Beloved singer-songwriter Nanci Griffithdied on August 13 at the age of 68. To many, the Americana of the Grammy-winning Griffith embodied the integrity of the lifelong singer-songwriter. She had been ...

Nanci Griffith, the Grammy-winning folk singer-songwriter from Texas whose literary songs like "Love at the Five and Dime" celebrated the South, has died. She was 68. A statement from her management ...

Nanci Griffith would have a secure space in the pantheon of Texas singer-songwriters even if she had only recorded two songs, “The Last of the True Believers” and “Love at the Five and Dime.” Those ...

The Texas-born singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith’s voice is an “acquired taste,” as one critic put it after Griffith’s death two years ago, at the age of sixty-eight. To me, Griffith’s idiosyncratic ...

Songwriters, longtime listeners, newcomers, and possibly a gang of neighborly ghosts pack Austin’s iconic Cactus Cafe. While members of this eclectic group gather as strangers, they all share one ...