Music
August 19, 2021
James McMurtry Has Always Sounded Like a Grumpy Old Man. Now He Is One.
With his new album ‘The Horses and the Hounds,’ the Fort Worth-bred troubadour's age has caught up to his sound.
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December 12, 2016
Exclusive Premiere: Curtis McMurtry’s Sharp Insight into Loss on “Bayonet”
The Austin singer-songwriter uses the sound of a chamber ensemble to explore the limits of Americana and the darker side of the human condition.
Music
October 12, 2016
Walt Wilkins Brings A “Highway Prayer” To The Adam Carroll Tribute Record
The Mystiqueros frontman pays tribute to the ”songwriter’s songwriter.”
Music
August 14, 2015
Exclusive Song Premiere: James McMurtry Has “Big Things” In Store
The singer-songwriter brings a song he didn't write to a Ted Hawkins tribute album.
Music
February 18, 2015
Video Exclusive: From James McMurtry’s Latest Album, “Complicated Game”
See a live version of “Copper Canteen,” a song off of James McMurtry’s latest album, filmed and recorded in Los Angeles last fall.
Music
February 12, 2015
McMurtry and Son
A memorable evening with James and Curtis McMurtry, the son and grandson of Texas’s most-beloved living author.
Music
March 31, 2008
Just Us Kids
The title track may lament the fact that even arrested adolescents grow old, but, if anything, James McMurtry sounds more energized than ever. On Just Us Kids (Lightning Rod), he and his longtime rhythm section—Daren Hess, Ronnie Johnson—have solidified their sound into a low, tribal rock growl, with
Music
January 1, 2005
We Can’t Make it Here
No one’s more of a populist than JAMES MCMURTRY, whose tales put a human face on the downtrodden. The only thing surprising about his entry into protest music is that it took him so long. WE CAN’T MAKE IT HERE is a seven-minute state-of-the-union mantra that looks at the Bush
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,
Books
February 1, 1993
Return of the Native Son
For years he renounced his Texas ties. Now Larry McMurty is once again calling Archer City home.