, Alabama Skies, and Love In the Dark Abe Partridge has recently released a vinyl-only EP, Alabama Skies, in the lead up to a full LP, Love in the Dark, which will arrive in February 2023. Several […]
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Caleb Wilbourn — Out West Now I rinsed out my eyes for the fifth time as purple clouds escaped over the Santa Elena Canyon. The dust storms can really put a callus on your pupil out in Far West Texas, home to picturesque settings that could serve as the backdrop in a John Ford western. […]
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Tommy Prine photo by Neilson Hubbard “I Always Will RememberThese Words My Daddy Said…” “My style is a mistake.” With that simple admission, the legendary songwriter John Prine summed up a life in music that most artists would die for. When he spoke these words, he was in a vintage guitar shop in Nashville, holding […]
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Glen Phillips photo by Chris Orwig Glen Phillips on Community Singing, Finding Wonder, and There Is So Much Here Toad the Wet Sprocket frontman, songwriter, and solo artist Glen Phillips released his new collection, There Is So Much Here, on November 4th via Compass Records. His previous solo release, Swallowed by the New, was direct […]
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