Chet Atkins

ACL Dudefest: M. Ward, David Byrne, Bobby Bare Jr. and Ryan Bingham

Lonesome Onry and Mean: Darrell Scott's Modern Hymns

Out In Sight

Gender bias and the FBI's eyes can't keep Janis Ian down

Like Father, Like Son

Spanic Boys make classic rock and roll a family affair

Rotations

Spanic Boys make classic rock and roll a family affair

Full Nelson

With a new disc and a boxed history, Willie Nelson wonders who'll buy his memories

Same Old Waylon

The most rebellious thing Waylon Jennings has done is not change

Louvin It Up

The high, lonesome hardships of country's best duo are getting easier to hear

Fit for a Fiddle

Classical? Country? In the hands of fiddler Mark O'Connor, it's one thing: music.

Holiday Gestures

Classical? Country? In the hands of fiddler Mark O'Connor, it's one thing: music.

Spanish Rocks

Classical? Country? In the hands of fiddler Mark O'Connor, it's one thing: music.

Mickey Raphael on Willie Nelson, Naked and Clothed

www.mickeyraphael.comFor a disarmingly large number of his worldwide fans, Willie Nelson burst onto the country music scene in the mid-'70s, fully hirsute, sporting an earring and proclaiming the joys of being on the road again. Real aficionados know that his "overnight success" came only afte ... More >>

Diana Jones

Diana Jones will be performing Thursday, May 17, at Mojo Risin' Coffee Shop, 1600 Shepherd, 713-426-1505

Charlie Louvin

Diana Jones will be performing Thursday, May 17, at Mojo Risin' Coffee Shop, 1600 Shepherd, 713-426-1505

Save Our Houston Songs

A plea for monuments and musical preservation

The Chieftains

The Chieftains perform with the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pops, Friday through Sunday, January 5, through January 7, at Jones Hall, 615 Louisiana, 713-224-7575.

The Other Man in Black

Waylon Jennings, Nashville Rebel

Starry Lullabye

Ailing Houston-area native David Schnaufer has taken the Appalachian dulcimer to the mountaintop

Glen Campbell

Saturday and Sunday, May 1 and May 2

Crash and Burn

Landlords and bounced checks abort the Fabulous Satellite Lounge's ten-year mission to rock the Heights

Mountain Mohawks

Ex-punkers of Starlings, TN space out with dulcimers and other American originals

Urbane Cowboy

Lyle Lovett is smart, funny and wears Armani. That's right: He is from Texas.

Rotation

Lyle Lovett is smart, funny and wears Armani. That's right: He is from Texas.

9/9/09: Songs With a Certain Number in the Title

​As Hair Balls pointed out, we've only got three more of these weird number/same number/same number days left this century after today. Such chronological repetition appeals to the hidden obsessive-compulsive in all of us, so join us as we wash our hands nine times, lock the door nine times, and l ... More >>

Guitar Zero: Crossing the Bar (or Barre)

If we were measuring Guitar God status by how enthusiastically my children responded to my playing, I'd already be somewhere between George Lynch and Chet Atkins. Unfortunately, six-string success isn't determined by infants giggling at their dad playing the "Peter Gunn Theme" at half speed, so to ... More >>

Charlie Louvin, Country Music Hall Of Famer, Dies At 83

​Country Music Hall of Fame member Charlie Louvin, who with his brother Ira ranked with Ralph and Carter Stanley as one of the greatest duos in bluegrass history, passed away overnight. Louvin, 83, had been receiving experimental treatment for pancreatic cancer. Nashville-based entertainment ... More >>

Last Night: The Black Angels At Fitzgerald's

Photos By Marc Brubaker​Rocks Off hopes that this observation is wrong, but we don't think that people give the Black Angels enough due credit as a Texas band, even though everything about them encapsulates the 50 years of Texas rock. The spookiness of everything Roky Erickson touched, the swi ... More >>