The New-Look Songwriters Across Texas Goes Beyond the Honky-Tonk

Local music show is back on the CW with its broadest lineup yet

"...There's a lot more to Texas music than honky-tonks, and the newly revived music series..."

June 28, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas in the Title

"...25 "Texas Flyer," Freddie King Songwriters: Freddie King, Roy Davies, Bob..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature by Greg Beets

We Were From Texas

Texas Triangle: Guy Clark, Susanna Clark, Townes Van Zandt

"...Guy Clark pushes a fading, black and white photograph across the table...."

July 19, 2013 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Texas Towns & Places

"...15 "Rio," Duran Duran Songwriters: Simon LeBon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor, Andy Taylor, Roger..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Texas Platters

"...bit of uniqueness among the wealth of Cen-Tex female singer-songwriters. Wilory Farm is not all upside, however. The album..."

July 31, 1998 Music Review

Texas Platters

"...feels when viewing the AIDS Memorial Quilt. Ellen Fullman's "TexasTravelTexture" uses a similar musical approach to evoke images of..."

April 11, 1997 Music Review

Texas Platters

"...Out there in the juke joints of East Texas and Louisiana, swamp country, only one type of music..."

June 5, 1998 Music Review

Texas Platters

"...One of the better ambient groups I've come across in a while, locals Robert Mace and Stephen Thurman..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Music Review

17 Texas Artists to See at ACL Fest

Lone Star acts to catch at Zilker, from Houston breakout d4vd to Austin’s Die Spitz

"...City Limits Festival lineup welcomes its usual block of Texas talent. Stateside names like Ben Kweller and the Mars..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Music Feature by Nayeli Portillo

Texas Platters

The Scabs

"...been both big bandstand sellers and Waterloo Records/Shiner Bock Texas Top Ten List chart hogs. The live souvenir business..."

July 30, 1999 Music Feature

What Texas Artists Had to Say on the CMT Music Awards Red Carpet

Jackie Venson, Midland, and more talk country music’s Austin migration

"...here, or find a photo gallery of performances here.) Across the board, they felt that the CMT's relocation to..."

April 7, 2023 Music Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Fearless Texas Singer-Songwriter and Playwright Jo Carol Pierce Has Died

Known for honky-tonk manifesto Bad Girls Upset by the Truth

"...The album, Across the Great Divide: The Songs of Jo Carol Pierce,..."

Dec. 5, 2022 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Record Reviews: Texas Platters

"...as one of the rising number of very talented singer-songwriters in Austin. (3.5 stars) -- Christopher Hess..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Music Review

For the Sake of the Song

For the Sake of the Song

"...Train), rolls by like a phantom, filled with West Texas landscapes and dusty poetry that combine for a listening..."

May 7, 2010 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Country Mile

Country Mile

"...jive. Eddie Foster cuts some twang of his own across the pedal steel of his debut, Copano Bay. At..."

May 16, 2008 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Texas Platters

"...Sarah Dashew some credit. In the deluge of female singer-songwriters, she has managed to find some unoccupied vocal dry..."

April 17, 1998 Music Review

Brent Best and Will Johnson

"...Will Johnson remain best known for fronting longstanding North Texas rock/roots acts in the former's Slobberbone, which leans in..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

7 and 7 Is

'Doves,' 'Silent Grips,' the Young, Camp X-Ray, and Country E.P.

"...out sophomore night terrors, Directions to See a Ghost, across six jet-black vinyl sides, but single "Doves" (Light in..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Music Review by Austin Powell

SXSW Saturday Showcases

"...of horns playing New Orleans' style tunes with a Texas tilt. Closing is John Beauchamp's once flatlined roadhouse country..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

Eddie Stout Is a One-Man Historical Blues Society

On the eve of his Eastside Kings Festival the Dialtone Records founder remains doggedly preservationist

"...and directed over 50 episodes of the television program Songwriters Across Texas from 2012-13...."

Sept. 8, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

SongwritingWith:Soldiers Helps Write the War After the War

Darden Smith, Mary Gauthier, and other songwriters combat PTSD one song at a time

"..."Thirteen years," says Jeff Hutcherson, sitting across from him...."

Nov. 1, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Next Fun Fearless Female Rock Star

Austin's now generation comes of age in Suzanna Choffel

"...Striding across the full parking lot of Central Market near Ben..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Another Travelin' Band

Monsters of Folk on Friday, Friday, Fridaaaaay

"...Mogis for a short tour that established the three songwriters as new voices of indie folk, and sold out..."

Nov. 16, 2009 Music Post by Doug Freeman

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re spending time with

"...selected tracks from choice Texans.  – Kevin Curtin Austin Texas Musicians' Night Shift..."

May 8, 2020 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

If or When I Call: Will Johnson Discusses His Debut Novel

Long-held itch harvests the road, autobiography, and compassion

"...singer-songwriter and painter Will Johnson, creative force behind beloved Texas bands South San Gabriel and Centro-Matic, acts he co-founded..."

April 9, 2021 Music Post by Matt White

Day Trips

Waltzing through the dance halls of Texas

"...Dance halls in Central Texas are some of the most famous Saturday night palaces..."

March 18, 2005 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Wednesday

A primo Tiger Den showcase, iLe, Hermanos Gutiérrez, and more

"...From legacy Texas songwriters to New Order’s keynote insights, the Chronicle music..."

March 16, 2023 SXSW Post by Julian Towers

The Cost of Living

Ft. Worth R&B great Delbert McClinton has a Downtown Austin condo and a fresh start for his diamond jubilee

"...fitting moment. Two years ago, the future of both Texas blues icons seemed in doubt...."

Feb. 12, 2016 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Dumb but Pretty

Rilo Kiley vs. Devendra Banhart

"...mind Tommy Tutone’s rejoinder to his one-off hit scrawled across bathroom walls, a song called "Dumb But Pretty" Given..."

Oct. 8, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Resurrection of Kinky Friedman

From Houston to Echo Hill, the self-proclaimed Texas Jewboy sings a new tune

"...independent spark of his high-profile but low-vote run for Texas governor in 2006. Most relate the first time they..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

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