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Kirk Rundstrom: 1968 to 2007

Split Lip Rayfield guitarist and vocalist Kirk Rundstrom succumbed to esophageal cancer on February 22 after a year-long battle with the disease. He was 38. A spirited and tireless performer, Rundstrom was fond of telling anyone who'd listen, "I want to make music every day of my

Rich Brotherton - Ace of Austin

(Editor's note: With this issue we begin a semi-regular feature profiling the supporting musicians who help make much of the music we spend our days listening to.) Rich Brotherton is best known outside of Austin, Texas, as Robert Earl Keen's guitar player. But in his adopted

Buck Jones

Country singer Buck Jones was killed by a drunk driver March 17 while trying to get a flat tire repaired near Royce City, Texas. He released an album called Lucky Star on Western Beat/New Light, and had worked with Jim Lauderdale, Allison Moorer, and Jon Byrd. He was 33.

P.F. Sloan - Measure Of Pleasure

With the exception of "Secret Agent Man", nearly all of P.F. Sloan's best-known songs appear on his mid-'60s Dunhill records. While Songs Of Our Times and Twelve More Times endure as classic folk-rock albums, and "Take Me For What I'm

Southern Culture On The Skids - Countrypolitan Favorites

For pretty much the entirety of its two decades together, Southern Culture On The Skids has positioned itself as shameless champions of everything white trash. How bizarre, then, to discover that the veteran three-piece actually has impeccable taste. Singer-guitarist Rick Miller, flame-haired bassist Mary Huff, and drummer Dave Hartman may

Po' Girl - Home To You

Po' Girl has the same womanly (not girlish, mind you) croon of the 1920s and '30s blues mamas -- yet their music isn't of another era, despite the banjo backing, woodsy clarinet licks and Wurlitzer. On their third album, Po' Girl -- which includes Trish

Mary Chapin Carpenter - The Calling

Mary Chapin Carpenter looks inward and outward on The Calling, a baker's dozen of original songs that is her first new album in three years. At 49, she's still on a quest for a place in the world, to borrow an earlier album title, be it