Jake Worthington to Nashville: Real Country or Bust
The La Porte singer could’ve been a pop star, but he chose Texas country music instead. Nashville ignored him—until now.
The La Porte singer could’ve been a pop star, but he chose Texas country music instead. Nashville ignored him—until now.
By Max Marshall
The recording career of country music’s greatest artist, surveyed, sized up, and sorted on the occasion of his 87th birthday.
The Dallas native has always suffered from anxiety. Becoming a famous, globe-trotting DJ made it worse—and gave him a way to channel it.
By Max Marshall
How the trashiest, campiest show on television revolutionized pop culture, rebooted Texas’s reputation, and helped bring down the Romanian government. (Maybe!)
By Max Marshall
For Austin’s White Denim, everything old is new again.
By Max Marshall
The rock star’s most essential music, from his earliest influences through his biggest hits to the artists he’s influenced himself.
By Max Marshall
Eleven years ago, the man who topped the charts with ‘The Joker’ and ‘Rock’n Me’ took a thirteen-year-old guitarist and would-be songwriter under his wing. Eleven years later, he’s still teaching me lessons on how to be an adult.
By Max Marshall
Parquet Courts get funky without abandoning their roots.
By Max Marshall
Cast members joined roughly 1,300 fans from 40 states and 30 countries in North Texas to celebrate the show’s anniversary.
By Max Marshall
Brockhampton is taking over.
By Max Marshall
The debut album from Austin's Kalu & the Electric Joint brings some international flavor to the Live Music Capital of the World.
By Max Marshall
Parquet Courts' A. Savage makes his solo debut with 'Thawing Dawn.'
By Max Marshall
Hitting Subset seems humble and meek on camera, but the Austin band's debut is anything but.
By Max Marshall
Denton native Sarah Jaffe's transformation hasn't been as radical as it seems.
By Max Marshall
Why are international bands so obsessed with Texas?
By Max Marshall
Hayden Pedigo's 'Greetings from Amarillo'
By Max Marshall
Album reviews and news for March 2017.
Sure, I’d polished my résumé, made the right grades, and kept up with current events. But did I deserve one of the most prestigious scholarships in the world if I wanted it for all the wrong reasons?
By Max Marshall
The Corral Theater, which opened in Wimberley in 1948, bills itself as the only outdoor "walk-in" movie theater in the country that shows first releases. But to keep that title, the theater must digitize.
By Max Marshall