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The Suffers’ front woman, Kam Franklin, on quitting her job to do music full time.
The bandleader and composer Carrie Rodriguez, who grew up in Austin, changed her course after reconnecting with Texas music.
Charley Crockett grew up watching Freddy Fender perform. He tells us how his life in music took a similar path.
But for decades the town where it was created had no idea.
Shawn Colvin on her early days in Texas, and thinking ahead to her final days.
Austin singer-songwriter Walker Lukens often writes songs based on readers’ confessions. This is what he’d own up to.
The Corpus Christi DJ, producer, and nu cumbia pioneer El Dusty talks about the music that shaped his trajectory.
Hip-hop mainstay Lil Keke tells the story of how he earned his musical chops driving around Houston.
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In Houston’s adult nightclubs, with cash transactions and close contact, exotic dancers say they’re forced to choose between health and a paycheck.
Two beloved Texas institutions team up in a moment of crisis.
For the 25,000 migrants awaiting hearings and subject to Trump’s Migrant Protection Protocols, representation can be hard to come by.
Governor Abbott and President Trump promised that testing will soon increase dramatically, but many Texans are frustrated with delays.
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Plus, a new TV series will explore Dallas’s “Dr. Death,” Woody Harrelson subs in for Jason Statham, and Matthew McConaughey just keeps road trippin.'
The annual festival, which brings millions of dollars to the city’s economy, has been postponed to early November.
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A high uninsured rate, hospital closures, and poor elder care leave Texas especially vulnerable to a COVID-19 epidemic.
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Young people took jobs they thought would help turn Texas blue.
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The lucha-libre-themed Dallas taqueria offers Guadalajaran-style dishes and specialties.
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Coming off the heels of a recent label contract dispute, the Houston rapper’s latest effort is both varied and evocative.
The population geneticist and UT-Austin professor on pandemics, SXSW, and what our DNA says about our ability to adapt to infectious diseases.
A Portland man is confused by the Menger Hotel's and Excelsior House Hotel's dueling claims. The Texanist is, too.
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After being evicted from its former location, one of the state’s premier jazz venues is set to reopen in the heart of the theater district.
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