Day Trips: Lost Maples State Natural Area, Vanderpool

Lost Maples shows its true colors

"...Maples State Natural Area is five miles north of Vanderpool, a one-store town on scenic FM 337. A good..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Spotlight: Milton Mapes

Look out Uncle Tupelo, here comes grandpa Milton Mapes.

"...Dallas in 1999, Milton Mapes began as singer-songwriter Greg Vanderpool with a revolving cast of musicians. "Milton Mapes" is..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Postscripts

Book news, signings, and author appearances this week.

"...regard to Texas," he declares. So did photographer Rick Vanderpool, though it's taken him a bit longer than it..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

TCB

Strong new albums from Milton Mapes and the Action Is, and the Eighties still won't go away.

"...Turn on the Black Lights Milton Mapes frontman Greg Vanderpool is a nice guy, soft-spoken, unassuming. His songs, on..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Milton Mapes

Record Review

"...configuration of musicians put together by Austin-based songwriter Greg Vanderpool and named in honor of Vanderpool's grandfather. Consisting of..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Music Review by Greg Beets

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Greg Vanderpool: Sub Raton..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Greg Vanderpool

"...Greg Vanderpool perfects the sound of epic sparseness on Pilot. As..."

April 14, 2017 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Friday Picks & Sleepers

TGIFriday of SXSW, blurb by blurb

"...on a follow-up for this year. Doug Freeman Greg Vanderpool..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Off the Record

Discovered, covered: Robert Plant reimagines Milton Mapes, Eric Johnson eulogizes Hendrix, and more nuggets from the Texas Punk Treasure Chest

"...the whole thing," surmises former Milton Mapes singer Greg Vanderpool, not long after confirming the news with Buddy Miller,..."

June 25, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

From Stuff, Art

The 21st 'New American Talent' exhibition features a whopping 72 works of art, many of them created from everyday objects

"...paint is dead serious and really good. Robert Lee Vanderpool's Western Tendencies is at the other end of the..."

July 14, 2006 Arts Feature by Amanda Douberley

Milton Mapes

"...Ford film, after which Milton Mapes' grandson -- Greg Vanderpool -- knocks 'em down one by one. Pulling together..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Adam Torres’ Big Sky Americana

His panoramic view of the world transcends into his haunting falsetto

"...Americana artists like Steve Gunn, William Tyler, and Greg Vanderpool locally, Torres creates vast geographical expanses musically, over which..."

July 14, 2017 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Greg Vanderpool

"...Americana, the solo debut from Milton Mapes/Monahans principal Greg Vanderpool cashes in gradual West Texas soundscapes for a more..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Music Review by Greg Beets

Food Events

Feed yourself and your community with these foodie events

"...› Photojournalist and Texas hambassador Rick Vanderpool will sign copies of his new paperback, The Texas..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Milton Mapes

"...scarred and rugged as the land." Chief songwriter Greg Vanderpool's frequent references to windswept deserts, lonesome sunsets, and blood-stained..."

March 18, 2005 Music Review by Christopher Gray

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...MILTON MAPES: Led by Austin-based singer-songwriter Greg Vanderpool, Milton Mapes warmed local ears with the low-key twang..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

Three Canyons

The Southwest Edge of Texas Hill Country -- Home to Lost Maples and Garner State Park -- Is Rich in Both Beauty and History

"...to Medina on highways 16 and 337, west from Vanderpool to Leakey on 337, west from Leakey to Camp..."

May 18, 2001 Features Feature by Brant Bingamon

Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup

Fall is full of fairs and fests

"...Lost Maples State Park outside of Vanderpool is known for its gorgeous fall colors as the..."

Oct. 1, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

David Ramirez

"...The lonesome, atmospheric Americana of Will Johnson or Greg Vanderpool still coats an album haunted by slightly scorched guitar...."

Oct. 27, 2017 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Overseas at Home

Indie all-stars debut at the Parish

"...overtones providing an epic ebb and flow as Greg Vanderpool’s dust-raked vocals bridged the space between Bazan and Johnson’s..."

Aug. 5, 2013 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Monahans

"...on the dark horizon as becalmed by frontman Greg Vanderpool's meditative vocals that finally burst into the racing "Forward/Reverse"..."

April 5, 2013 Music Review by Doug Freeman

The Young and Restless

Seven local South by Southwest 'Picks 2 Click'

"...drummer Ryan Maloney – encamped to a cabin in Vanderpool, out in western Bandera County. Zimmerman, having previously recorded..."

March 9, 2012 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Mrs. Santa's Last-Minute Foodie Stocking Stuffers

What to get for the foodie who noms everything?

"...Icon (The History Press, $19.99) Photojournalist and ham-bassador Rick Vanderpool's definitive work for the burger aficionado...."

Dec. 23, 2011 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Off the Record

Seeking refuge at Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater before the return of Joe 'King' Carrasco & the Crowns

"...label debut in late August at a cabin in Vanderpool, Texas. "We're looking for something isolated and out of..."

June 24, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Robert Plant

"...make a household name out of Milton Mapes' Greg Vanderpool anytime soon. The sole original, "Central Two-O-Nine," never quite..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Music Review by Austin Powell

Vinyl Ashes

A gray vinyl 7-inch with your exit songs?

"...by all the booty-shaking, thong-wearing, nasty, wouldn't-say-that-around-yo-mama songs. Greg Vanderpool (Monahans)..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

Home for the holidays with Ray Wylie Hubbard, Schmillion, and Dax Riggs

"...out hope for a meaningful resolution," relays frontman Greg Vanderpool...."

Dec. 17, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Day Trips

The top eight state park swimming holes in Texas

"...Lost Maples State Natural Area outside of Vanderpool was a surprise to me. Known mostly for the..."

July 31, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Monahans

"...the more immediate and ruminative burn of singer Greg Vanderpool's previous outfit, Milton Mapes, diffusing the crooked carnival bent..."

May 29, 2009 Music Review by Austin Powell

Video: Monahans “It's Enough To Leave You...”

Dimming the aurora

"...a lot of space and some instrumentals,” frontman Greg Vanderpool says of the album, “but there’s definitely some rock..."

May 15, 2009 Music Post by Austin Powell

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