South by Southwest

Mar 17 SXSW 2008: It's a wrap!

Haha, poor Mike. (Eric Schlegel / DMN) I just posted a new slideshow (photos of Day 5) on the SXSW page, and Bridgette is working on getting up several videos from the last of the festival. Stay tuned...

Mar 14 SXSW 2008: Erich's photos from Day 1

(Eric Schlegel / DMN) One of our best photographers, Erich Schlegel, is down in Austin capturing not just bands but street vibe and behind-the-scenes fest prep. Don't miss his first of many more photo...

Mar 7 SXSW 2008: Fleshing things out

Ok, we have a tentative coverage schedule for SXSW, the music part of which begins next week. We'll have lots of stuff to say and show from the festival, so keep it here from Tuesday evening through March...

Mar 17 SXSW 2008: Talib Kweli, interrupted

Mar 16 SXSW 2008: All Time Low

Mar 16 SXSW 2008: More photos

Mar 15 SXSW 2008: White Denim

Mar 15 SXSW 2008: Blue Cheer

Mar 14 SXSW 2008: Video from Red Rooster show

Mar 14 SWSW 2008: Big Red Rooster crows

Mar 14 SXSW 2008: Erich's latest photos

Mar 14 SXSW 2008: Bourbon Rocks Patio = sick

Mar 14 SXSW 2008: Roosters got paparazzi already

Nov 20 Richie McDonald - “How Do I Just Stop”

Songwriters: Tommy Lee James and Richie McDonald. In an election year full of tough questions and partisan bickering, former Lonestar-frontman-gone-Christian-crooner Richie McDonald offers some much-needed...

Nov 20 Donnie Vondra - “If I Didn’t Love You”

Songwriters: Daryl Neil Burgess and Robert W. Terry, Jr. Some of today’s pop-country fare tries very hard to convince listeners of its legitimate country chops: Taking cues from David Allen Coe, some...

Nov 19 Album Review: Hank Williams Sr. - The Unreleased Recordings

The fifteen-disc bootleg of the so-called “Mother’s Best Flour Show” recordings has been floating around the internet for nearly a decade now, while numerous lawsuits were duked out by Hank Jr...

Nov 19 Lance Miller - “Bacon Frying”

Songwriters: Chuck Cannon, Gary Nicholson and Paul Overstreet. As contemporary country music seemingly gets wordier by the day, “Bacon Frying” is a charming country song that is beautiful for its simplicity...

Nov 18 Album Review: Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - “Rattlin’ Bones”

Duets have a long and illustrious history in country music, but they are also some of the hardest songs to execute well. For every “Whiskey Lullaby,” there’s a “Barroom Buddie...

Nov 18 Kellie Pickler - “Best Days of Your Life”

There’s a particular theme that runs through the core of Kellie Pickler’s music–it is often, when directed at members of the opposite sex, rather mean. “Best Days of Your Life,” co-written...

Nov 17 John Rich - “Another You”

For a guy who is supposed to be a genius songwriter, John Rich sure does seem to be running out of ideas. World/Girl, Do/You, Out/Down–these are the best rhymes a three-time ASCAP Songwriter of the...

Nov 14 George Ducas - “Walk Through This World”

Songwriters: George Ducas and David Lee Murphy. A lot has changed in country music since George Ducas charted his sole top ten single in 1994. Traditional stalwarts Travis Tritt, the Judds, Clint Black...

Nov 14 Sarah Buxton - “Space”

Songwriters: Sarah Buxton, Lari White & Chuck Cannon. Sarah Buxton’s voice, starting off as little more than a whisper, is so intimate and close on “Space” that you can almost feel her breath...