by April Mitchell | May 9, 2023
One of the most outstanding instrumentalists in rock over the past 40 years, Texas guitarist Eric Johnson was already a legend before he recorded his first album. By the early ‘80s, many celebrated guitarists were singing the praises of this skinny kid from Austin...
by April Mitchell | Feb 27, 2023
“If the blues is played right,” says Austin, Texas, native W.C. Clark, “it makes your soul feel clean.” Indeed, master guitarist/vocalist Clark – known as “The Godfather of Austin Blues” – has been playing the blues right and cleansing souls from the east side of...
by April Mitchell | Feb 27, 2023
Born and raised in Gruver, Texas, Rodney Clawson developed a passion for sowing and cultivating the fruits of his labor from a young age. The farmer-turned-songwriter proudly attended West Texas A&M and was honored with the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2014....
by April Mitchell | Feb 27, 2023
The position that Radney Foster enjoys in the music landscape is remarkable. Mainstream Country music, Texas/Red Dirt and Americana tend to occupy separate orbits. Yet for 35 years, Foster has thrived in all three as a songwriter, recording artist, live performer and...
by April Mitchell | Feb 27, 2023
As a founding father of the progressive country music scene in Austin, Texas, in the 1970s, Gary P. Nunn helped change the face of popular music. With a career spanning half a century – and no plans for stopping anytime soon – Nunn is a proud ambassador...
by April Mitchell | Feb 27, 2023
Called a “rock and punk godfather” by Rolling Stone, Alejandro Escovedo has as eclectic a background and body of work as any rock artist of his generation. As comfortable performing with a string ensemble as he is with an amped-up power trio, and as likely to bare his...
