10 May 09 Album Review: Connie Mims “Go Deep”
At the recent Texas Music Awards, Connie Mims was named Songwriter of Year. Though that is an honor in itself, Connie also found herself that afternoon among a quintet of Houston songwriters, all excellent musicians and performers. This year, Connie stood out among that elite group of peers as the one selected to be Songwriter of the Year. Behind that award is a career of songwriting and performing that started…
Posted by: John South
Tags: Connie Mims, Songwriting
05 May 09 Rodney Atkins Takes Southern Junction by Storm
The storms hit pretty hard in North Texas this past weekend. At the leading edge of those storms was the thunderous performance of Rodney Atkins and his band at the Southern Junction. Over the course of about 90 minutes, Rodney brought the audience a mix of his hits often interacting with members of the audience. Rodney brings an infectious enthusiasm to the stage. You can tell that this is much more…
Posted by: John South
Tags: Rodney Atkins, Southern Junction
04 May 09 Houston Area Songwriter Meetings and Organizations
NSAI Houston North Metro Chapter Meets the 1st Wednesday of each month for informative lessons, guest speakers, group critique and songwriters’ performances in-the-round. Next meeting is Wednesday, May 6th beginning at 7:00pm at Dosey Doe Coffee Shop, on I-45 north, in the Woodlands. More info at http://myspace.com/nsaihoustonnorthmetro/ Woodlands Songwriters Association WSA is an organization offering an environment of support, information and creative inspiration to the songwriter hobbyist or to those…
Posted by: John South
Tags: Houston Association of Acoustic Musicians, Houston Songwriters Association, NSAI Houston North Chapter, Woodlands Songwriters Association
03 May 09 Ryan Fox – The Wolf 99.5 – Disk Jockey of the Year
Ryan Fox of The Wolf 99.5, which serves the Dallas-Fort Worth and North Texas market, was named Disk Jockey of the Year at the recent Texas Music Awards in Palestine, Texas. Ryan accepted the award from Tommie Ritter-Smith from the Tex Ritter Museum. It is only appropriate that the caretaker of one the greatest legends in Texas Music, Tex Ritter, presented the award to one of the new, hot talents in Texas….
Posted by: John South
Tags: Ryan Fox, Texas Music Awards, The Wolf 99.5
23 Apr 09 Album Review – Blues Rockers: For Adults Only
This album has been out for a while, but it is notable from several aspects – production value, the songwriting, and the performance. The versatility of the singer/songwriters comprising the Blues Rockers is evident in the diversity of compositions presented. From the heavy rock aspects of “Democracy” and “Window Pain” to the exquisitely heart-wrenching story in “Appletown” to the bluesy “Dreaming” and “Coins and Lace”, the musicians illustrate how flexible…
Posted by: John South
Tags: Appletown, Blues Rockers, Micheal Reames, Wayne Folse
20 Feb 09 Friday Night at the Cadillac
For those of you who missed last Friday’s show at Cadillac Pizza in McKinney, you missed a standing room only viewing of a hard charging, true Texas blues group, Junior and the Journeymen. Lead by frontman Mike Clark, J&J rocked the house with their powerful interpretation of the blues. Mike shared the duties on stage with each of band members including Johnny Marshall on keyboards, Bobby Chitwood on bass and…
Posted by: John South
Tags: Cadillac Pizza, Junior and the Journeymen, Paul Reed Smith, Quinten Hope
27 Jan 09 Why Texas Music?
A common misconception is that Texas music is the familiar red dirt sounds of musicians such as Cross Canadian Ragweed, Stoney LaRue or Jason Boland. It is also misclassified as the outlaw sound of Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, David Allan Coe, Waylon Jennings or Billy Joe Shaver. The truth is that Texas music is much more complicated than any simple classification scheme can represent. All of these musicians are fine
Posted by: John South
Tags: Blues, Country Music, Honky Tonk, music, musica tejano, Polka, Stoney LaRue, texas, Western swing, zydeco
