Music

A man sits on the end of a couch looking at the camera. The room is sparse and the photo is in black and white.
December 8, 2023

Listen: North Texas composer adds new arrangements to the holiday canon

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November 29, 2023

For Vincent Neil Emerson, it’s the songwriting that’s most important

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November 10, 2023

Inaugural Honeyland Festival to celebrate Houston’s Black culinary culture

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November 9, 2023

‘We were there’: Meet the ‘Curious Mix of People’ making Austin music in the ’90s

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November 7, 2023

‘It’s just been a natural occurrence’: Trailblazer Jessi Colter is back with album ‘Edge of Forever’

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October 30, 2023

Roky Erickson’s scary psychedelic songs

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October 26, 2023

Psychedelia seeps into the modern music underground at Austin’s Levitation fest

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October 25, 2023

This week in Texas music history: Buddy Holly releases ‘Not Fade Away’ and ‘Oh, Boy!’

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October 18, 2023

This week in Texas music history: Houston rapper Bun B releases first solo album

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October 17, 2023

Before teaming up with Sinatra, Trini Lopez began his musical journey in Dallas

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October 11, 2023

Hispanic Heritage Month spotlight: Carrie Rodriguez

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October 10, 2023

Corpus Christi’s Galvan Ballroom welcomed all at a time when segregation was the norm

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A close-up photos of heads and hands enjoying a concert as a purple light shines in the background.
October 6, 2023

Typewriter Rodeo: Music Festivals

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October 6, 2023

Hispanic Heritage Month spotlight: Ruben Ramos

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October 3, 2023

Eduardo Mata struck the right note as Dallas Symphony Orchestra director

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September 28, 2023

How Lydia Mendoza became the ‘Meadowlark of the Border’

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September 27, 2023

This week in Texas music history: Maren Morris makes her debut

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September 22, 2023

50 years after ‘Viva Terlingua,’ Wittliff Collections exhibit celebrates the album’s staying power

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September 20, 2023

This week in Texas music history: Tejano legend Roy Montelongo born

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September 12, 2023

Charlie Robison, Texas music royalty, dead at 59

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September 12, 2023

This week in Texas music history: Don Walser is born

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A woman sings into a microphone while playing into a fiddle. She's wearing big reflective sunglasses. This is country music artist Amanda Shires.
September 8, 2023

The Texas women shaping the sound and image of outlaw country

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September 5, 2023

This week in Texas music history: Dallas music variety show ‘Sump’n Else’ debuts in 1965

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August 31, 2023

Houston’s first annual Pop Festival takes places in 1968

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August 25, 2023

T Bird & the Breaks, Greyhounds team up for collaborative project ‘Greybird’

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August 17, 2023

As Beyoncé, Taylor Swift tour, ‘a whole economy is being built around the concerts’

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August 11, 2023

What are your Texas summer songs? Here are a few of ours.

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August 9, 2023

‘Ode to Hip-Hop’ reflects on the genre’s journey from the underground to the mainstream

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August 4, 2023

Del Rio native William Beckmann is heating up Nashville and beyond with his latest album

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August 3, 2023

Documentary explores how Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan brought Texas blues to the masses

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August 1, 2023

Johnny Winter’s historic show at the Vulcan Gas Company broke new ground

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July 10, 2023

Mariachi Summer Recital: Young people learn from pros how to sing from the heart

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July 7, 2023

Houston celebrates 50 years of hip-hop

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March 8, 2023

Texas folk trio and one member’s journey take center stage in ‘Nobody Famous’

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June 27, 2023

Amanda Shires reflects on working with Bobbie Nelson, a longtime idol, for new album ‘Loving You’

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June 23, 2023

Progress amid pain inspires Jess Williamson’s latest offering, ‘Time Ain’t Accidental’

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A person crowd surfs over an audiemce in a dark mnightclub
June 14, 2023

Oblivion Access festival curates the ‘weird end’ of the underground music spectrum

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June 13, 2023

These North Texas high schoolers rehearsed in a locker room. Now they’re headed to a national stage.

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June 8, 2023

What’s the oldest music venue in Austin?

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May 31, 2023

Uvalde varsity mariachi team momentarily brought together a divided city

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May 26, 2023

Taylor Swift tour brings end of an era for ticket resellers in Texas

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May 24, 2023

Texas parks meets Texas music: New album ‘Texas Wild’ celebrates 100 years of state parks

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May 18, 2023

Fatherhood’s late-night lullabies inspire hushed sound of Robert Ellis’ ‘Yesterday’s News’

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Kathy Valentine plays bass on stage
May 9, 2023

Go-Go’s bassist Kathy Valentine celebrates the band’s music in a new way on stage

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April 28, 2023

‘A magical night’ becomes a recorded tribute to Willie Nelson for his 90th birthday

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April 20, 2023

Blazing trails: Country music’s historical – and complicated – relationship with weed

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April 14, 2023

A new take on Rumi, the popular Persian mystic poet, from Dallas’ Verdigris Ensemble this weekend

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April 3, 2023

Diversifying country music industry on full display at first CMT Awards show in Texas

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March 30, 2023

Tell them how the crowds went wild: Taylor Swift fans in Texas are ready for the Eras Tour

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March 20, 2023

Remembering the game-changing ‘El Rey de la Cumbia’ Fito Olivares

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March 3, 2023

UTEP hosting Borderland Chopin Festival honoring ‘a poet of the piano’

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February 28, 2023

Angel White’s debut ‘Ghost of the West’ rooted in artist’s upbringing, identity

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A long, tan building is seen. It's viewed from across the street and off to the side so the entrance and the side of the building is seen. This is the Aztec Building, where the Texas Conjunto Music Hall of Fame and Museum is now housed.
February 17, 2023

With San Benito conjunto museum, a daughter continues her father’s labor of love

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January 27, 2023

An epic requiem for the Black victims of lynchings and police shootings comes to Fort Worth

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Willie Nelson sings on stage with his guitar, Trigger, in his arms.
January 25, 2023

‘Willie Nelson & Family’: A new five-part docuseries dives deep into the Texas icon

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January 16, 2023

Last Bandoleros take a deep dive into their Texas roots on European stages

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January 6, 2023

What makes a Texas guitar player great? Truth is, there are many answers.

