Michael Corcoran has been covering Texas music since 1984, first as an acerbic columnist for the Austin Chronicle, but more recently as a 'rock 'n' roll detective' (The Times of London) whose 2016 book/CD about gospel curiosity Washington Phillips received two Grammy nominations and was praised in the New York Review of Books. His 2012 book/CD on Arizona Dranes was also nominated for a Grammy. He recently moved back to Austin after four years of isolation and small-town exploration.

Michael Corcoran has been covering Texas music since 1984, first as an acerbic columnist for the Austin Chronicle, but more recently as a 'rock 'n' roll detective' (The Times of London) whose 2016 book/CD about gospel curiosity Washington Phillips received two Grammy nominations and was praised in the New York Review of Books. His 2012 book/CD on Arizona Dranes was also nominated for a Grammy. He recently moved back to Austin after four years of isolation and small-town exploration.

Michael Corcoran has been covering Texas music since 1984, first as an acerbic columnist for the Austin Chronicle, but more recently as a 'rock 'n' roll detective' (The Times of London) whose 2016 book/CD about gospel curiosity Washington Phillips received two Grammy nominations and was praised in the New York Review of Books. His 2012 book/CD on Arizona Dranes was also nominated for a Grammy. He recently moved back to Austin after four years of isolation and small-town exploration.