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Ron Young may be 'Under the Texas Radar', but he's living rightnew

It began with a woman, and ended with one too. But isn't that always the way?

San Antonio Current | Chris Parker | 07-03-2012 | Profiles & Interviews

Steve Earle Spits the Bit and Leads His Own Paradenew

It’s a testament to Steve Earle that encapsulating his career isn’t quick or easy.

San Antonio Current | Chris Parker | 07-08-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Steve Earle

James McMurtry Taps into a Collective Angernew

Singer/songwriter McMurtry had toiled for 15 years, releasing bluesy country-rock albums and playing shows, and was getting discouraged. In advance of the 2004 election, he released the powerful, "We Can't Make It Here Anymore," as a free download on his site, and it launched him into greater prominence.

San Antonio Current | Chris Parker | 10-01-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Gary Allan's Music Evolves an Emotional Edgenew

Last year's Living Hard followed, highlighted by the hit "Watching Airplanes," in which Allan lays on his car hood at the runway's edge, watching the lights go overhead, knowing his baby's gone, 30,000 miles above, and a million miles away.

San Antonio Current | Chris Parker | 08-13-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: country, Gary Allan, Living Hard

Singer-songwriter Jason Eady Followed a Few Rabbit Trails To The Crossroadsnew

Backed by his band the Wayward Apostles, Jason Eady's new album, Wild-Eyed Serenade, wanders from honky-tonk to swamp soul and alt-country ramble with a crackle and an assurance you’d expect from far more experienced hands.

San Antonio Current | Chris Parker | 06-04-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: singer-songwriter, Jason Eady, Wild-Eyed Serenade

The Fleshtones Won't Go Quietly Into the Nightnew

More than 30 years into a career that's seen them laugh in the face of ridicule and spit in the face of imminent success, the Fleshtones are staging their own revival.

San Antonio Current | Chris Parker | 03-26-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Take A Good Look, The Fleshtones

Charlie Sexton: Haberdashernew

Sexton makes the journey from guitar prodigy to MTV idol to respected producer.

San Antonio Current | Chris Parker | 03-19-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Charlie Sexton

Close Shavernew

How the pride of Waco survived his honky-tonk heart attack.

San Antonio Current | Chris Parker | 02-27-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Billy Joe Shaver

World According to Gurfnew

Producing songwriters such as Lucinda Williams, Robert Earl Keen, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Mary Gauthier, and Slaid Cleaves can be hard on a writer's ego.

San Antonio Current | Chris Parker | 01-16-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Diamonds to Dust, Gurf Morlix

Former Plimsoul Peter Case Soldiers Onnew

"I felt really naked, but it felt kind of dangerous. I was in a place with just 200 people in it -- the Plimsouls were playing to much bigger crowds -- all of a sudden I'm playing this smaller place acoustic. I liked that it added that kind of risk factor," says Case.

San Antonio Current | Chris Parker | 12-05-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John, Peter Case