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Guitarists Go Wild
A friend of mine loves rootsy, tasteful, soulful, melodic guitar playing.
He thinks Jimmie Vaughan can play circles around brother Stevie Ray. See what I...
Strung Up
For a lot of people, the twangy sound of bluegrass conjures cozy images of family, old-time religion, and downhome celebrations. But for Luke McGlathery,...
Spoon
Britt Daniel has a broken heart. His band Spoon’s lengthy catalog of masterfully crafted pop-rock songs are proof that the man at the helm...
The Cut*off
You gotta love a band that delivers a collection of new music to the local newspaper on a plain silver c.d. with the title...
Open Doors for KatsüK
Call it good karma. After performing last year at a club in Denton, singer-songwriter Daniel Katsük met the guy who would produce his band’s...
New Avenue
When Luke Wade sits down to write a song, he often starts with nothing more than a melody. A cappella, he can concentrate on...
Songbird
You’d think that a young songwriter whose honkytonk guitar-playing father raised her on a steady diet of country legends would be super-enthusiastic about C&W....
Johnny Dowd
One of 2006’s most intriguing discs so far is Johnny Dowd’s Cruel Words, a combination of poetic lyrics and funky rhythms, with synths, organ,...
St. Marie, Calhoun, Earthquake Country
A new Fort Worth-based record label specializing in shoegaze (but not exclusively) is about to debut. In May, St. Marie Records...
Secret Devil Sign
A million years ago, Black Sabbath, heavy metal’s original Saurians, electrocuted the blues to invent an ominous breed of devil-courting, mom-scaring music.
Shortly thereafter,...
