Before he was even out of his mid-20s, Parker McCollum had established himself as one of the preeminent artists on the Texas music circuit — the sort of singer-songwriter with a country twang who could sell out arenas and amphitheaters across the Lone Star State, was as “Red Dirt” as they come, and had done it all independently. But McCollum didn’t want that.
The baseball-cap-wearing singer-songwriter with a sensitive heart — he unabashedly declares his love for John Mayer and professes to be born to write sad country love songs...
The baseball-cap-wearing singer-songwriter with a sensitive heart — he unabashedly declares his love for John Mayer and professes to be born to write sad country love songs...
- 8/5/2021
- by Dan Hyman
- Rollingstone.com
For more than a year, the Turnpike Troubadours have been on what they have termed an indefinite hiatus. During that time, band co-founder and front man Evan Felker has kept a low profile, staying far away from media (social or otherwise), and distancing himself from the high-profile turmoil that dogged him and his band in 2018 and 2019.
On September 19th, the book Red Dirt: Roots Music, Born in Oklahoma, Raised in Texas, at Home Anywhere, will be released worldwide. The book tells of how the Red Dirt music scene grew from...
On September 19th, the book Red Dirt: Roots Music, Born in Oklahoma, Raised in Texas, at Home Anywhere, will be released worldwide. The book tells of how the Red Dirt music scene grew from...
- 8/13/2020
- by Josh Crutchmer
- Rollingstone.com
This is the seventh installment of Rolling Stone’s Music in Crisis series, which looks at how people all across the music industry are coping with the coronavirus pandemic.
Randy Rogers left the stage at Terminal 5, the multitiered concert hall in west Manhattan, waving thank-you’s to the crowd’s calls for one more song. Rogers made his way out a side door and headed for a night on the town.
A day after that February 28th co-headlining gig at “Texas Independence Day,” the annual celebration of the Lone Star...
Randy Rogers left the stage at Terminal 5, the multitiered concert hall in west Manhattan, waving thank-you’s to the crowd’s calls for one more song. Rogers made his way out a side door and headed for a night on the town.
A day after that February 28th co-headlining gig at “Texas Independence Day,” the annual celebration of the Lone Star...
- 5/5/2020
- by Josh Crutchmer
- Rollingstone.com
Chicago’s annual Windy City Smokeout returns for its eighth installment in July, with Darius Rucker, Dierks Bentley, and Jon Pardi headlining the three-day country music and barbecue festival.
Set for July 10th through 12th, the event assembles 20 pitmasters from around the country — including low-and-slow hotbeds like Kansas City, Missouri, and Driftwood, Texas — and an array of country artists. Along with the headliners, the lineup includes Morgan Evans, Ryan Hurd, Riley Green, Cody Canada, Cody Johnson, Randy Rogers Band, and Hailey Whitters. Rising talent Lainey Wilson, Tyler Booth, Ross Ellis,...
Set for July 10th through 12th, the event assembles 20 pitmasters from around the country — including low-and-slow hotbeds like Kansas City, Missouri, and Driftwood, Texas — and an array of country artists. Along with the headliners, the lineup includes Morgan Evans, Ryan Hurd, Riley Green, Cody Canada, Cody Johnson, Randy Rogers Band, and Hailey Whitters. Rising talent Lainey Wilson, Tyler Booth, Ross Ellis,...
- 1/21/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Wade Bowen chronicles his year from hell that was 2018 in a new short film called Inconsistent Chaos, which focuses on the Texas Country veteran’s forced singing sabbatical and the tragic loss of his cousin and stage manager.
Bowen was ramping up for a big year in 2018, which not only marked his 20th as a full-time performer but also the release of his Solid Ground LP. But, as the new 17-minute documentary explains, the 42-year-old singer’s world was turned upside down when recurrent blood in his vocal cords forced...
Bowen was ramping up for a big year in 2018, which not only marked his 20th as a full-time performer but also the release of his Solid Ground LP. But, as the new 17-minute documentary explains, the 42-year-old singer’s world was turned upside down when recurrent blood in his vocal cords forced...
- 6/12/2019
- by Jeff Gage
- Rollingstone.com
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