Music
July 8, 2021
The Flatlanders’ Rollicking New Album Pays Tribute to Country Music History
The Lubbock band's first release in 12 years features satisfying covers of tunes by George Jones, Ernest Tubb, Johnny Cash, and other greats.
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Art
January 13, 2017
There and Back Again
The return of Terry Allen.
Music
January 20, 2013
Pitch Perfect
What’s the secret to writing a great country song? Which comes first, music or lyrics? Looking to answer these and other questions, we gathered a group of singer-songwriters—Guy Clark, Robert Earl Keen, Sonny Throckmorton, Patty Griffin, and Jack Ingram—set out a couple guitars, and let the tape roll.
Music
December 1, 2012
Sax & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Bobby Keys and the Rolling Stones: behind one of pop music's most famous solos.
Music
May 31, 2011
Joe Ely
On his new album, Satisfied at Last, and more.
Music
March 31, 2008
Live Cactus!
There’s a short roster of rock and roll performers (Jagger, Springsteen) who can rivet your attention every time they step onstage. If you grew up in Texas, here’s a name on that list: Joe Ely. Those who have seen Ely give his all, particularly with his early Jesse Taylor/Ponty
Music
February 1, 2007
Joe Ely
“You feel like you’re passing through time, but you don’t really feel like you’re leaving any time behind. You’re kind of in the moment, because the wind’s in your face and there’s always another highway.”
Music
April 30, 2000
Gotta Lubbock
Buddy Holly. Waylon Jennings. Carolyn Hester. The Hancocks. The Flatlanders. An oral history of the state's most storied music scene.
Music
August 31, 1998
CD and Book Reviews
Hot CDsI was already familiar with James Brown’s Say It Live and Loud (Polygram), which was recorded live at Memorial Auditorium in Dallas on August 26, 1968. I was there, a couple of rows back from the front, and hearing it all over again is one sweet pleasure: the tight,
Music
April 30, 1998
Joe Cool
Joe Ely hits the road.
Guides
April 1, 1998
CD and Book Reviews
Hot CDsThis month Texas music shines on the silver screen. The soundtrack for The Horse Whisperer (MCA) not only features cuts from Don Walser, George Strait, and Steve Earle but also a Butch Hancock—Joe Ely— Jimmie Dale Gilmore reunion (long removed from Lubbock, they are now called the Hill Country
Music
March 1, 1998
The Great, Late Townes Van Zandt
More than a year after his death, he’s still being remembered as the best Texas songwriter of his time. This month’s star-studded Austin City Limits tribute shows why.
Music
February 1, 1997
True Believer
Few Austin musicians have been as close to stardom, and unable to reach it, as Alejandro Escovedo. But for him, fame has never really been the point.
Guides
June 30, 1996
CD and Book Reviews
Hot CDsBraver Newer World (Elektra) might well be the record that Jimmie Dale Gilmore has always wanted to make. A radical departure in both instrumentation (the sitar and fuzz guitars of the title track) and arrangements (the overhaul of Joe Ely’s “Because of the Wind”), it’s the closest the Austin-via-Lubbock
Music
August 31, 1992
Roadhouse Warrior
Ely may have a new album, but his best performances have always been live, in person.
Music
November 1, 1978
The Sons of Buddy Holly
Wide-open spaces and prairie madness make the special music of Lubbock.