In this episode of The Atticus Report, Rick Busby and Stephen Doster visit with award-winning country bluegrass and Americana recording artist Devin jake in an episode titled “This Honky Tonk Angel.” In a wide ranging conversation, Devin Jake talks about learning to play guitar and sing from his mother while growing up in Nebraska. It was there he … Continue reading “Atticus Report EP 006: This Honky Tonk Angel”

Atticus Records’ music podcast, The Atticus Report, will be focusing its next episode on co-host Stephen Doster’s work with the Austin-based non-profit, Guitars for Swaziland, which provides guitars to underprivileged and orphaned children throughout Africa. Atticus Records, along with Fender Guitars co-sponsored Imagine: The 26th Annual John Lennon Birthday Tribute, which benefited Guitars For Swaziland. … Continue reading “Atticus Report Spotlights Imagine Concert Benefiting Guitars For Swaziland”

In this episode of The Atticus Report, Rick Busby and Stephen Doster host legendary singer-songwriter Bob Livingston in an episode titled “Cosmic Cowboys & Indians.” Livingston’s musical journey begins in Lubbock, Texas where an encounter with a young Joe Ely transformed his life and set him on a musical journey that has literally taken him around … Continue reading “Atticus Report EP 005: Cosmic Cowboys & Indians”

In this episode of The Atticus Report, Rick Busby and Stephen Doster conclude their story travels through Canadian music history with Nova Scotia songwriter Lisa Birt in search of music that’s good for something. In Part 2 of this series, they discuss the music of Arcade Fire, The Guess Who, Rush, Bruce Cockburn, Gordon Lightfoot, … Continue reading “Atticus Report EP 004: A Case of Canada (Part 2)”

In this episode of The Atticus Report, we travel to Canada in search of music that’s good for something. In Part 1 of this 2-part series, hosts Rick Busby and Stephen Doster discuss the music of Canadian legends Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, The Band and Daniel Lanois, among others, as we visit with Nova Scotia … Continue reading “Atticus Report EP 003: A Case of Canada (Part 1)”

In this episode of The Atticus Report, we stay right at home in Austin, Texas as host Rick Busby visits with co-host Stephen Doster about Arizona, Doster’s most recent album release. Praised as a “masterpiece” with “one charmed melody after another” by the Austin Chronicle’s Jim Caligiuri and an “exquisitely crafted classic” by the Austin American-Statesman’s Peter Blackstock, Arizona … Continue reading “Atticus Report EP 002: Stephen Doster’s Arizona”

In the pilot episode of The Atticus Report, hosts Rick Busby and Stephen Doster visit with songwriter and retired U.S. diplomat Greg Engle about the U.S. State Department’s Arts Envoy Program. Stephen and Greg recount their two trips to Southern Africa as musical ambassadors and how their first visit inspired Stephen to co-found Guitars for … Continue reading “Atticus Report EP 001: Music Diplomacy in Southern Africa”