The Stories Behind the Music
Texas musical luminaries reveal the family histories, powerful influences, and big breaks that made them the artists they are today.
Texas musical luminaries reveal the family histories, powerful influences, and big breaks that made them the artists they are today.
We weigh in on the most important Super Tuesday races, recent results, and what it all means.
Reader letters published in our March issue.
This ties the most nominations Texas Monthly has ever received in a single year. The magazine’s four nominations were also the most bestowed upon any publication west of the Potomac.
Plus, a Dallas Museum of Art exhibit, ‘Just Mercy,’ and Bryan Washington’s latest short story.
We review more than sixty restaurants each month. Here’s a peek at what’s new!
Reader letters published in our February issue.
It was a long, eventful year.
Settle in for a by-no-means comprehensive list of some of the most popular stories in our pages this year.
Volunteers from across Texas, the U.S., and abroad have been making the trek to the border to help immigrants trapped in legal limbo.
Last year, countless Texans acted in ways that brought honor to our state—or just made us grin. Here's a look at a few dozen of them.
For breaking new ground in being bad at being bad, Texas Speaker of the House Dennis Bonnen has earned one half of our annual booby prize!
For abandoning the state that had lifted him up from obscurity, Beto O’Rourke is the winner of one half of our annual booby prize!
Beto O'Rourke, Dennis Bonnen, and the Houston Astros make our annual dishonor roll, along with assorted lesser-known idiots and evildoers.
The flute-playing, body-positive, take-no-prisoners breakout star transformed our ideas of what a pop icon looks and sounds like.
A 10-part podcast series from Texas Monthly and Imperative Entertainment.
Our new 11-part series takes you inside the rugged Permian Basin of West Texas, where roughnecks and billionaire wildcatters are fueling a boom so big it’s reshaping our climate, our economy, and our geopolitics.
The cowboy boot is more than a sturdy piece of workwear. It’s more than a fashion statement, too. It’s a vital piece of Texas culture, as complicated, diverse, and ever-evolving as the makeup of our state.
We review more than sixty restaurants each month. Here’s a peek at what’s new!
Not sure what to do this weekend at the state’s biggest literary gathering? We’ve got nearly three dozen ideas.
Fringe, rhinestones, and boots were in full display at the Austin music festival.
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.
Stephen Harrigan’s ’Big Wonderful Thing’ sweeps away decades of mythmaking. Are we ready to remember the Alamo—and the Texas Rangers and the Civil War—differently?
Dallas-based writer and tortilla connoisseur José R. Ralat is one of five recent additions to our staff.
Reader letters published in our September issue.
Plus, a North Texas photographer’s Instagram and Brockhampton’s new music video.
Take advantage of these long summer days to grill, eat, and drink the best that Texas has to offer.
Reader letters published in our August issue.
Newcomer Brett’s Backyard Bar-B-Que was a close second in the battle for smoked-meat supremacy.
It’s Snow’s BBQ vs Brett’s Backyard Bar-B-Que in a contest to decide the smoked meat crown.
Plus, an immersive art experience, a song nostalgic for hometowns, and a Southern Gothic rom-com.
We're thrilled to announce our new culture editor and some other important additions to the editorial staff.
Three old favorites and one upstart newcomer have advanced to the final four.
This summer marks the fiftieth anniversary of the trip that changed the world: the Apollo 11 moon landing. Texas Monthly has written about Texas’s role in the space program for decades, and our July collector’s issue combines the best of our archives with new perspectives on the final frontier.
Houston investor Randa Duncan Williams pledges to protect the magazine’s legacy and boost investments in its long-term growth.
We’ve put together a number of options for you to get out and see the state—and often stay cool while you do it.
We asked friends and colleagues to share their personal recollections of the Texas cultural giant we lost last week.
We review more than sixty restaurants each month. Here’s a peek at what’s new!
Only one newbie made it to this round. Only you can determine whether they land in the finals!
Passing legislation may be fun. But this compilation shows that writing about passing legislation can be even more fun.
Passing legislation may be fun. But this compilation shows that writing about passing legislation can be even more fun.
Plus, more summer jams, an essay about coming of age in Houston, and an Instagram account where sneaker culture and preachers collide.
W.C. Clark is known as the "Godfather of Austin Blues," and he proved that he still has a strong hold on that title during his Sound Check session.
Old favorites dominated the early matchups. It’s time for you to decide which Texas barbecue joints advance to the final eight.
The bracket has been seeded. Let’s get down to business.
In this year’s NBA Finals, do they root for the star who spurned them or their hated Western Conference foe?
Reader letters published in our June issue.
Inside the May 24 school board meeting.
These are some of the places we’re looking forward to checking out over the next year.