James McMurtry is plugging a new live album in the most reasonable way possible: by touring. He’ll likely serve up a bunch of songs from his 2008 album Just Us Kids, as well as others from throughout ...

Droll singer James McMurtry is a complex man who turns out cutting, precise story songs yet will write himself off as a “beer salesman” because he prefers to play his music in establishments that have ...

Getting in the van and hitting the road to make money from music because records don’t sell? That’s nothing new for James McMurtry. “It’s been that way for us for a long time,” said McMurtry, who is ...

James McMurtry has been making albums for more than 30 years. But he only makes those records so he can stay on the road. The Texas singer-songwriter has had to get in the van and head out across the ...