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Okkervil River’s Will Sheff’s solo serenade to “Black Sheep Boy”
If it wasn’t immediately apparent from the 100-deep line of folks outside of Austin’s famed Cactus Cafe, it was established early on that last Saturday’s Will Sheff concert was a homecoming in more...
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Michael Martin Murphey’s cowboy Christmas rhapsody
For the 18th year in a row, legendary singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey visited the regal confines of Bass Hall in Fort Worth for his annual Christmas performance. Melding his classic...
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Traveling Red River Songwriters bring festival preview to Lubbock
By Thomas D. Mooney A soft orange glow warms the stage of the Firehouse Theatre located in The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts in downtown Lubbock. Pastel seats begin getting filled in the...
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Turnpike Troubadours triumph at “world’s largest honky-tonk”
By Darryl Smyers Oklahoma’s Turnpike Troubadours put on a lengthy, authoritative performance of roots rock in front of a sold-out audience, Saturday night at Fort Worth’s legendary Billy Bob’s Texas....
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Jason Isbell rides post-Grammy high into the Big D
By Kelly Dearmore “Ain’t it great to be alive? Ain’t it nice to be fighting’ on the winning side?” There’s always a ring of triumph to Shovels and Rope’s “O’ Be Joyful,” but that particular line hit...
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Arlo Guthrie celebrates 50 years of “Alice’s Restaurant”
By Darryl Smyers Touring in honor of the 50th anniversary of his debut album, Alice’s Restaurant, legendary singer-songwriter Arlo Guthrie was in fine form in the stately confines of Fort Worth’s Bass...
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High Plains Jamboree: Terry Allen and friends bring “Lubbock (on everything)”...
By Thomas D. Mooney Terry Allen was 36-years-old when he released his second album, the double-platter, all-encompassing monolith Lubbock (on Everything). Released in 1979, it spoke about Lubbock and...
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Chris Stapleton makes his mark on Lubbock
By Thomas D. Mooney Nobody who was there is ever gonna forget the night Chris Stapleton came to Lubbock. For the “Traveller” himself, it may have been just another regular tour stop in a momentous year...
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Townes Van Zandt honored by Butch Hancock and compadres at birthday salute
By Tiffany Walker “All you can leave is what someone will carry, after your ashes are spread …” That line, from the first song played at the 19th annual Townes Van Zandt birthday salute Monday night...
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Mavis Staples brings faith, grace, history and Nick Lowe to Austin
By Scott Schinder At 76, Mavis Staples is in the midst of a remarkable resurgence. Having already changed the face of gospel music with her family group the Staple Singers in the ’60s and built an...
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Patty Griffin and friends shine for hometown crowd
By Nichole Wagner When their “Use Your Voice” tour supporting the League of Women Voters stopped at Bass Concert Hall on Tuesday, it was clear that Patty Griffin, Sara Watkins and Anais Mitchell have...
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Neil Young, Lucinda Williams & friends deliver in spades down by the river
By Richard Skanse No on could ever mistake Neil Young for an “unknown” — let alone unappreciated — legend in his own time. But a duly celebrated legend sometimes taken for granted? All too easily. The...
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Dixie Chicks shine a light to a better way
By Richard Skanse Out of all the stunning visuals on display throughout most of the Dixie Chicks’ two-hour concert Sunday night at the Austin360 Amphitheater, the coolest was a blink-and-you-missed-it...
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The Mavericks, live all night at the Moody
By Scott Schinder Two decades down the road from their stint as unlikely mainstream country hitmakers, the Mavericks have evolved into a singular musical force that encompasses a bottomless well of...
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Rhett Miller’s CF Concert Series w/ Cody Canada, Nikki Lane and Roger Clyne
By Kelly Dearmore Few Lone Star artists of note don’t have an annual cause to promote with a start-studded show where all-day line-ups, golf tournaments and social awareness give such events an...
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Amanda Shires brings fire, fun and a little “Faith” back home to the Lone...
By Richard Skanse “It’s not going to be perfect, but it’s going to be fun as hell …” That’s how Amanda Shires introduced — but didn’t name — the last song of her concert Saturday night at the Texas...
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Terry Allen weaves magic out of memory with “Juarez” to “Lubbock” road trip
By Richard Skanse It’s not about nostalgia, Terry Allen insisted. “It’s about memory.” That was mid-December, and the internationally renowned artist, sculptor, and maverick songwriter was sharing his...
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Rodney Crowell proves it’s not just the old stuff that works
By Richard Skanse Over the course of his two-and-a-half-hour, 25-song set last Thursday night in Austin, Rodney Crowell dipped just four times into his pre-1990 catalog — and didn’t even get to the...
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Townes Van Zandt honored by Butch Hancock and compadres at birthday salute
By Tiffany Walker “All you can leave is what someone will carry, after your ashes are spread …” That line, from the first song played at the 19th annual Townes Van Zandt birthday salute Monday night...
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Mavis Staples brings faith, grace, history and Nick Lowe to Austin
By Scott Schinder At 76, Mavis Staples is in the midst of a remarkable resurgence. Having already changed the face of gospel music with her family group the Staple Singers in the ’60s and built an...
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