Storytelling and reviews about the artists and trends that define the sounds of the Lone Star State
Forget the tortured artist clichés. The critically acclaimed musician began making the best albums of his life when he settled in Texas and decided to try being happy.
The owners of the Grand Ole Opry snapped up ACL Live At The Moody Theater earlier this week.
The flute-playing, body-positive, take-no-prisoners breakout star transformed our ideas of what a pop icon looks and sounds like.
Plus, a Dallas museum for holiday photos, a book about old Hollywood, and late-night pho in Houston.
Plus: St. Vincent’s movie heads to Sundance, Kanye West and Joel Osteen reteam, and Post Malone owns the year.
The pair have been inseparable for decades.
Plus: ’Undone’ gets renewed, Noah Hawley boards ’Star Trek,’ and this week in Matthew McConaughey.
The former Austin Psych Fest aims to be a force for Texans preferring heavier sounds.
The 90-year-old blues legend currently holds down three weekly residencies in Austin.
Their beautiful dark twisted fantasy.
The rapper heads to a Houston megachurch, Netflix introduces its new Selena, and This Week in Matthew McConaughey.
Plus: JM Stevens’ solo debut album, a documentary examining the border crisis through art, and an El Paso cereal bar.
Kacey Musgraves and Maren Morris took home some of the biggest awards of the night.
The Houston rapper's homage to his hometown's bygone theme park included performances by many musical luminaries.
The artist found her musical roots in Texas. It took leaving for her to become a star.
The Fort Worth band crafted a dark legend about Possum Kingdom Lake that many are still eager to believe 25 years later.
Mezghebe fled East Africa, landed at Texas’s Casa Marianella, and performed with Maggie Rogers in Austin.
Holly George-Warren's biography of the Port Arthur singer covers the drugs and excess, of course. But it also uncovers the hard-working professional hidden behind all the live-hard-die-fast trappings.
Plus, a clothing company that sports El Paso pride and a one-stop shop for Mexican treats in Houston.
The rapper continues to lift up those in need in his hometown.
Music still sounds different coming from more intimate venues, where daytime festival acts can take center stage.
The band’s guitarist discusses how his Wimberley roots informed the band’s latest release ’Two Hands.’
South Texas–born Comedian Cristela Alonzo tells the story of her life through songs.
On this week’s National Podcast of Texas, the Grammy-winning musician considers her struggles and her legacy as she enters the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame.
Texan stars dominated the annual Zilker Park festival.
Plus, a melancholy Norah Jones duet, Austin singer Christelle Bofale’s EP, and chef Aarón Sanchéz’s new memoir.
He was the sort of local icon that lives at the heart of every enduring, tight-knit music scene.
On this week’s National Podcast of Texas, the former Texas A&M coach and his musician stepdaughter discuss winning and losing with dignity.
The story behind the story behind Austinite Mike Shea’s three seconds of international fame.
The inventive Texas musician is back with the seismic ‘Wire Mountain.'
After breaking out in comedy and film, Wells is telling stories in new ways.
The legendary musician’s two-night Crossroads festival boasted a savvy mix of long-beloved and rising stars.
Recorded just before he had two heart surgeries, the singer-songwriter’s new album took him back to his South Texas roots.
The artist is advocating for a new investigation into the death of his cousin, which happened at the hands of Dallas Police.
On their second album, the Dripping Springs-based trio doubles down on the classic country sound that made them famous.
Both before and after Lee Hazlewood wrote hits for Nancy Sinatra and Duane Eddy, he was a Texas musician.
The ’Country Music’ documentarian on the Outlaws, forgotten forces, and how Texas country music could bring us all together.
A near-two year stint at Dallas's Belmont Hotel almost broke the country musician and gave way to his new album.
The genre has long shut women out, but this supergroup challenges traditional male-dominated narratives.
The artist’s iconic ”Jeremiah” frog mural in Austin is seemingly indestructible, and so is his musical legacy.
Two years after its initial release, the song is reaching its popularity peak and potentially up for a belated award.
Plus, a Houston rapper’s freestyle, a San Antonio native’s bittersweet debut album, and an Austin photographer’s colorful Instagram.
An internet movement has democratized country ephemera through the eyes of black cowboys and cowgirls.
‘Look Mom I Can Fly’ traces the rapper’s ascent and his efforts to elevate Third Coast hip-hop.
The Lewisville music festival is celebrating its 50th anniversary this weekend.
The Dallas native’s jazz statement ‘Love and Liberation’ is a call to action.
An aggressively odd Instagram account both celebrates and pokes fun at the legendary Texas blues rocker.
On this week’s National Podcast of Texas, a conversation with the country legend Brandi Carlile calls “the original female outlaw.”
Plus, Black Pumas’ debut album, an introspective single by Big Thief, and a shop inspired by the West Texas desert.
From Ernest Tubb to Bob Wills to Willie, Texas has produced a jukebox worth of classics. Here are the best.
