Charlie Robison

Down Austin way, a few hard-core fans of Charlie Robison are already grumbling that the
devil-may-care Texas singer-songwriter has lost some of his edge in his transfer from Sony's
Lucky Dog imprint to the big leagues of Columbia. But if Charlie Robison is the sound of a
sell-out, then the guy got away with a hell of a deal. Song-for-song, Robison's last outing,
1998's Life of the Party offered more honky-tonk kick, but his trademark smart-a... More >

Like an up-and-coming Steve Earle, without explicit leftism or explicit substance abuse ("The Wedding Song," "Desperate Times")