Bleeding Kansas

One-string gas-tank basses and the people who play them.

"...This little ol' Wichita dive also gave rise to Split Lip Rayfield...."

Feb. 23, 2001 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

2005 ACL Music Fest Preview

All 'picks' no 'sleepers' for the Austin City Limits Music Festival, one blurb at a time

"...Hawthorne, Calif.'s Dios (Malos) slipped into national consciousness last year when "You Got Me..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Feature

Split Lip Rayfield

Acts Playing South by Southwest

"...Split Lip RayfieldNever Make It Home (Bloodshot) How does that..."

March 16, 2001 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Split Lip Rayfield In the Mud (Bloodshot)

"...Split Lip RayfieldIn the Mud (Bloodshot) Ever go for a..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...Sangre de Toro continued this campaign with a prolific, ear-splitting war on the senses. If we're lucky, former Big..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...state. Closer to home, there's Austin's Mirage and Houston's Ukalipthis, a DJ collective featuring ex members of Mathmatech, the..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Final fareweall to the Texas Tornado; Frank Kozik Sells Out?; Sixteen Deluxe and Meat Purveyors shake up, but don't break up.

"...the Kozik stable includes a River City Rapists/ Bulemics split CD next month and a new Fuckemos disc somewhere..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Playback: Lights Out for Jovita's

Run-ins at Jovita's, thieves in the night at Mohawk, and Lickona's feeds off of 'Austin City Limits'

"...One night I went to see Kansas punkgrass trio Split Lip Rayfield, but the show was sold out, so..."

June 29, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...chicken named "Darla" not only expresses sympathy for a lipless creature on the brink of roasting, but also makes..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Bluegrass Drive-By

Record Review

"...certainly nothing new at this point, with practitioners like Split Lip Rayfield, the late, lamented Killbilly, and, of course,..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

SXSW News: Saturday

"...Alejandro Escovedo didn't show up for their respective appearances. Split Lip Rayfield also appeared to have, well, split, but..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Fivehead

Indie rock accoring to Austin's Fivehead

"...many indie-rock bands is that the personnel are always splitting off and playing with other like-minded musicians, often in..."

March 3, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Dolly Parton The Grass Is Blue (Sugar Hill)

"...Is Blue (Sugar Hill) This release is likely to split audiences into two camps: The traditionalists are gonna hate..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Searching for Austin in the Corners of Wisconsin

Local landmarks on the road to Farmageddon

"...(Weedeater) and evil circus punk (Goddamn Gallows) to bluegrass (Split Lip Rayfield). Forty bands were scheduled, but we were..."

July 15, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Offended by Column

"...confession: of how you managed to beat him and Split Lip Rayfield out of a cover charge by forging..."

June 28, 2012 Postmarks

Tuesday-Wednesday SXSW Live Shots

Tuesday and Wednesday night SXSW showcase reviews

"...play bluegrass with the ferocity of death metal. Like Split Lip Rayfield, they use only acoustic instruments, adding a..."

March 25, 2011 Music Feature

Hello/Goodbye

Saying hello to a new Bromberg disc, goodbye to Kirk Rundstrom.

"...years ago. On a sad note, Kirk Rundstrom of Split Lip Rayfield passed away yesterday from esophageal cancer in..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Onion Creek Crawdaddies

"...nimble instrumental prowess, the Crawdaddies most often recall punk-bluegrassers Split Lip Rayfield, while the occasional pedal steel and washboard..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Boxcar Preachers

Record review

"...claim kinship with the likes of the Gourds and Split Lip Rayfield, two groups that possess the talent to..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

ACL Aftershows

"...Thievery Corporation, Z-Trip, Stubb's outside Friday Alejandro Escovedo, Split Lip Rayfield, Jon Dee Graham, Continental Club..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Feature

TCB

Field trips to Houston and San Antonio, to see people coming to our own field in September

"...Keen, Bruce Robison, Rick Trevino, Mindy Smith, Kathleen Edwards, Split Lip Rayfield, Bobby Bare Jr., Dave Alvin, Lost Trailers,..."

May 6, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Pick-Me-Up Hoedown

The 17th annual Old Settler's Music Festival: no waterfall, but a cascade of acoustic and bluegrass music nonetheless

"...to a campsite-only event that will feature appearances by Split Lip Rayfield, the Red Stick Ramblers, the Gourds, and..."

April 16, 2004 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Old Crow Medicine Show

"...band's unpolished edges likely explain the large number of Split Lip Rayfield T-shirts in the crowd. Old Crow mixed..."

March 19, 2004 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Jammin'

Jerry Garcia, bluegrass, and third generation jam -- thriving in Austin and beyond.

"...The Wilders (Kansas City, Mo.)National AnthemsSplit Lip Rayfield, Never Make It Home..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Two High String Band Reviewed

"...lot of forms these days. There's revved-up breakneck bluegrass (Split Lip Rayfield, R.I.P.), Django-style swing (David Grisman), virtuosic neo-jam-band..."

June 27, 2003 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Onion Creek Crawdaddies

Texas Platters

"...effervescence recalls the spunky attitude of the late lamented Split Lip Rayfield. There's an edge to the music that..."

May 30, 2003 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Dancing About Architecture

Goodbye to the Hole, hello Trail of Dead. Imus falls for the Flatlanders.

"...Saturday's Jitters appearance also features the Real Heroes, Swishbucklers, Split Lip Rayfield's Kirk Runstrom, and Mike Nicolai. The final..."

June 28, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Naked City

"...Just before Kansas' own Split Lip Rayfield was set to take the stage at..."

March 22, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Patti Smith out here, but the bluegrass stomp of Split Lip Rayfield, stately chamber rock of Alejandro Escovedo, raucous..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

The Weary Boys

Texas Platters

"...12-song firecracker, and they might be. Unlike BR5-49 or Split Lip Rayfield, Austin's Wearies fervently ply their grandfathers' music..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Gray

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