A.L. West at a Bookstore, and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Stop by Stalefish’s album release or Jonathan Toubin’s Soul Clap

"...Van Zandt, Guy Clark, then later Nanci Griffith and Rodney Crowell. Texans write songs like dolphins swim. Jerry Jeff..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Music Column by Carys Anderson

Willie Nelson’s 90th Birthday Tribute Convenes Keith Richards, Snoop Dogg, Norah Jones, and More at the Hollywood Bowl

Two-night song extravaganza pulled stars from across generations

"...Emmylou Harris joined Rodney Crowell for his “It Ain’t Over Yet” (with Waylon..."

May 1, 2023 Music Post by Doug Freeman

As Willie Looks to 90, Austin Stars Shine at Luck Reunion

Band of Heathens, Kelsey Wilson, Spoon made rain-delayed ranch date

"...barrage of hits and several new tunes, including the Rodney Crowell and Chris Stapleton co-write “I’ll Love You Till..."

March 18, 2023 Music Post by Doug Freeman

What We’re Listening to This Week

A Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver, Jenny Parrott, Startographers, and more local sounds worth hearing

"...the Wandering Gypsy and Me" like God's own whiskey. Rodney Crowell inhabits "Old Five & Dimers Like Me" as..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

What We’re Listening to Right Now

DJ Jester & DJ Marz, Willie Nelson on Billy Joe Shaver, Lisa Morales, High Heavens, and ZZ Top

"...Meanwhile, "Flyin' and Cryin'," a superbly penned duet with Rodney Crowell, expresses how love can lift you and wreck..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

What We're Listening to Right Now

Darden Smith, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Fuvk, Photokem, and more notable local sounds

"...singer and songwriter Darden Smith," writes compositional Texas standard Rodney Crowell in the foreword to a stilling, ruminative, lyrical..."

March 25, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Interview: Without Getting Killed or Caught

Tamara Saviano on the bonds between Guy, Susanna, and Townes

"...The film draws on intimate interviews with songwriter contemporaries (Rodney Crowell, Steve Earle, Vince Gill) as buttressed by the..."

March 18, 2021 Screens Post by Doug Freeman

Three SXSW Documentaries Visualize SXSW Music

Somewhere you feel free

"...The film draws on intimate interviews with songwriter contemporaries (Rodney Crowell, Steve Earle, Vince Gill) as buttressed by the..."

March 12, 2021 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Heartworn Highways

Restored documentary brings back the founding voices of outlaw country

"...and Suzanna’s Clark’s house, with a guest list including Rodney Crowell, Steve Young, and baby-faced Steve Earle...."

Feb. 5, 2021 Movie Review by Doug Freeman

Rodney Crowell

"...Star troubadour ilk. Texas thus wafts by lighter than Rodney Crowell's grittier work this past decade, which produced only..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Texas Lit Lives at Waterloo Records

The tall tales of Ray Wylie Hubbard and Rodney Crowell

"...weekend. Friday, they heralded Ray Wylie Hubbard, then Sunday, Rodney Crowell stopped in. Neither event preceded or promoted another..."

Aug. 19, 2019 Music Post by Reid Jowers

Kevin Welch

"...delivering a beautifully mellow sound and perspective. Peers like Rodney Crowell and John Hiatt echo in his songs, which..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame 2018

"...Rodney Crowell..."

Feb. 26, 2018 Photo Gallery

Jim Caligiuri Exit Interview

Ten minutes, 20 questions, and 20-plus years of Americana chronicles

"...Rodney Crowell 2011..."

April 13, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Darden Smith

"...Hancock, Billy Joe Shaver), and great grand inheritors (sexagenarians Rodney Crowell, Steve Earle, Robert Earl Keen) left a palpable..."

April 14, 2017 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Guy Clark Biographer Tamara Saviano

“He shared things with me he didn’t share with other people”

"...a year after Bunny. From talking with Guy and Rodney [Crowell], I feel pretty confident in saying Susanna never..."

March 30, 2017 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Biographer Tamara Saviano’s Guy Clark Revelations

The dean of Texas songwriters’ final days, the forthcoming documentary on him, and more

"...Tamara Saviano loaded a tour bus with friends including Rodney Crowell, Steve Earle, Verlon Thompson, and Guy's son Travis,..."

March 31, 2017 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

SXSW Music: Must-See Singer-Songwriters

Ryan Adams, Robyn Hitchcock, Neko Case, and the next generation of solo strummers

"...BBQ, 11:50pmFrom Oxford, Miss., Shannon McNally releases her long-awaited, Rodney Crowell-produced album, Black Irish, in May. She'll be joined..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark

The dean of Lone Star songwriting documented at the 11th hour

"...influenced personally and creatively by the Monahans-born bard, especially Rodney Crowell, the author digging deep into his Lone Star..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Music Review by Doug Freeman

ACL HOF WOW

Sold-out awards show shucks off TV tropes and triumphs

"...Willie Nelson, Mavis Staples, Taj Mahal, Billy F. Gibbons, Rodney Crowell, Gary Clark Jr., and Eve Monsees fronted an..."

Oct. 13, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

2016 Austin City Limits Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

"...Highwaymen: (l-r) Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Rodney Crowell..."

Oct. 13, 2016 Photo Gallery

Sarah Jarosz

"...lover, but I'm also a fighter." A duet with Rodney Crowell guitarist Jedd Hughes on "Take Me Back," co-written..."

June 24, 2016 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Playback: Guy Clark 1941-2016

End Transmission: Adios Guy Clark, and Transmission Events as we knew it

"...Houston's Rodney Crowell, a close friend of Clark's since the early..."

May 20, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Old Settler’s Music Festival 2016

"...Rodney Crowell..."

April 18, 2016 Photo Gallery

Gulf Coast Jamboree

Wimberley mandolin prodigy interviews the Houston Kid

"...to interview one of country music's backbones, Houston native Rodney Crowell, since he also returns to the Dripping Springs..."

April 15, 2016 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

National Top 10s

Best non-local albums of 2015 – by genre

"...7) Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, The Traveling Kind (Nonesuch)..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Patty Griffin Leads Local Grammy Nominations

Lone Star accolades span country, gospel, folk, and R&B

"...hallowed, Kirk Franklin, include song men Don Henley and Rodney Crowell, both down for Best American Roots Song, the..."

Dec. 7, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell

Ameripolitan

"...collaboration. On follow-up The Traveling Kind, Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell sound more at ease with each other, or..."

June 26, 2015 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Jaimee Harris’ Wrecking Ball

“Wear something pretty and white”

"...a “melting pot.” Its songwriters fill the Americana songbook: Rodney Crowell, Steve Earle, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Anna McGarrigle,..."

April 1, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Best of 2014 (So Far)

Midyear playlist yields 25 tracks both local and national

"...ignore NRBQ, Johnny Cash, Eliza Gilkyson, Drive-By Truckers, and Rodney Crowell...."

July 8, 2014 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

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