Ranking the 30 best Texas albums of the past 30 years seemed like an impossible task. We did it anyway.
Texas: You're soaking in it.Happy Texas Independence Day, everyone. Today The Only State That Matters officially enters its 175th year of pissing off the lesser 49 states and producing the best music anywhere on Earth. One of Texas' biggest honky-tonk heroes is of course Billy Joe Shaver, who ... More >>
The Internet wants to kill Gordon Lightfoot - back in February, someone started a rumor that the Canadian troubadour was dead. Of course it started on Twitter, of all places, where an offhand remark about a celebrity death will be held as fact. Hell, the other night we killed Tim Allen and To ... More >>
Buh-Bye, Garner; Nice Work?; Union Station
The ballad, and ballads, of Billy Joe Shaver
Country Music Pistol Packers Hall of Fame
Ten of the year's most timeless records
Our critics weigh in on local theater
Our critics weigh in on local theater
Our critics weigh in on local theater
Our critics weigh in on local theater
Our critics weigh in on local theater
In Honky Tonk Angels, three gals get what they wish for -- but the audience doesn't
The Honky Tonk Angels takes a trip through divine country
Todd Snider is still talking the blues after all these years
Today all the best poets are singers. That's why a singer should be Texas's next poet laureate.
Houston had one of its most shocking race murders 45 years ago. But exactly whose tragedy was it?
Friedman may be just the one to muss up Guv Goodhair's re-election plan
The Innkeeper is the best country venue in town. Too bad it's 50 miles away.
Another local music institution bites the dust
Texas's greatest living songwriter signs with a Houston indie label
Home to pop queens and dance hall kings, Texas is still bullish about the music market
Billy Joe Shaver has known great blessings and great curses
The drummer with the big stick bares all about jail, Motley Crue and Pamela Anderson
