james mcmurtry Archive
01 Jan 2022
30 Days Out, January 2022 #1: Ska City, Nordista Freeze, James McMurtry, Caravan Palace
Happy New Year! And today also marks another, more personal celebration: This is the seven-year anniversary of “30 Days Out.” Through the years, its mission has never changed: twice a […]
03 Aug 2016
James McMurtry: Put Good Lines in the Verses
“The room is the instrument,” says Austin singer-songwriter James McMurtry. Considering that he began playing his original songs live onstage more than 30 years ago, he should know. The son […]
03 Aug 2016
James McMurtry: It’s Complicated
Many of the songs on James McMurtry‘s albums feel like vignettes from larger stories. The listener can feel that he or she is coming in on the middle of the […]
09 Oct 2015
Cold and Bitter Tears: The Songs of Ted Hawkins
I didn’t know a thing about Ted Hawkins and his music before arriving in Nashville. But among tastemakers, the long-dead folk/Americana (though the term Americana wasn’t in use during his […]