by Jim Jones | May 23, 2023 | Articles
Manuela Schneider is an author, a screenwriter/movie producer and a songwriter. Mostly, she is a force of nature and a natural-born storyteller. She is from Germany and has been fascinated with the American West for most of her life. When I was asked to review her...
by Jim Jones | May 24, 2022 | Articles
Rod Miller is an award-winning author and poet. People toss the phrase, “award-winning,” around so much that it can become meaningless, so let me give you a little context. Rod has won four Western Writers of America Spur Awards; he has won awards from the Western...
by Jim Jones | Apr 29, 2022 | Articles
We went to a house concert last night, the Rio Rancho House Concert Series specifically, and we saw and heard a fantastic performer- excellent singer, accomplished songwriter, killer guitarist. We arrived worn out from a long day of work and left energized and excited...
by Jim Jones | Apr 11, 2022 | Articles
I’m back from the Western Heritage Awards Ceremony at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City this past weekend and I’m still savoring the event. The museum is a first class outfit in every way. The exhibits are breath-taking and really do...
by Jim Jones | Apr 1, 2022 | Articles
There was a time (at least that’s what I’ve heard) that if you were on a record label as a musician or had a publisher as an author, they would handle all the marketing, publicity, promotion and such. All you had to do was decide which color M&Ms you didn’t want...
by Jim Jones | Feb 15, 2022 | Articles
One of the benefits of being a Western Storyteller…a songwriter and author…is that I get to hang out and become friends with other writers. I get to learn from them and sometimes, I get to collaborate with them. One of my good friends is the wonderful writer, Deanna...
