Sunset

"...(ragtime bounce of "Garden of Eden," string-band roll of "Hill Country Smog"), Sunset remains an ever-evolving and suavely unpredictable..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Iron & Wine

"...other songwriter has weaved the biblical and personal like Hill Country sage Beam, whose intimate delivery offsets his more..."

May 15, 2009 Music Review by Austin Powell

Monte Montgomery

Record Review

"...do it Monte Montgomery's way, as unconventional as his Hill Country childhood. The Story of Love is Montgomery's fifth..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Faster Than Sound: Natalie Jane Hill Finds Her Balance on Sophomore LP

Folksinger and guitarist details Solely, created alone and in community

"...Natalie Jane Hill's sophomore album Solely came out two weeks ago, but..."

Nov. 12, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

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

God's Own Country

Love and lambing on the cruel, cold hills of England

"...the only way to deal with the tedium of country life. His regular cycle of booze, fighting with his..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

High Texas Rider

Before the Sir Douglas Quintet and Texas Tornados, the Lone Star State's voice of the Vox organ, Augie Meyers, was San Antonio's Lord August & the Visions of Lite

"..."She's About a Mover" branded the 1965 hit with Texas twang to his Grammy-winning work with the Texas Tornados,..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Texas Towns & Places

"...a-thunk that in MTV's infancy, the band to put Texas on the video map would be ... Duran Duran?..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Texas Platters

"...For Dale Watson, the reigning alt-country trend doesn't amount to a hill of beans. It's..."

July 11, 1997 Music Review

Texas Platters

"...was making a notable splash on the wave of country music's renaissance, the distinction of being a Hispanic country..."

Oct. 4, 1996 Music Feature

Texas Platters

"...or Todd Snider. The words keep flowing, that wry Texas wit and sly grin permeating every rhyming line. The..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Music Review

Texas Records

"...strong rockabilly gene pool that mates well with the hillbilly-on-speed and big back beat that constitute the creatures from..."

Nov. 24, 1995 Music Review

The Channel

Record review

"...Tales From the Two Hill Heart/Sibylline Machine (C-Side)..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

How Texas Wreaked Havoc on One Man's Journey to Citizenship

Living the American nightmare

"...few years earlier, when he had fled their home country of Honduras after facing persecution for his sexual orientation...."

May 19, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

Must-See Country Acts at SXSW Music

This 12-pack of artists is rewriting the rules of C&W

"...month, setting Shahan in line as the next rising Texas troubadour. Joshua Hedley..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Texas Platters

"...is primarily driven not by piano, guitar, or West Texas memories (his father is famed singer-songwriter Terry Allen), but..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Music Review

Sounding the Alarm on Texas' Nursing Home System

25% of the state's 1,200 long-term care centers have been cited for serious standard deficiencies

"...was hardly an isolated incident. Just months before, the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services told KXAN that..."

Oct. 20, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Country’s True Outlaw Paul English Passes

Willie Nelson’s drummer/enforcer dead at 87

"...Among the practitioners of the largely Texas-spawned “outlaw country” movement, English stood as the realest of..."

Feb. 12, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Texas Sapphires

"...The Texas SapphiresAs He Wanders ... (Ike)..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Faster Than Sound: The First-Ever Lucktoberfest Lands Halloweekend at Willie Nelson’s Luck, Texas

Plus, the Red River Cultural District searches for a new director, and remembering Stewart Wise

"...and Matt Bizer organized their first-ever show at Luck, Texas. The booking duo's activation of Willie Nelson's Spicewood ranch,..."

July 29, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

A Sampling of Summer Attractions Around Texas

"Day Trips" columnist Gerald E. McLeod picks some of his favorite things to do and see around Texas

"...The Saga tells Texas history on the façade of an 18th century cathedral..."

May 17, 2019 Features Feature by Gerald E. McLeod

Gazing at the Texas Film Awards Through a Crystal Ball

The Texas Film Awards celebrate the state's best filmmaking

"...anniversary is the crystal anniversary, and that's what the Texas Film Awards will be celebrating on Thursday, March 12...."

March 6, 2015 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas Platters

"...possess the robust, swaggering, blues-drenched style associated with the Texas tenor tradition, he distinguished himself with a searing intensity..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Music Review

Texas Responds to Obama's Immigration Order

Dems applaud, while GOP bemoans death of the Republic

"...He also immediately put the onus back on Capitol Hill, framing this as simply a temporary measure:..."

Nov. 20, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Sean Orr & Mark Rubin

"...between a fiddle reel ("Crippled Turkey"), a schottische ("Chapel Hill Special"), and stripped-down conjunto ("Jessie/Jesusita"), with a banjo solo..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Kinky Friedman

"...time, the boundless bachelor and lonely herdsman of Echo Hill Ranch follows the ground rules of radio-friendly country. Nary..."

Jan. 3, 2020 Music Review by Rick Weaver

Bruce Robison & the Back Porch Band

"...In that time, the local songwriter who authored top country hits "Travelin' Solider" (Dixie Chicks), "Angry All the Time"..."

June 9, 2017 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Willie Nelson

"...the tongue on spry opener "Little House on the Hill" and maybe by design on the succeeding "Old Timer,"..."

April 28, 2017 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

A. Sinclair

"...neat bookend to this fusion on "Magic in Chapel Hill," whose full-tilt alter ego "Liars in the State of..."

June 10, 2016 Music Review by Abby Johnston

Shawn Colvin

Shawn Colvin

"...settling into a deep, rich alto with an added country twang. More than musical switch-ups, Colvin has also tapped..."

June 29, 2012 Music Review by Abby Johnston

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