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Straight Outta Golden »
At the Sweet Potato Festival with Nashville’s next big thing from small-town Texas.
January 2013 by Andy Langer
The Red Hooded Stranger »
Is Willie Nelson Santa Claus? We asked him that, and a few other things—like what it's like to get busted and get along with Pat Robertson and Snoop Dogg.
December 2012 by Michael Hall
Sax & Drugs & Rock & Roll »
Bobby Keys and the Rolling Stones: behind one of pop music's most famous solos.
December 2012 by Michael Corcoran
Trigger »
The life of Willie Nelson's guitar.
December 2012 by Michael Hall
Trigger
A tribute to Willie Nelson's guitar.
December 2012 Produced by Andrew Shapter
Eight Great Trigger Performances »
From "I'm a Memory" to "Here We Go Again," listen to eight performances that highlight the capabilities of Willie Nelson's treasured guitar.
December 2012 by Michael Hall
Dissecting Bobby Keys’ Saxophone Solo on “Brown Sugar” »
There's more to the performance than meets the ear.
December 2012 by John Mills
A Holiday Gift Guide for Music Lovers »
Gary Clark Jr.'s newest set, Blak and Blu, and five other albums by local artists.
December 2012 by Andy Langer
Six Degrees of Will Johnson »
A new album from the Centro-Matic front man—and indie rock's one-man social network.
November 2012 by Andy Langer
School of Rock »
Drive time at the popular Mesquite ISD radio station.
November 2012 by Jason Sheeler
The Thrill Isn’t Gone »
How Gary Clark Jr. is reclaiming and reinventing the blues for the hip-hop generation.
October 2012 by Michael Corcoran
Making an Austin City Limits Debut »
Terry Lickona, the television show's executive producer, talks about some of the acts that will step on the Austin City Limits stage for the first time, including Radiohead and Kat Edmonson.
October 2012 by Andy Langer
Not Fade Away »
Can a posthumous release of Waylon Jennings’s last recordings keep his legacy from disappearing?
September 2012 by Andy Langer
Ryan Bingham Strikes Out on His Own »
Starting a new label is a dicey proposition, but the country star who co-wrote the Oscar-winning song "The Weary Kind" thinks the time is right.
September 2012 by Andy Langer
Robert Earl Keen’s Scriptorium »
The singer-songwriter shows us where he writes.
August 2012 by Kristie Ramirez
Funky Was the State of Affairs »
A new album by Fergus & Geronimo.
August 2012 by Jeff McCord
Grandfather Child »
A new album by Grandfather Child.
August 2012 by Jeff McCord
Amy Cook »
On her new album, Summer Skin, and more.
August 2012 by Jeff McCord
How Billy Gibbons Got His Groove Back »
After two decades of sluggish albums, ZZ Top has returned to raunchy, bluesy form. And the little ol' band from Texas owes it all to a hip-hop anthem from the streets of Houston.
August 2012 by Michael Hall
Years Later, Old 97’s Still Embrace One Special Record »
It might have been recorded fifteen years ago, but the Dallas-based band will mark an important anniversary with the album that began their alternative-country journey.
August 2012 by Andy Langer
Shakedown »
A new album by Hacienda.
July 2012 by Jeff McCord
Believe »
A new album by the Cookers.
July 2012 by Jeff McCord
Jon Dee Graham »
On his new album, Garage Sale, and more.
July 2012 by Jeff McCord
For the Toadies, a Fresh Start »
Success has never come easy for the Toadies, but the Fort Worth–based rock band is back with its fifth studio album, Play. Rock. Music.
July 2012 by Andy Langer
Girls Love Me »
Austin Mahone is sixteen years old. He doesn’t have a record contract, a tour bus, or a backing band. But he does have more than 650,000 followers on Twitter and the email addresses of 2,000,000 fans. Meet San Antonio’s answer to Justin Bieber.
June 2012 by Katy Vine
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