Articles tagged "james mcmurtry"

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James McMurtry - Live in Europe (new album / MP3)

by Tyler Gould

[1.Oct.09] :. James McMurtry Live in Europe (Lightning Rod) Releasing: 13 October McMurtry’s latest is patched together from the finest, hand-picked recordings made on his very first European tour, in...

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PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2008 Feature

The Best Americana Music of 2008

by Andrew Gilstrap

[18.Dec.08] :. It did seem -- perhaps because of the genre's traditional real-world concerns -- like a lot of the year's best Americana releases sensed the storm clouds gathering.

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James McMurtry takes on politics on latest album

by Mario Tarradell [The Dallas Morning News (MCT)]

[17.Jun.08] :. Texas singer-songwriter James McMurtry swore he’d never pen a political tune. “I used to not like to hear other songwriters make a point politically,” he says by phone from Austin....

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Music Review

James McMurtry: Just Us Kids

by David Pyndus

[9.Jun.08] :. There is just enough organic warmth here to make those who grimace at James McMurtry's grizzled vocals forgive him his sin of sounding like a Texas roughneck.

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Capsule Reviews

James McMurtry: Just Us Kids

by Dan MacIntosh

[15.Apr.08] :. Call McMurtry’s music what you will, just don’t call it kids’ stuff.

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20 Questions Feature

James McMurtry

by PopMatters Staff

[24.Mar.08] :. Smart and aware, Texas singer-songwriter James McMurtry shares some pointed observations about the world with PopMatters' 20 Questions.

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Guy Clark: Americana Master Series: Best of the Sugar Hill Years

by Michael Metivier

[16.Apr.07] :. The experience of a good retrospective is like raiding an older sibling's record collection as a kid, one of the most time-honored entry points for discovering new old music.

 

James McMurtry: Childish Things

by Steve Horowitz

[8.Sep.05] :. The Texas troubadour adds a bit of panache and grace to the stories of the working class poor. America: the land of the free, where even working two jobs means one can only afford to sleep in the car.

 

James McMurtry: Live in Aught-Three

by Andrew Gilstrap

[19.Mar.04] :. When you think of a James McMurtry character, you envision someone staring out over the plains or the water or the highway. Nevermind that the plains are filling up with strip malls, or that the...