Does it really matter who was the inspiration for the Beatles’ song, “Julia?” After all, the songs that make the biggest impact are not those that tell us the most about the celebrity singer’s life but those that tell us the most about our own lives. ...

On Wednesday night (Feb. 16), one such experience occurred on the stage of the Franklin Theatre just south of Music City, as Vince Gill, Keb Mo and songwriter Guy Clark performed. The occasion was the premiere of 'Music Voyager: Tennessee,' an...

It was one of my favorite records released last year, though I am just now getting around to a review. It contains, by far, the strongest songwriting of any record released last year. But to be fair, no one else really stood a chance against this 30...

That’s not a total shock. Scott has penned top notch material for artists such as Garth Brooks, the Dixie Chicks, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill. To be fair, Scott did have some first-class help composing these tunes. Texan Guy Clark co-wrote one of the...

Zandt’s excesses. To that end, he prefaces each interview with an introduction to each artist, to provide context for what they have to say. You can’t really get away from the excesses, though, as they were seemingly woven together with Van Zandt’s...

From his college days as Lyle Lovett's roommate at Texas A&M, through his solo career, Robert Earl Keen has made music as poetic and penetrating as the songs of such fellow Texas songwriters as Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark. His 16 albums survey dreams...