Town and Country

Reviews of books by and about Texans in this week's Books section.

Oct. 29, 1999 Books Feature

The Hills Are Alive

The Hill Country is teaming with Austin songwriters.

"...is one of the premier places in the Hill Country for bands to play...."

May 9, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

For the Good Times

The Life and Times of Texas country crooner, Ray Price.

"...the forty-, fifty-, and sixtysomething fans forgotten by contemporary country radio...."

Sept. 1, 2000 Music Feature by David Cantwell

Where Have All the Cowgirls Gone?

Austin's Female Country Singers

"...her royal guts out. Considering this town's interest in country music, the fact that only 14 people (15 counting..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Music Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Conventional Wisdom

Why There's No Oldies Country Radio

"..."We play anything that's country," says Oatman. Please note: That's anything that's country. Not..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

What Hath Uncle Tupelo Wrought?

Alternative Country's Second Wave

"...smacked of being influenced by the patron saint of country-rock found its way into CAMN's pages. And they must..."

Nov. 10, 1995 Music Feature

Don't Look Back

Why the crush at the Hole in the Wall on Wednesdays?

"...dusty Southwestern instrumentals, almost in defiance of what a country bar-band should be...."

April 4, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Honky-Tonkers Don't Cry

Dale Watson's heads for the streets of Baltimore

"...A man like this, a real country star, knows no boundaries in life or in music...."

Nov. 25, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Wedding Vows

No one believes more firmly than Jack Ingram that Jack Ingram 'is' the future face of country music

"...music I play. You tell them that I play country music. And when they tell you – and they..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Texas Rebel Radio

The Hill Country's Alt-Country Beacon

"...that were too bluesy for rock, too rock for country, and too country for AAA (and in many cases,..."

Feb. 14, 1997 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

Six Days on the Road

Rig Rock Deluxe Trucks Down Country Byways

"...Only Records, truck-driving songs are an important sub-genre of country music. He claims it started as far back as..."

Sept. 20, 1996 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Patroling the CMT Highway

Junior Brown's Success on Country Music Television

"...It's easy to skewer country video as being nothing but a mirror image of..."

Nov. 17, 1995 Music Feature

Where Does Margo Price Get Off?

Willie, Billy, Loretta, and Nashville’s crossover queen

"...she was 20, embodies all the progressive literacy of country outlaw greats on two Third Man Records releases. She..."

Jan. 25, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Chiseled in Stone

An appreciation of honky-tonk veteran Billy Dee

"...Then there's Austin's country scene. Made up of lifelong professionals who've settled in..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Music Feature by Graham Reynolds

The Great Roots-Rock Scare of '96

The Americana Chart, Alternative Country, and Austin

"...illustration by Roy Tompkins The alternative country panel at 1996's year's South by Southwest was clearly..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Music Feature

This Ain't Brain Surgery

Carvin' Country with Roy Heinrich

"...ain't brain surgery," Heinrich says of his chosen vocation, country music. (True to form, Heinrich pays the bills daylightin'..."

June 21, 1996 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The Thing Called Love

"...her as they all try to make it as country stars. There's brilliant film material in country music; witness..."

Sept. 3, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

America: Imagine the World Without Her

Another book by conservative political commentator Dinesh D'Souza gets the documentary treatment.

"...it targets the enemy as dissenting voices within the country. Attacking the very core constitutional vision of America as..."

July 4, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Gordy

"...a star as he searches for them around the country. When the farm where he was raised is put..."

May 12, 1995 Movie Review by Louis Black

What Texas Artists Had to Say on the CMT Music Awards Red Carpet

Jackie Venson, Midland, and more talk country music’s Austin migration

"...About a centennial after it was called country & western, and post-2010s bro country, the industry arrived..."

April 7, 2023 Music Feature by Maggie Quinlan

The Ramblin' Soul of Songwriter Melissa Carper

Following the critically acclaimed Daddy's Country Gold, the spotlight-averse artist is primed for broader attention

"...her music wrangles sounds of a different era – country jazz, honky-tonk, and a bluesy soul unfurling with the..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock and Roll

A doc not just for music aficionados, but a transcendent reminder that art matters

"...loftier goal of cataloging the cultural history of a country fraught with conflict and genocide, with its musical past..."

June 19, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Crazy Heart

Jeff Bridges scores in this performance as a fading country & western star who has cashed in most of his chips.

"...story is as old and true as the broken-down country & western balladeer at the heart of it, nearly..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dirty Laundry

Hey, you got soul in my country

"...Country and soul have always had a tenuous connection, undoubtedly..."

Sept. 18, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman

The Good Times Ain't Over

Freddy Powers keeps on truckin'

"...order to sell alcohol in the otherwise dry Hill Country. Back then, truckers were lured into the oasis by..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Band of the Month: The Moonhangers

The Moonhangers give outlaw country a good name

"...take a look at the new generation of outlaw country, the Moonhangers. The local threepiece moonlights as one of..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Post by Darcie Stevens

Mighty Fine

Dixiecrat Jesse Dayton ain't banging his head against a wall

"...Dayton's fourth album, Country Soul Brother, came out three weeks ago on Stag..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The LCRA Moves to Turn on the Tap

Future of Hill Country waits on Authority's decisions on water plan

"...that little piece of heaven known as the Hill Country...."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Letters at 3AM

Our country's newest immigrant generation is no longer learning that this nation will belong to them

"...news to anyone that the fundamental nature of this country is changing in more ways, and on more levels,..."

July 9, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Three Canyons

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

"...The place is the southwestern edge of the Hill Country, consisting of three large river valleys, the Sabinal, Frio,..."

May 18, 2001 Features Feature by Brant Bingamon

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