Music
December 21, 2017
Kalu James Introduces Psych Rock to Nigerian Funk
The debut album from Austin's Kalu & the Electric Joint brings some international flavor to the Live Music Capital of the World.
Music
Storytelling and reviews about the artists and trends that define the sounds of the Lone Star State
Food
December 11, 2017
Bun B Wants to Teach You How to Cook Chicken Pot Pie
Ridin’ Dirty on the stovetop.
Music
December 7, 2017
Post Malone Has America’s Most-Watched Music Video Of 2017, According To Vevo
The Grapevine rapper more than doubled the numbers of stars like Taylor Swift and The Weeknd.
Books
December 5, 2017
Delbert McClinton and the Birth of Austin’s Blues Scene
This exclusive excerpt from Diana Finlay Hendricks's new biography, 'Delbert McClinton: One of the Fortunate Few,' revisits the birth of progressive country and Austin's blues scene.
Music
November 28, 2017
Khalid Leads the Texas Grammys Delegation With Five Nominations
Also up for awards: Maren Morris, Miranda Lambert, Kelly Clarkson, Icelandic transplants Kaleo, and more.
Music
November 27, 2017
Review of Montopolis’s ‘Music for Enchanted Rock’
'Music for Enchanted Rock,' is structured as a song cycle celebrating the massive pink-granite batholith north of Fredericksburg that’s much beloved by Central Texas hikers and day-trippers.
Music
November 22, 2017
The Galactic Cowboys are Still Hoping to Take Flight
A Houston metal act that was supposed to be the next Guns n’ Roses—and got squashed by Nirvana instead—is hoping that a quarter of a century later it’ll finally get its big break.
Music
November 21, 2017
Listen to the Ultimate Texas Music Playlist
We set out to hear what our state sounds like. We brought back the latest and best of Texas music—so listen up.
Best Thing In Texas
November 3, 2017
The Best Thing in Texas: Beyoncé as Nala in ‘The Lion King’ Remake
She just can’t wait to be queen.
The Daily Post
October 30, 2017
Southwest has Found a New Way to Make Air Travel Annoying
In-flight live music is the definition of a captive audience.
Music
October 30, 2017
Exclusive Song Premiere: The Texas Red Dirt Choir Celebrates Hope After Harvey In ‘Faith In the Water’
An all-star collection of artists including Josh Abbott, Jack Ingram, Pat Green, Wade Bowen, Ray Wylie Hubbard, and Ray Benson joined Roger Creager and Kyle Hutton for the historic session in Austin.
Music
October 20, 2017
30 Things You Need to Know About Texas Music
From live electronic in Austin to reimagined cumbia in Corpus to rap-infused zydeco in Houston, here’s why our music scene is more vibrant than ever.
Music
October 20, 2017
The Blues Has Evolved Into Grown Folks Music
The blues is decidedly not dead, just evolved, as grown as the folks who love it now.
Music
October 20, 2017
The Death of the Dallas Underground Has Been Exaggerated
Deep Ellum, once a haven for outsiders and intrepid music aficionados, is in the process of being spruced up for the well-heeled set. But longtime Deep Ellum regulars want to ensure they still have a role to play in carving out the city’s musical niche.
Music
October 20, 2017
There’s More Than Mariachi on the River Walk
Electronic-rock act Femina-X defies expectations in San Antonio.
Music
October 20, 2017
Exploded Drawing Keeps Electronic Music Pure in Austin
The Live Music Capital of the World isn't all guitars.
Music
October 20, 2017
Why Gary Clark Jr. and Leon Bridges Aren’t Just Nostalgia Acts
We sat down with Gary Clark Jr. and Leon Bridges, two of the state’s biggest exports, for a candid discussion on the triumphs and trials of their careers so far.
Music
October 19, 2017
Punk Thrives on its Own Terms at McAllen’s Yerberia Cultura
At "the Yerb," experimental guitar pickers, bands only a few weeks old, and national acts collide.
Music
October 18, 2017
St. Vincent ‘Masseduction’ Review
Dallas's Annie Clark—known as St. Vincent to the faithful—darts between styles on fifth album 'Masseduction'.
Business
October 16, 2017
Saving the Longhorn Ballroom, Texas’s Most Historic Music Venue
The Longhorn Ballroom, arguably the state's most historic music venue, is back in business.
Music
October 13, 2017
Houston Music’s Latest Subgenre: Trail-riding Rap
Houston rap is now world-famous, but the city's less-famous trail rides have birthed a new style.
Music
October 13, 2017
Corpus Christi is Helping Reinvent Cumbia
DJ El Dusty, the unofficial mayor of the Corpus Christi music scene, is ushering in a modernized version of cumbia.
Music
October 13, 2017
Solange is For Us, Even in Marfa
What it meant to be fully present for “Scales" during Chinati Weekend.
