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Honky Tonkin' Daddy Johnny Falstaff Returns

Honky Tonkin' Daddy Johnny Falstaff Returns

Mike Barfield Comes Home. And He's Ready to Dance!

Mike Barfield Comes Home. And He's Ready to Dance!

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Saved By A Song: Mary Gauthier Dives Deep Into The Healing Power Of Music

By Gladys Fuentes
Jul 19, 2021

There is no real formula for writing a great song. For some artists, it comes through inexplicable, spontaneous bursts and others a constant stream of attempts, not all successful. Though there are countless books on the subject, songwriter Mary Gauthier’s recently released Saved By A Song: The Art And Healing...
The Urban Cowboys Ride Again: Mickey Gilley And Johnny Lee Resume Tour

By Gladys Fuentes
Jul 9, 2021

It is impossible to separate Country music legend Mickey Gilley from the hit film Urban Cowboy, which celebrated its fortieth anniversary last year. To celebrate the occasion, Gilley and his fellow Texas legend Johnny Lee set off to embark on another Urban Cowboy Reunion tour, except this one was cut...
Texas Magic: The Flatlanders Release Treasure Of Love

By Gladys Fuentes
Jul 5, 2021

If the past year has taught us anything at all it’s that we can always expect the unexpected to happen. For fans of the legendary Texas trio The Flatlanders, this year will bring a special treat in the form of a highly anticipated new album. Treasure of Love, due out...
The Real Deal: Charley Crockett Returns To Houston

By Gladys Fuentes
Jun 8, 2021

Some country artists sing songs and tell tall tales of their lives and the lives of others, creating a mythical cloud around their onstage personas. This is not the case with Charley Crockett who in his long career for a young man, has proved that he is the absolute definition...
Dub Miller Heads to Houston from the Hill Country

By Bob Ruggiero
May 20, 2021

When it’s time to place a call to Texas singer/songwriter/guitarist Dub Miller at the appointed interview time, a recording says that the number is unavailable. He quickly calls back about 30 seconds later, but wonders aloud if others calling him get the same message. “It could be Willie Nelson calling...
Troubadour Bob Bradshaw Leaves a Light On in New Record

By Bob Ruggiero
Apr 30, 2021

The world of the theater has a long history of traditions and superstitions (we’re thinking of you, “The Scottish Play”). But one that’s taken on more prominence and meaning during the pandemic is the story of “the Ghost Light.” Usually a single illuminated electric bulb at the top of a...
Waiting For The Rodeo: Whitney Rose Can Finally Bring Her Last Album To Life

By Gladys Fuentes
Apr 27, 2021

Just a year ago Canadian transplant and Austin sweetheart Whitney Rose was celebrating the release of her fourth album, We Still Go To Rodeos with a busy touring schedule opening up for Mavericks front man, Raul Malo when all things came to a halt, including rodeos. Rose herself was scheduled...
Richie Furay Still Deliverin' Country Rock After Fifty-Plus Years

By Bob Ruggiero
Mar 19, 2021

Located in West Hollywood on Santa Monica Boulevard, the Troubadour is not only one of the most storied live music nightclubs in the United States., but holds a crucial place in the development of California music in the 1960s and '70s. The Byrds, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Neil Diamond, Linda...
Houston's Max Flinn Releases Meant To Be

By Gladys Fuentes
Mar 12, 2021

Anything can happen in four years, just ask local singer-songwriter Max Flinn. It was four years ago that Flinn left his full time job at an oil and gas company, where he had job security and a clear upward trajectory in his career path, to pursue music full time. In...
Jason Ringenberg is on a Rhinestoned High

By Bob Ruggiero
Feb 26, 2021

While the pandemic has dealt a crippling blow to the live performance industry, many artists have taken advantage of the forced downtime to focus on writing and recording new music. Even if it means sharing and merging audio files online or cautiously returning to a studio with fewer bodies around...
Always On My Mind: Favorite Show Of 2020

By Gladys Fuentes
Dec 21, 2020

Remember live music? That feeling of being shoulder to shoulder with strangers all experiencing something together, sharing a moment that can never be recreated. As someone who used to seek out live music as often as possible, it is a feeling I miss tremendously. As 2020 began, just like many...
The Book of Chris Hillman and His Many Bands

By Bob Ruggiero
Dec 7, 2020

Throughout his nearly 60-year career in music, he’s flown high as a Byrd and a Burrito Brother. He’s served as a Squirrel Barker and a Golden State Boy. He left the train depot in Manassas on his way out west to pick a Desert Rose. And he’s been rightfully lauded...
Peter Guralnick Gets Lost in Profiles of Musical Giants

By Bob Ruggiero
Dec 3, 2020

Peter Guralnick didn’t set out to be a music journalist. The occupation didn’t really exist at the time when a combination of luck and bluster led the obsessive blues fan to interview a “rediscovered” Skip James in 1965 for a non-existent magazine assignment. His piece was eventually published, and it...
Dolly Parton Releases Coffee Table Book Songteller: My Life In Lyrics

By Gladys Fuentes
Dec 1, 2020

The year 2020 has been full of surprises but one of the most pleasant was a recent development in the race for a vaccine for COVID-19 when Moderna published its preliminary report on its progress and listed Dolly Parton as a major donor. Parton only learned that her donation helped...
Classic Rockers Firefall Drop First New Record in Two Decades

By Bob Ruggiero
Nov 30, 2020

It was, according to guitarist/singer Jock Bartley, not only one of the highlights of his musical career, but of his life. And it happened onstage at Liberty Hall here in Houston late in the evening of February 24, 1973. Bartley was playing just his second gig behind country rock pioneer...
Attitude Of Gratitude: Catching Up With Ray Wylie Hubbard Before He Returns To Houston

By Gladys Fuentes
Nov 12, 2020

As the music industry and live events adapt to the new norms and regulations during this ongoing pandemic, music venues in Houston are slowly bringing back live music. The Heights Theater is one of the city’s venues that have laid out a socially distanced plan to reopen their doors. Ray...
Austin City Limits Celebrates 50 Years of Asleep at the Wheel Live

By Bob Ruggiero
Oct 27, 2020

This year was supposed to be a busy one for Asleep at the Wheel. The western swing revivalists (who also skilled in several other genres) were set to embark on their 50th anniversary tour. A victory lap of sorts for singer/guitarist Ray Benson for reaching a milestone that few bands...
Nothing But The Truth: Bert Wills Releases New Album On Mort Records

By Gladys Fuentes
Sep 21, 2020

In October of 2019 Texas blues/country legend Bert Wills teamed up with his old friend and fellow Houston music legend Andy Bradley to record a sold out concert from the Galveston’s ETC Theater on the historic strand. The evening was filled with stories, music, fans and friends and proved the...
Charlie And The Regrets Release New Single "Prison Radio"

By Gladys Fuentes
Sep 3, 2020

Houston’s Pacifica Radio station, KPFT, often flies under the radar of many Houstonians but the station has a long and rich history of providing the city with unconventional and non-commercial news and music. It is often the only place on the dial to hear local bands and find out what...
Mary Chapin Carpenter's Evolution of Education

By Bob Ruggiero
Jul 23, 2020

Like all musicians in the Age of Coronavirus, singer/guitarist/songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter has been forced to alter her usual professional life. Instead of being on tour right now opening up for Sugarland or playing duo dates with Shawn Colvin and promoting her upcoming record The Dirt and the Stars, she’s...

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