Wednesday, February 16 2011
Hayes Carll: KMAG YOYO & other American Stories
Carll has a Texas sense of humor, by which I mean he often writes BIG songs to emphasize the outrageousness of human situations. When he sings of love, he means lust, between a man and a woman so mismatched that only sex and booze can make the relationship work.
Monday, May 17 2010
He’s In Search of the Blues, and Lord Does Bill Minutaglio Find Them
This is an emotive, compelling, and enlightening collection of essays thanks as much to Bill Minutaglio's writing as the inherent human interest in the topics he chooses.
Wednesday, March 31 2010
Marshall Ford Swing Band: It’s About Dam Time
The old material has been renovated rather than modernised.
Thursday, May 28 2009
It Will Come to Me by Emily Fox Gordon
Deadly funny, this is immensely enjoyable, a welcome addition to a genre some of us cannot get enough of.
Tuesday, February 10 2009
Independent Lens: Tulia, Texas
As Tulia, Texas follows the many turns of the Drug Task Force case, from the initial convictions to investigations of undercover agent Tom Coleman, it becomes a cautionary tale.
Tuesday, January 6 2009
At the Death House Door
In At the Death House Door, Reverend Carroll Pickett's inspiring conversion story is balanced by Rose Rhoton's complicated response to her brother's wrongful execution.
Monday, March 24 2008
Playradioplay!: Texas
The album should be judged with grace and an attempt to look forward into the bright sunlight of the career that awaits the young Texan.
Tuesday, November 29 2005
Texas: Red Book
Almost 20 years on, Texas is still the best pop band American hasn't discovered.
