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Artist: Lisa Mednick

Town and Country - Shorter Artist Feature from Issue #39 May-June 2002

Lisa Mednick – Atypically Texan

By John T. Davis

Calling Lisa Mednick a “Texas singer-songwriter” is kind of like buying a pair of shoes through the mail: The item fits the description, technically, but the comfort level is minimal. Mednick calls Austin her home, after long tenures in New York City and New Orleans. And she does write songs, as the credits on her [...]

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A Tribute to The Doors Ray Manzarek 1939-2013
"You don't make music for immortality, you make music for the moment, capturing the sheer joy of being alive on planet Earth... Everybody should live it that way." Ray Manzarek In the summer of 1967 The Doors played the Anaheim Convention Center. I was 12 years old. I was completely transfixed by the band. Having an older musician brother […]
Life At the Edge
Brown Bird's Dave Lamb faces a crisis, and his fans have his back in a big way. Spend a few minutes hanging at the warm side of street musicians’ guitar case, lost in the rawness of word and melody, and a niggling sense will creep into your reverie: Playing for quarters and raggedy dollar bills is a scary way to make a living. That musician, however, mi […]
Down the Hiss Golden Messenger Stream: "Haw" and more
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Freight Train Boogie podcast #211 featuring "The Moorings" by Andrew Duhon along with Deadstring Brothers, Samantha Crain and Free Range Folk
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Roger Knox: Stranger in My Land (Bloodshot, 2013)
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The Great Escape, Brighton, 2013: day two
It was definitely Billy Bragg's day, with a strong contender for performance of the year, not just of TGE. In comparison with the other stuff I saw, it's a bit like wondering how the rest got on when Mo Farah turned up for the dads' race at sports day... It was probably the fifth or sixth time I've seen Billy over the last 25 years or so […]