Review: Jason Boland & the Stragglers

The Light Saw Me (Proud Souls)

"...emotions of yearning and regret, love and desperation, and the crux between quiet moments of humility and the loud..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Beyond the Bourbon Legend

The bottle didn't let Jason Boland down, and neither did his workingman's honky-tonk

"...Dancehall, 70,000 brightly lit square feet rising out of the construction-plagued crux of I-35 and Loop 410 in San..."

April 10, 2009 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Gruene Pastures

Jason Allen honky-tonks to the head of the class

"...Jason Allen is standing in Gruene Hall. Not long ago,..."

June 17, 2005 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Jason Boland & the Stragglers

"...Jason Boland & the StragglersDark & Dirty Mile (Proud Souls)..."

May 17, 2013 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Jason Boland & the Stragglers

"...nine albums into a glorious if seemingly low-key career, Jason Boland feels more worthy of the Country Music Savior..."

June 1, 2018 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Jason Boland & the Stragglers

"...Jason Boland & the StragglersComal County Blue (Apex)..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Jason Boland & the Stragglers

"...Jason Boland & the StragglersRancho Alto (Apex Nashville/Thirty Tigers)..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Jason Boland & the Stragglers

"...The latest manifestation of modern country's honky-tonk renaissance, Okie transplants..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Guess Who's Knocking

Gone Hollywood? Not Ryan Bingham.

"...before peeling into a new, riff-driven headbanger that repeats the question, "Guess who's knocking on the door?"..."

Nov. 23, 2012 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Country Mile

Country Mile

"...a horse of a different color: Big & Rich, the songwriter-performers who brought bling-bling to Nashville on "Save a..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Third Annual Ameripolitan Music Awards

"...Paramount Theatre, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016..."

Feb. 17, 2016 Photo Gallery

SXSW Thursday Showcases

"...Detroit indie Small Stone cornered the market on weed-fed power rock, celebrating its 10th anniversary..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Off the Record

Armed Forces Entertainment's metal of honor, the Judy's reunite for the Austin Music Awards, Bobby Whitlock and CoCo Carmel's Double Fantasy

"..."We just write about our life, the same way John Lennon and Yoko Ono used to,"..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

John Oates, Tyler Childers, Zella Day Top Willie Nelson’s Luck Reunion Lineup

Single-day fest returns to Willie’s ranch March 14

"...The 2024 lineup for Willie Nelson’s Luck Reunion just dropped...."

Feb. 15, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Head Boy and not enough else. Opined one Chronic: "The post-blues sci-fi licks of guitarist Jonas Wilson (aka Deluxe..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...distinctly autobiographical in spots. "Awake" touches on your musician father's sacrifices, and "Home" is an ode to growing up..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Austin Top 10s

Ninety lines of listicles about Austin music 2015

"...7) Charlie Pierce & Choctaw Wildfire, Nowhere (Young Cubs)..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Austin Top 10

One hundred individual LP choices

"...5) Gleeson, II (Almost There)..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Music Feature

The Real Country

In and out of Austin with honky-tonk road crew Mike & the Moonpies

"...There's a camera on Mike Harmeier. It's been on him..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Strength in Numbers

Got MilkDrive?

"...MilkDrive is one of the bands that formed after the South Austin Jug Band..."

June 15, 2011 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Off the Record

Freddie's Place unplugs, crate digging for Record Store Day, the second coming of Arc Angels, and sitting stage left at Austin City Limits

"...The Day the Music Died..."

April 17, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Undone: A Musicfest Tribute to Robert Earl Keen

Texas Platters

"...Robert Earl Keen as the "father" of the Texas/Red Dirt Music scene makes plenty..."

Jan. 23, 2009 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Kinky Friedman

Record review

"...Last of the Jewish Cowboys: The Best of Kinky Friedman (Shout! Factory)Why..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Music Review by Lee Nichols

Texas Titles in Toto

"...Of the estimated 3,500 songs written about Texas and Texas Places,..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature

The Hills Are Alive

The Hill Country is teaming with Austin songwriters.

"...Bar & Grill in Spicewood, about nine miles past the junction of RR 620 and Highway 71, the regulars..."

May 9, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

I Eat Records

Second Helpings

"...assault as I Eat Records. Formed in 2005 by Jason Callahan and Athens, Ga., native Lynn Boland, the label..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

TCB

A harvest of local albums from I Eat Records, new location for the Bubble, and new hope for the SIMS Foundation

"...services caused by an unprecedented spike in demand and the resulting budgetary shortfall, as of today (Thursday), the SIMS..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray