Ronnie Milsap

In His Prine

The Meat Purveyors

Pain By Numbers (Bloodshot)

Press Picks

Pain By Numbers (Bloodshot)

"Think" Not

A Texas housewife/songwriter claims country hunk Collin Raye stole her song

Ronnie Milsap

A Texas housewife/songwriter claims country hunk Collin Raye stole her song

Pro Athlete Musicians

Athletes step off the field and into the studio

Save Our Houston Songs

A plea for monuments and musical preservation

Hello, Houston!

Noise breaks down the months of live music ahead

"Black Light/White Noise: Sound and Light in Contemporary Art."

Black or not, the artists showing at the CAMH are a talented group

Playbill

Black or not, the artists showing at the CAMH are a talented group

Defending the Dirty Thirty

And coping with Yankee slander

A Nashville Star Is Born

Former Richmond Strip denizen Sheila Marshall makes it all the way to Music City

Midtown Honky-tonkin'

Trains and the vintage sounds of the Swank Countrypolitans bring a time warp to the Continental Club

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo

Shine your boots and bust out your cowboy hat -- it's that rodeo time of year

Freddy Fender / Doug Sahm

Exitos en Español: The Spanish Side of Freddy Fender (Music Club) /The Roots of Doug Sahm, Son of San Antonio (Music Club)

World Class?

Houston can't join the ranks of other cities until it has an anthem of its own

The Quotable Bono

The loquacious Irishman is pathologically incapable of keeping his opinions to himself.

Midnight Flyer

Amber Digby, honky-tonk traditionalist, is a busy woman.

Last Night: Kid Rock At RodeoHouston

Photos by Marco Torres​Kid Rock Reliant Stadium March 14, 2011 First things first: Yes, Aftermath got to Reliant Stadium with plenty of time to spare Monday. One embarrassing screw-up per Rodeo season is more than enough, thank you very much. Besides, no way were we gonna miss Kid Rock's Rod ... More >>

Idol Beat: Detroit, Shlock City

​In spite of Idol Beat's absence last week (I was undergoing treatment for nose hemorrhoids), Fox's karaoke juggernaut steamrollered on, topping the ratings once again for Wednesday and Thursday night. Last week's casualty, MySpace's Karen Rodriguez, wasn't much of a surprise. I mean, the bili ... More >>

Odd Pairs: Ten Upcoming Nights of Music Bring Wild Variations

Photo by groovehouseTry to guess who's playing the same night as Toadies.​Diversity is a big deal in H-Town. In fact, our cultural diversity creates such a wide variety of musical styles, it is hard to figure out just what kind of music town we are. In places like Memphis, Nashville, Seattle a ... More >>

Wednesday Open Mike at Blanco's

The seating area next to the dance floor and stage. ​Guitarist Chet Akins, the Country Gentleman, would describe the Nashville sound by jingling some the change in his pocket and saying, "It's the sound of money." Mainstream country's lucrative turn toward pop in the late 1950s eventually blos ... More >>