Music
October 3, 2017
ACL Festival Offers Refunds To Anyone Who Feels Unsafe After The Vegas Shooting
The policy is in effect now.
Music
September 26, 2017
There’s a Petition to Rename Dallas’s Robert E. Lee Park After Erykah Badu
The city’s park board voted last week to temporarily restore the name Oak Lawn Park, but 2,000 petitioners have a more permanent namesake in mind.
Music
September 26, 2017
A Woman-Centric Day for Night Festival
Houston’s innovative music and art festival event is expanding, and it's putting women at the forefront.
Music
September 20, 2017
Album Review: A. Savage’s ‘Thawing Dawn’
Parquet Courts' A. Savage makes his solo debut with 'Thawing Dawn.'…
Music
September 15, 2017
Houston Buries Harvey With Music—New Orleans Style
After Katrina, Houston helped NOLA’s Treme neighborhood send off the storm with music. Now, Treme is repaying the favor.
Best Thing In Texas
August 25, 2017
The Best Thing In Texas: Apparently Manu Ginobili And Gregg Popovich Are Concert Buddies
There’s no accounting for taste, though.
Music
August 23, 2017
Meet the Texas Gentlemen
The Texas Gentlemen, a Dallas-based collective of young studio musicians and sidemen, are the best backing group you've probably never heard of.
Music
August 15, 2017
Country Round-up
Three albums out in the next month bring country rock, story-songs, and swampy blues.
Music
August 10, 2017
Exclusive: David Ramirez Premieres New Song “Time”
With fewer words and a lot more synth, Ramirez proves his songwriting chops stretch beyond roots music.
Music
August 9, 2017
Exclusive: Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real Release “Just Outside of Austin” With Willie Nelson
A love story, city blues, songwritin', and a little bit of weed.
Gender
August 2, 2017
Babes Fest: Better The Second Time Around
Acting on the lessons they learned from Babes Fest in 2016, the creators of BossBabes ATX have a better handle on producing a multidisciplinary festival for women.
Music
August 2, 2017
Pulling the Plug on Chulita Vinyl Club
The group’s DJs say they were told, ”This hotel does not play Latin music” at a new Austin venue.
Music
July 31, 2017
AMC’s Love Affair With Texas Continues With ‘The Rap Yearbook’
Houston writer Shea Serrano's ’Rap Yearbook’ gets the docu-series treatment, produced by The Roots and Academy Award-winning documentarian Alex Gibney.
Music
July 27, 2017
Exclusive Premiere: Ray Wylie Hubbard’s “The White Rose Bouquet”
It's a love ballad all right, but don't expect any of the feel good sappiness.
Music
July 25, 2017
This is Jo Carol Pierce — Video
The greatest Texas songwriter you’ve never heard of is a 72-year-old grandmother from Lubbock. This is her story.
Music
July 24, 2017
Hitting Hard
Hitting Subset seems humble and meek on camera, but the Austin band's debut is anything but.
BBQ
July 10, 2017
Stubb’s vs. Stubb’s
The BBQ sauce brand owned by McCormick will retain the name Stubb’s, while the restaurant and live music venue in Austin will not.
Music
July 6, 2017
The Madisons Debut Title Track from Upcoming Album, “No Man’s Land”
With their fourth record, the Austin septet solidifies their place as one of the hardest-working, hardest-drinking, and most compelling acts in the state.
Music
June 29, 2017
Rodney Crowell on Growing up in Houston, His Rise in Nashville, and Writing Honest Songs
A candid conversation with “the Houston Kid.”…
Music
June 26, 2017
Bad Girls Get Old
Thirty years ago, Jo Carol Pierce turned her Lubbock upbringing into a sublime musical about sex, suicide, and Jesus. Now 72, she's ready for her third act.
Music
June 21, 2017
The Five Question Interview: Will Beeley and Billy Stoner
Willie Beeley and Billy Stoner have never met. But from a distance, the two musicians might be the same person.
Music
June 21, 2017
Jaffe Goes Electro
Denton native Sarah Jaffe's transformation hasn't been as radical as it seems.
UT
June 15, 2017
Gene Simmons Wants to Trademark a Familiar-Looking Hand Gesture
He just wants to rock and roll all night, and hook ’em every day.
Business
June 7, 2017
Two U.S. Senators Urged SXSW to Move Out of Texas to Protest SB 4
The festival—which has had its own issues around immigration this year—declined.
Music
June 6, 2017
Watch Willie Nelson And Merle Haggard in The Studio in All-New Footage
The exclusive clip comes from PBS’s 'The American Epic Sessions,' which premieres tonight.
Music
June 5, 2017
Maren Morris and Flo Rida Are Headlining The State Fair of Texas
But not as a duo, unfortunately.