Top Music Events- March 7-14

Merle Haggard at Rockefeller's
The country legend makes a rare club appearance in Houston March 5-6, with local hero Jesse Dayton opening.

Texas Polka Music Festival
Fayetteville's Lee Roy Matocha highlights the annual weekend March 8-10 at El Campo Civic Center.

Austin City Limits
On March 9, the PBS series airs vintage performances by two late greats--Spanish-flavored western balladeer Marty Robbins and Fort Worth-born country screwball Roger Miller.

The Slip with Edie Brickell at Club Dada
Joined by two more of the original New Bohemians, the singer, now living in New York, returns to Deep Ellum March 10 for the first time since a November, 1994 benefit.

Krist Novoselic named to keynote South By Southwest Music and Media Conference
The anti-censorship activist and former Nirvana bassist kicks off the annual music-biz blowout, held March 14-17 in Austin.

Two Texas Grammy winners
San Antonio conjunto accordionist Flaco Jimenez nabbed Mexican-American Performance for Flaco Jimenez, while western swingers Asleep at the Wheel took Country Instrumental Performance for the track "Hightower."

Arista Texas signs Robert Earl Keen
Bandera's country bad-boy is the first non-Tejano act to record for the only major label based in the state.

La Diferenzia: Fue Mucho Mas Que Amor (Arista Texas)
The label's biggest success story so far moves further in an internacional direction.

Ronnie Dawson: Rockinitis (Crystal Clear)
The Dallas warhorse makes the realest rockabilly on the planet.

The Cornell Hurd Band: Cool and Unusual Punishment (Behemoth)
With dancehall perennial Johnny Bush guesting, the Austin band serves up off-the-wall country swing, boogie, ballads and honky tonk, laced with humor, hurt and heart.

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