09/12/2016
Robert Earl Keen calls Floore’s show a homecoming
Little did he know that his dream eventually would spawn a milestone live album, with another set for release in November.
08/18/2016
Guy Clark’s Life and Music Celebrated at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium
“I told my friend Rodney Crowell backstage, ‘Can you imagine a three-hour show with no shitty songs?'” Clark, who died in May at age 74, would have probably been amused by Gill’s comment — if not the mere concept that so many fellow singer-songwriters gathered Tuesday night (Aug. 16) at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium to pay tribute to him. But the other truth is that every person onstage and in the audience had somehow been affected, directly or indirectly, by Clark’s words, melodies and performances.
07/29/2016
The original English major - Robert Earl Keen finally takes on bluegrass
“Most of my English degree came about through literature, not so much writing but the study of literature from novels to poems to free-form writing,” Keen says. “So I read and wrote on a lot of different subjects as far as literature goes, and I feel like I’m part of that fabric now. I’m the original English major. Everyone else went and became a lawyer… or started a bed and breakfast.”
07/06/2016
A NEW DAY, A NEW SONG: Robert Earl Keen brings bluegrass, Americana and more to BAC
“How many shows have you been to that you know you’re just getting the same crap you listened to last night?” Robert Earl Keen asks me point blank over the phone. At this point in our phone call, filled with metaphorical observations and satire, I suggest his next project be a comedy album. But that’s for another day.
06/30/2016
Robert Earl Keen Plays with Short Songs
“Really and truly, during my whole career, the things that work best are the things that I’m doing to entertain myself,”
06/10/2016
Robert Earl Keen coming to Columbia
Americana music great Robert Earl Keen will stop in Columbia on his 2016 U.S. Tour, the artist announced Friday.
05/24/2016
Robert Earl Keen and Lyle Lovett bring classic Texas rock to Beaver Creek
It’s not very often that Keen and Lovett get to perform together. In fact, it’s rare.
05/02/2016
Stagecoach 2016: Expert songwriting moves into the spotlight
Texas troubadour Robert Earl Keen countered with consistently witty, lyrically fresh explorations of facets of life that rarely make the airwaves on commercial radio these days.
04/22/2016