Songwriter
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Exclusive: David Ramirez Premieres New Song “Time”
With fewer words and a lot more synth, Ramirez proves his songwriting chops stretch beyond roots music.
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Exclusive Song Premiere: Robert Earl Keen Revisits “Shades of Gray” for ‘Live Dinner Reunion’
Twenty years after the release of his classic live album, 'No. 2 Live Dinner,' Robert Earl Keen returns to the John T. Floore Country Store in Helotes for a reunion.
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Kent Finlay, Dreamer
An exclusive excerpt from the forthcoming book by Jenni Finlay and Brian T. Atkinson.
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He Ain’t Going Nowhere
How did Guy Clark become the most revered songwriter in Nashville? One hard-won tune at a time.
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He’s Daniel Johnston, And He Was Gonna Be Famous
He was, for a while, and look what happened: Today one of the great songwriters in the alternative-rock universe is a 44-year-old manic-depressive living with his parents in Waller. And the worst thing about it is, he’s about to be famous again.
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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.
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CD and Book Reviews
The best books and CDs from Texas.
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Abra Moore
Abra Moore likes herself, a revelation that comes as she grooves to the music piping through an Austin cafe. It sounds good to her—the singer knowing and ethereal, the sound a jazzy, ruminative folk-pop with a fragile ache. But wait: It’s the sound of her own recent solo debut, Sing (Bohemia Beat). The coincidence is …
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Willie, the Actor
Is being himself good enough?
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With Strings Attached
Willie Nelson’s true love may have a body that’s worse for the wear, but woe to the man who tries to pick it up.