20 Aug 09 Amanda Shires and Rod Picott
July 19, 2009 Houston by Bill Aspinwall You’re on a creek, no, a river, in the back of a canoe, hands full of paddle. Something about the Yukon, years ago. There’s a brief flickering in your peripheral vision. Or what? Wait, there it was again, some small, fluttering thing, off to the right. Maybe it was that shivering heap of wings, collapsing behind the pickup that just passed, a brief…
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Tags: Amanda Shires, Rod Picott, Slaid Cleaves
09 Jun 09 J. D. Souther (with Kristy Kruger) at Threadgill’s in Austin
By Bill Aspinwall, Austin, Texas, June 7, 2009 Threadgill’s, once known as World Armadillo Headquarters, is a storied palace of Austin’s musical heritage. It features a small outdoor venue that’s like a large side yard with a shed for a stage – from which you can read the Hooters billboard across the street. Scores of musical legends have performed here and scores continue to come. There’s home-style cooking at the…
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Tags: J. D. Souther, Kristy Kruger, Threadgills
03 Jun 09 The Heart of Melody – An Interview with Lena Shammas
This is the first of what we hope will be many articles written by Bill Aspinwall whose album, Free Range Trout, was reviewed by the Texas Music Journal (https://texasmusicjournal.com/texas-music-business/album-reviews/album-review-bill-aspinwall-range-trout). This article originally appeared in “Liner Notes”, the official webzine of the Houston Songwriter’s Association and is re-published with their permission. _________________________________________________________________________________ “The wealth of sense-knowledge belongs to perception, not to immediate certainty, where all that wealth was merely something alongside…
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Tags: Andre Cymone, Lena Shammas
