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Amy McCarthy

Amy McCarthy is a food writer and country music critic who splits time between Dallas and Houston. Her music writing is regularly featured in the Houston Press and has also appeared in Texas Monthly, Salon, VICE, Playboy, and Pitchfork.

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East Texas Pines, SugarHill Studios Fuel Lee Ann Womack's Dark New Sound

By Amy McCarthy
Oct 16, 2017

Formerly a pop-country chanteuse, she’s now something entirely different.
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real Uphold Tradition On Their Own Terms

By Amy McCarthy
Aug 22, 2017

The son of the Red Headed Stranger is now one of Americana's most promising artists in his own right.
In Nashville, Songwriter Rodney Crowell Carries Houston In His Bones

By Amy McCarthy
Jun 27, 2017

Even after spending more than four decades outside of Texas, Houston has always lived deeply inside Rodney Crowell’s bones. From his seminal 2001 album The Houston Kid to “East Houston Blues,” which appears on 2017’s Close Ties, Crowell has essentially formed his musical identity around the sounds and sights of...
The 10 Best Country Musicians From Houston

By Amy McCarthy
Jun 23, 2017

It’s no secret that Texas is home (or at least the birthplace of) to some of the world’s best and most talented country musicians, but Houston seems to be an especially fertile ground for growing a particularly strong crop of artists. The city can take credit for plenty of superstars...
Jason Isbell Emerges as the Conscience of the South on The Nashville Sound

By Amy McCarthy
Jun 16, 2017

The former Drive-By Trucker's new album quietly urges a revamp of an identity that has too long been associated with bigotry and close-mindedness.