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Ed Ward
13 articles
Margaret Moser Tribute: Ray Benson
Soap Creek Saloon on a 10-cent tequila night
Music Feature, Jun. 29, 2017
Margaret Moser Tribute: John Cale
Velvet Underground co-founder on first meet: “Up walks a petite blonde with all the swagger of someone 10 feet tall”
Music Feature, Jun. 29, 2017
Summertime Peruse
Another own-worst-enemy musical genius
Music Feature, May. 29, 2014
I Heard the Angels Singing: Electrifying Black Gospel From the Nashboro Label, 1951-1983
I Heard the Angels Singing: Electrifying Black Gospel from the Nashboro Label, 1951-1983
Music Feature, Dec. 19, 2013
Big "D" Jamboree: Live Recordings From the Stage of the Sportatorium in Dallas, Texas, 1950-1958
Big D Jamboree: Live Recordings from the Stage of the Sportatorium in Dallas, Texas, 1950-1958
Music Feature, Dec. 19, 2013
I'll Take You There: Mavis Staples, the Staple Singers, and the March Up Freedom's Highway
Greg Kot
Music Feature, Dec. 5, 2013
Apple Records Box Set
Apple Records Box Set
Music Feature, Dec. 17, 2010
Troublemaker
Ed Ward's first-hand account of Willie Nelson's Complete Atlantic Sessions.
Music Feature, Dec. 29, 2006
Buried Alive in the Blues
The night Austin's Godfather of the blues granted Ed Ward a favor he'll never forget
Music Feature, May. 26, 2006
Los Super 7
Heart It on the X
Music Review, Mar. 18, 2005
Dead Rabbits
Townes Van Zandt's Insight
Music Feature, Jan. 10, 1997
It Ain't the Meat, It's the Notion
Smokin' to the East, Smokin' to the West
Books Feature, Jun. 14, 1996
Elmore Leonard's World
Writing the Rap
