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"...Theater with Allen, John Doe, Shakey Graves, Ruthie Foster, Flatlanders Gilmore and Hancock, Will Johnson, David Ramirez, etc., hopefully..."

Jan. 26, 2024 Column

Bill Callahan on Escaping YTI⅃AƎЯ

“Every album I’m just a blank slate waking up to creation”

"...for reasons of loving that song “Dallas” by the Flatlanders. I tried to sing “Dallas” like Joe Ely …..."

Nov. 2, 2022 Music Post by Julian Towers

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Courtney Barnett, Kid Cudi, Butch Hancock, Marisa Nadler, Robert Earl Keen, and more

"...Fredericksburg, Terlingua, and Galveston. The second locale reunites his Flatlanders to head up the Back to the Basics Music..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Music Column by Alejandra Ramirez

A Culture 50 Years in the Making: The Kerrville Folk Festival Experience

Life-altering and deep-listening scenes from the oldest music festival in Texas

"...New Folk Concert. It could be said that the Flatlanders won the first year. After showing up unannounced, they..."

May 20, 2022 Music Feature by Hank Erwin

You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory

Departing Chronicle Music Editor Raoul Hernandez passes the reigns [sic] to Kevin Curtin with 10 anecdotes from 27 years.

"...hours. 4) Swimming With the Stars: Alejandro Escovedo + Flatlanders Covers (2002)..."

July 23, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Flatlanders Create a Defining Album During Their Pandemic Pause

West Texas trio unearths a Treasure of Love

"...Wrangling the three songwriters together remains one of the Flatlanders' biggest challenges, even in a virtual setting. Yet the..."

July 9, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Flatlanders Album Review

Treasure of Love (Rack’em Records/Thirty Tigers)

"...designation: essential. If forced to listen to one sole Flatlanders disc on your ventilator – take only one album..."

July 9, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...place on the bill include: blue-eyed soul/soft-rocker Boz Scaggs, Flatlanders Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Butch Hancock, and Steve Earle. –..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Summer Fun Playlist: Back Porch Strumming LPs

"...Baumann waltz and rock across West Texas like the Flatlanders 2.0...."

May 29, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Austin Music Awards Gallery, 2015-2019

"...The Flatlanders accept a Hall of Fame award at the 34th..."

Nov. 26, 2019 Photo Gallery

Joe Ely

"...After the Flatlanders crashed and burned, or rather seeped back into the..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore

"...Dave Alvin bridge a broad musical spectrum. Between the Flatlanders' High Plains folk mysticism and the Blasters' blueprint cowpunk..."

June 22, 2018 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Paramount Theatre Announces Fall/Winter Performances

Shinyribs, Ira Glass, and Potted Potter all on the horizon

"...set to tread the Paramount’s storied boards: Shinyribs, the Flatlanders, Boz Scaggs, Wynton Marsalis, Terry Allen, and Ruthie Foster...."

May 31, 2018 Events Post by Kimberley Jones

Feels Like the First Time

The 36th annual Austin Music Awards mark a number of debuts

"...troubadours consummating the "Borderless Love" showcase. Nicknamed for a Flatlanders song, the show segment aligns Phoebe Hunt, David Ramirez,..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Another Epic Austin City Limits HOF

Roy Orbison, Rosanne Cash, Neville Brothers, and LBJ honored

"...Broadcasting, which birthed PBS and by extension ACL. The Flatlanders, who the Stonewall-born 36th U.S. Commander-in-Chief famously witnessed during..."

Oct. 26, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

35 Years of the Austin Music Awards

Living in a dream

"...Texas Tornados with Jimmie Vaughan, Lou Ann Barton, the Flatlanders, Marcia Ball, and a generational cavalcade of Austin musicians..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature by Doug Freeman

Austin Music Awards Hall of Fame Inductees 1983-2016

Never before published list of all Austin Music Awards Hall of Fame inductees

"...Flatlanders (16)..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

Music Covers

"...The Flatlanders photo by Will van Overbeek July 26, 2002..."

March 1, 2017 Photo Gallery

Terry Allen Revisits His Definitive Albums

Lubbock musician on Juarez and Lubbock (On Everything)

"...member of the "Lubbock music mafia" that includes the Flatlanders, Maines brothers Lloyd and Kenny, and Tommy Hancock, he..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Playback: 35 Years of Chronicle Music Covers

We wade through the roughly 300 issues stamped with the mug of a musician

"...Flatlanders (7/26/02)..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Flatlanders’ Centennial

Whole Hogg with the Lubbock trio’s “Borderless Love”

"...During their 90-minute hootenanny Friday at Hogg Auditorium, the Flatlanders revisited a mantra on new millennial restart Now Again...."

June 27, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

10 Minutes with Robbie Fulks

Chicagoan could almost be local given his Austin collaborations

"...trio: Me, Todd Phillips on bass, and Rob Gjersoe [Flatlanders] on guitar...."

June 1, 2016 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

SXSW Music: 2015/16 Austin Music Awards

Robert Plant crowns magnum opus roots pull

"...finished with new AMA Hall of Fame inductees the Flatlanders sharing rounds on “Roll in My Sweet Baby’s Arms.”..."

March 17, 2016 SXSW Post by Doug Freeman

2015-16 Austin Music Awards Winners

"...Flatlanders..."

March 17, 2016 Photo Gallery

2015-16 Austin Music Awards

"...The Flatlanders accept a Hall of Fame award..."

March 17, 2016 Photo Gallery

Playback: The Austin Music Poll's 11th Hour

A final push to get out the vote in the Austin Music Poll

"...Sarah Elizabeth Campbell, James Cotton, Dangerous Toys, Ed Hall, Flatlanders, Fuckemos, Davy Jones, Bill Kirchen, and Texana Dames...."

Jan. 29, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Panhandle Rambler

Walkabout with Joe Ely

"...musician for 45 years, beginning with alt.country godfathers the Flatlanders before sojourning solo through 18 studio albums of Tex-centric..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Flatlanders: Now It's Now Again

West Texas Beatles finally have their tale told

"...The Flatlanders: Now It's Now Againby John T. Davis University of Texas..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

A Dram Held High for Ed Miller

KUTX folk sage is shown the door after 43 years on-air

"...to open shows with quite regularly. He played the Flatlanders (“very much of a part of the ‘Austin Music..."

Aug. 29, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Kerrville Folk Festival Founder Rod Kennedy Dies

‘People are isolated from each other by technology’

"...process, he helped launch the storied careers of the Flatlanders (1972), Lucinda Williams (’74), Steve Earle (’78), Shawn Colvin..."

April 14, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

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