Tom Russell gets around. Born in Los Angeles in '53, Russell taught criminology in Nigeria, played music in bars in Vancouver, spent time in New York and now calls the El Paso area home. "Whatever ...

Though widely known as a folk singer with leanings toward plaintive Merle Haggard-style country, Tom Russell is no stranger to rock and roll. The Texas-based songwriter and musician learned his chops ...

Though he studied criminology in college, singer-songwriter Tom Russell has traversed continents and musical styles during his 30-year career — sometimes aiming for hard honky-tonk, sometimes for ...

Tom Russell calls his latest album “Les Misérables in cowboy hats.” Twenty years in the making, The Rose of Roscrae is a cowboy folk opera, a frontier musical, a 52-song double album, two-and-a-half ...

Ned Roberts was a happy find: Outside My Mind, his debut album on the Aveline label (owned by Camden’s award-winning Green Note club) revealing a thoughtful singer-songwriter who turned out to be just ...

Little known in the UK, the 56-year-old has put out 25 albums and built himself a formidable reputation as a songwriter in the States. He has made several records of cowboy music, but has also strayed ...

Tom Russell has a hankerin’ for Broadway. That might come as a surprise to some of his fans, but the California cowboy singer-songwriter will remind you that he’s all about music and storytelling, and ...