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2007 Stories by William Michael Smith

• published Dec 28, 2007

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• Robert Plant and Alison Krauss: Raising Sand

  published December 13, 2007

  On the surface, the imagination boggles when confronted with a musical collaboration between two such seemingly polar opposite talents as... More >>

• Big Smith

  published December 13, 2007

  Get over the Deliverance bib overalls and the Ozark ax-killer faces. The five guys in Springfield, Missouri, outfit Big Smith have long... More >>

• Peter Case, Jon Dee Graham

  published December 6, 2007

  Peter Case has come a long way since he and his band The Plimsouls rocked the club for Nicolas Cage and his crowd in 1983's Valley Girl,... More >>

• Red Stick Ramblers

  published November 29, 2007

  Hailing from the swamp country between Lafayette and Baton Rouge, the Red Stick Ramblers are leaders of the Cajun New Wave. The quintet can... More >>

• Chuck Prophet, Soap and Water

  published November 22, 2007

  Leave it to the ever-interesting, never-­sitting-still Chuck Prophet to begin a record with the wonderfully suggestive line, "I like the... More >>

• Anne McCue

  published November 15, 2007

  In her relatively short career, Aussie blueswoman Anne McCue has played all over the world, veering in such seemingly opposing directions as... More >>

• Last Night: King Khan & BBQ at Rudz

  published Nov 08, 2007

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• Darrell Scott

  published November 8, 2007

  No less an icon than Guy Clark once scolded a Rockefeller's audience for being rude to his opening act, who also happened to be his guitarist... More >>

• published Oct 31, 2007

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• Carol Fran Benefit

  published November 1, 2007

  Houston pianist Carol Fran, who recently suffered a stroke, has been a fixture on the Gulf Coast blues scene for more than 50 years. Not only... More >>

• Mary Gauthier, Between Daylight and Dark

  published October 4, 2007

  Mary Gauthier's Between Daylight and Dark is filled with insightful, exacting storytelling, from broken-but-unbowed tribute "Last... More >>

• Cabildo

  published September 20, 2007

  With its presentation of Amy Beach’s Cabildo in the lush gardens of Miss Ima Hogg’s Bayou Bend estate, the Museum of Fine... More >>

• Brandi Carlile, A Fine Frenzy

  published September 20, 2007

  Small-town Washington girl Brandi Carlile's career has been the stuff musical dreams — and sometimes actual musicals — are made of.... More >>

• Corb Lund & the Hurtin' Albertans

  published September 20, 2007

  I love pickers who leave vapor trails behind wherever they go. Corb Lund and his crew sound like a jazz band that accidentally grazed in the... More >>

• James Hunter

  published September 13, 2007

  Any fan of Alan Parker’s movie The Commitments, about unemployed Irish kids trying to form a soul band, should rejoice upon hearing... More >>

• Various Artists

  published September 13, 2007

  The songs of Vee-Jay: The Definitive Collection read like a badass juke-joint jukebox: "Big Boss Man," "Boom Boom," "Duke of Earl," "It... More >>

• Magnolia Electric Co.

  published September 13, 2007

  Musician and painter Jason Molina is one prolific artist. His most recent release, Sojourner — most recent as of this writing,... More >>

• Raul Malo

  published September 13, 2007

  Former Mavericks lead singer Raul Malo is one of the few reasons to listen to mainstream country music these days, thanks to his choice of... More >>

• Arthur Alexander

  published September 6, 2007

  It's impossible to listen to John Lennon without hearing a direct connection to Arthur Alexander — provided you know who that is.... More >>

• Terry Allen

  published September 6, 2007

  If you think Uncle Tupelo, the Jayhawks and their ilk invented alternative country, get better headphones — and a history book. Way back... More >>

• Max Stalling, blacktopGYPSY

  published September 6, 2007

  Since giving up his corporate day job two years ago, Max Stalling has hit the road hard and built a loyal following well outside the narrow... More >>

• Last Night: Randy Weeks at the Mucky Duck

  published Aug 29, 2007

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• Aimee Bobruk, Hilary York

  published August 30, 2007

  Aimee Bobruk, originally from Huntsville, is another in what seems like an endless assembly line of femme folksingers struggling around Austin... More >>

• Joe "King" Carrasco

  published August 30, 2007

  For more than 25 years, Dumas native Joe Teusch has lived his life as Joe "King" Carrasco, the perpetual center of a good-time Mexican-rock... More >>