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Stacy Chandler

BONUS TRACKS: Why This Summer’s Arena Shows Are Missing the Mark

BONUS TRACKS: Why This Summer’s Arena Shows Are Missing the Mark

There’s a fairly big-name concert in a fairly big amphitheater I’m not attending tonight because the ticket price is too high. I bet you’ve run into that lately too. Of course, we all recognize that music has value (as well as costs to everyone involved in

New Set Collects Unreleased Songs and Demos from Justin Townes Earle’s Final Years

New Set Collects Unreleased Songs and Demos from Justin Townes Earle’s Final Years

Nearly four years after Justin Townes Earle’s tragic death at age 38 comes a new project collecting recordings he made in the last years of his life. The 2 LPs of All In: Unreleased & Rarities (The New West Years), coming Aug. 9, include 12 previously unreleased recordings and

BONUS TRACKS: Lukas Nelson and POTR Announce Hiatus + More Music News

BONUS TRACKS: Lukas Nelson and POTR Announce Hiatus + More Music News

After 15 years as a band, Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real announced this week they’re going their separate ways, at least for a while. In a social media post, the band said they’ve “decided to take a well-earned hiatus, and begin a new creative chapter

Sturgill Simpson, In His Way, Announces New Album and Tour

Sturgill Simpson, In His Way, Announces New Album and Tour

It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Sturgill Simpson, but it appears that’s about to change. On Wednesday morning, his website touted a new album, Passage du Desir, coming July 12. The artist name is Johnny Blue Skies. That name might ring a bell to anyone

ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘The Pollen & The Rot,’ Curtis McMurtry Looks Beyond Spring’s Flowers

ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘The Pollen & The Rot,’ Curtis McMurtry Looks Beyond Spring’s Flowers

It’s one thing to write songs about jerks. It’s another to fully inhabit them, willfully and convincingly becoming an unlikable narrator. That only works if the songs are enormously likable. And Austin singer-songwriter Curtis McMurtry once again strikes that balance on his fourth album, The Pollen &

BONUS TRACKS: Feds File Antitrust Lawsuit Against Live Nation

BONUS TRACKS: Feds File Antitrust Lawsuit Against Live Nation

It’s been hinted at and hoped for, and now it’s finally happening: The federal government has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation alleging that the company has eliminated choice and raised prices by locking out rivals in its ticket sales and venue operations since it acquired Ticketmaster

Joe Ely Maps Out Life on the Road on New Album ‘Driven to Drive’ (With Some Help From Bruce Springsteen)

Joe Ely Maps Out Life on the Road on New Album ‘Driven to Drive’ (With Some Help From Bruce Springsteen)

In five decades in the music business, Joe Ely has logged a lot of miles. It’s no surprise that the scenery and characters he’s encountered along the way have made it into some of his songs. His new album, Driven to Drive, collects some of those road-inspired