Cory Kosel’s “Machine of My Design” Uses Narrative and Poetry to Color Outside the Lines - Glide Magazine

Cory Kosel’s “Machine of My Design” Uses Narrative and Poetry to Color Outside the Lines - Glide Magazine

Cory Kosel grew up in small-town Texas and spent his twenties working as an actor in New York City and Dallas. Drawing on his literary background, he writes country and folk songs in the tradition of John Prine, with a distinctly surreal edge. Born and raised in Temple, an hour up I-35 from Austin, he’s now based in the DFW metro. His music tells the story of a changed and changing Texas, one that’s seen its cities double in size and its pastora…