ARTIMUS PYLE BAND & DOLLY PARTON “Free Bird” Video – with Web-Exclusive Interview Musician:  ARTIMUS PYLE BAND Video Feature:  DOLLY PARTON “FREE BIRD”   STREET SURVIVOR ARTIMUS PYLE HONORS THE MUSIC OF LYNYRD SKYNYRD WITH ANTHEMS   High above the jet-black, inky expanse of the ether’s murky cloud bank, the angel of darkness cuts through thick velvet air with its foreboding presence. Its whispers, pregnant with ominous locution,... 

LACY J. DALTON “Summerland” Video Premiere – with Web-Exclusive Interview    Musician:  LACY J. DALTON   Video Feature:  SUMMERLAND     BLACK SHEEP IN “SUMMERLAND” LACY J. DALTON AN AMERICAN OUTLAW   Lacy J. Dalton’s blonde spiky hair is an extension of the singer-songwriter’s professional and theological peregrination, every lock representative of crossroads, intersections and a path not obscured by superficial... 

WILLIAM LEE GOLDEN & THE GOLDENS premiere “TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS” – with Web-Exclusive Interview   Musicians:  WILLIAM LEE GOLDEN & THE GOLDENS Video:  “TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS” Writers:  Bill Danoff, John Denver, Taffy Nivert Danoff   WILLIAM LEE GOLDEN & THE GOLDENS CREATE FAMILY HARMONY MAGIC WITH “COUNTRY ROADS” We are proud to present the premiere of William Lee Golden & the Goldens’ “Take... 

WILLIAM LEE GOLDEN & THE GOLDENS re-release “Take It Easy” – with Web-Exclusive Interview   Musicians:  WILLIAM LEE GOLDEN & THE GOLDENS   Video:  “Take It Easy”   WILLIAM LEE GOLDEN & THE GOLDENS CREATING FAMILY HARMONIES AND MAGIC ON EAGLES’ COVER “TAKE IT EASY”   Country Music Hall of Fame living legend William Lee Golden has an incredibly distinctive voice that you immediately connect it with... 

Video Feature & Web-Exclusive Interview Artist: DARDEN SMITH Video: “Loving Arms” DARDEN SMITH LAUNCHES BLUE ROCK ALIVE! COOL NIGHTS 2020 VIRTUAL CONCERT SERIES Darden Smith, one of the most respected singer-songwriters, will launch the Blue Rock aLive! Cool Nights 2020 virtual concert series this Thursday, October 29. The series features iconic Austin-based artists—“for the songs, for the artists, for all of us.” You can buy a Season... 

Video Feature & Web-Exclusive Interview Artist:  DANNY SCHMIDT Video:  “Black & Blue”  DANNY SCHMIDT & CARRIE ELKIN FEATURED AT BLUE ROCK ALIVE! IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL CONCERT Danny Schmidt and Carrie Elkin will be the featured artists this Thursday (August 20) at Blue Rock aLIVE!—a unique virtual summer concert series—featuring iconic Austin-based artists every Thursday this summer. Blue Rock’s innovation, quality and creativity... 

VIDEO FEATURE & WEB-EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Songwriter:  DESMOND CHILD Video:  “Beautiful Now” by Zedd ft. Jon Bellion MULTI-PLATINUM HITMAKER DESMOND CHILD TO BE HONORED WITH PRESTIGIOUS ASCAP FOUNDERS AWARD AT 2018 ASCAP POP MUSIC AWARDS IN BEVERLY HILLS APRIL 23  2018 Marks Child’s 40th Year as an ASCAP Member ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) will present Grammy Award winner and Songwriters Hall of Fame... 

Video Feature & Web-Exclusive Interview Musician:  ROBERT EARL KEEN Video:  “Merry Christmas from the Family”  ROBERT EARL KEEN’S SIXTH ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TOUR WITH NEW LOOK, COUNTRY-ROCK INFLUENCE Robert Earl Keen is presenting his most extensive holiday tour yet with the all-new REK’s Fam-O-Lee Back to the Country Jamboree. Now in its sixth year, Keen’s holiday tours have become a family tradition in his native Texas and beyond. The... 

VIDEO FEATURE & WEB-EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Songwriter:  BRIAN WHITE Musician:  RODNEY ATKINS Video:  “Watching You” Brian White is a passionate songwriter. As a writer his songs have earned him 14 Number 1 songs, two Dove Awards for Song of the Year (Michael English & The Martins), SESAC Country Song of the Year & Billboard’s Most Played Song of the Year (Rodney Atkins’ “Watching You”), as well as ACM and CMA nominations.... 

VIDEO PREMIERE Musician: LISA BOUCHELLE – with JOHN POPPER Music Video:  “Only the Tequila Talkin’” INDIE AMERICANA SINGER LISA BOUCHELLE FEATURES BLUES TRAVELER’S JOHN POPPER ON THE SINGLE “ONLY THE TEQUILA TALKIN’”—WITH 500,000 PLAYS ON SPOTIFY LISA BOUCHELLE (with JOHN POPPER) Web-Exclusive Interview with M Music & Musicians magazine publisher, Merlin David LISA BOUCHELLE How did the EP Lipstick Tomboy evolve? We put... 

VIDEO FEATURE & WEB-EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Musician: CURTIS STIGERS Music Video: One More for the Road 50 years ago, magic was made on the stage of the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, when the timeless cool of Frank Sinatra met the robust swing of the Count Basie Orchestra. Sinatra at the Sands has remained a beloved classic ever since, the perfect marriage of old-school pop and big band jazz. Singer, songwriter and saxophonist Curtis Stigers has... 

TEGAN AND SARA Twin talents enjoy the view from the bright side on their latest project After 13 years and a dozen albums, identical twins Tegan and Sara Quin are not afraid of change. “We always aim to create a slightly different record each time we step into the studio,” says Tegan. Take their latest album, Heartthrob. “Sara encouraged me to write outside my usual themes, like self-loathing, loss and heartbreak. So I wrote love songs for... 

NEIL YOUNG A Treasure [Reprise] By the mid-1980s, Neil Young had effectively gone rogue. The upstart Geffen label may have thought it signed a reliable rock legend, but Young handed the company in short order an electronic-music experiment (Trans), a rockabilly album (Everybody’s Rockin’) and a straightforward country effort (Old Ways). Geffen responded by suing Young for not sounding sufficiently like himself, and the artist took his case directly... 

NEIL YOUNG Le Noise [Reprise Records] If nothing else, Le Noise is proof that Neil Young doesn’t need a band to raise a ruckus. The elements are simple: Young’s voice and guitar, treated with the aggressive sonic manipulation of producer Daniel Lanois. The title is a pun on Lanois’ name, but it’s perfectly apt nonetheless—Young’s electric guitar rumbles and roars, and his producer’s eerie soundscapes are dissonant and dark. The sonic...