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December 22, 2022

‘I wanted it to be right’: After three-year journey, RGV native Gabrielle Ruiz releases debut Christmas single

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December 12, 2022

Dallas composer’s work gets world premiere by renowned Philadelphia Orchestra

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December 9, 2022

Latina country singer Valerie Ponzio draws inspiration from her hometown of El Paso

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A close up photo of Taylor Swift during a performance
December 9, 2022

Typewriter Rodeo: The Great War (of buying Taylor Swift tickets)

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December 7, 2022

Remembering Jo Carol Pierce, the ‘Patti Smith of West Texas’

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November 22, 2022

Mariachi Extravaganza: Meet the competitors of this year’s ‘Mariachi Super Bowl’

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November 21, 2022

Angela Strehli’s ‘Ace of Blues’ pays tribute to the artists she admires, and the Texas scene that nurtured her voice

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October 28, 2022

‘Texas is just in me’: Americana legend Robert Earl Keen reflects on retiring from touring after 41 years

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October 27, 2022

Amid growing controversy, will rapper Ye be able to purchase social media platform Parler?

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October 24, 2022

New book goes back to the roots to understand current revolution in Black country music

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September 7, 2022

This University of Texas professor knows Taylor Swift’s songbook all too well

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October 17, 2022

50 years in the making, Robert Hunter’s violin finally finds its voice

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October 13, 2022

‘It was a lot of fun because we had each other’: Musician Margo Price writes about lean times on the way up in new memoir

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October 7, 2022

A look at ACL Fest and Texas live music in the COVID era

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September 16, 2022

‘The Johnny Canales Show’ host revamps program with a modern twist

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September 13, 2022

HAAM Day keeps Austin musicians and music scene healthy

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August 9, 2022

‘It’s beautiful to be with my sisters’: The Tiarras seek to empower a generation through music

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August 5, 2022

Good Looks’ debut album ‘Bummer Year’ offers snapshots of life in Texas during challenging times

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August 4, 2022

Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ pays tribute to Black queer roots of house and disco music

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August 1, 2022

Eklektikos host John Aielli, who flew by the seat of his pants, dies at 76

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a high, wide shot of a stadium filled iwth thousands of people. There is a concert stage at left.
July 22, 2022

Texas State to offer Harry Styles history course in 2023

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July 21, 2022

Make music with your iPad

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People cheer and raise their hands as they listen to live music.
July 21, 2022

Float Fest returns, bringing big names and cool vibes to pandemic-weary music fans

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July 15, 2022

‘He was from another world’: The legacy of Texas rock musician Roky Erickson

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July 13, 2022

What Elvis Presley owed West Texas

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June 28, 2022

New livestream showcases ‘the breadth and depth of Texas music’ 24/7

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June 24, 2022

At the Cliburn International Piano Competition, 30 world premieres in two weeks is routine

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A collage of Freddy Fender singing against a golden backdrop of his albums
June 20, 2022

The case for Freddy Fender’s induction as first Hispanic member of Country Music Hall of Fame

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June 17, 2022

In music competitions, just being heard can be considered a win

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June 16, 2022

John Tsung’s new album ‘Empire Postcards’ tells the stories of immigrants he’s interviewed about their lived experiences

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April 19, 2017

The One Musician To Get A Ticker-Tape Parade Was A Texan

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June 13, 2022

Cliburn competition puts TCU’s new concert hall to the test, but does it pass?

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San Antonio Symphony musicians perform on a church stage
June 7, 2022

Amid strike, San Antonio Symphony musicians conclude unusual season

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June 2, 2022

Adrian Quesada conjures new grooves from bygone Latin beats on ‘Boleros Psicodélicos’

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a collage with photos of Willis Alan Ramsey's album cover and of him perofrming as an older person
May 18, 2022

‘People find this record, they fall for it’: Why a 50-year-old Texas album has captivated so many songwriters

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San Antonio Symphony members stand on stage with their instruments in a packed church
May 19, 2022

Striking San Antonio Symphony back on stage at First Baptist Church

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cover of the book, "DJ Screw, A Life in Slow Revolution"
May 17, 2022

Almost 22 years after his death, DJ Screw’s contribution to Texas music stands the test of time

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May 12, 2022

‘Embracing the obscure and the unique:’ Austin’s extreme music fest Oblivion Access reaches beyond metal

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April 22, 2022

A state task force releases findings on Astroworld concert incident, along with ways to improve safety in the future

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an illustration of a red elvis
April 19, 2022

Igor and the Red Elvises band leader laments war in his home country

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April 12, 2022

Vinyl record sales boom, domestic record pressing plants can’t keep up, so artists endure production pressure

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April 5, 2022

Behind the guitar: A new collection of artifacts paints a more nuanced picture of Stevie Ray Vaughan

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March 23, 2022

Ukrainian American tries waging peace in Kyiv through music

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