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  The Next Waltz: Bruce Robison Goes Back To The Basics In The Studio

  October 1 at 4 a.m.

  Waylon Jennings wisely sings about the benefits of “going back to the basics of love “ in “Luckenbach,” though he may have been crooning to a love interest, the advice can also apply to life in general. Bruce Robison has recently launched a platform based on going back to the...

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  From Downey To Lubbock: The Long And Shared Journey Of Dave Alvin And Jimmie Dale Gilmore

  September 23 at 5 a.m.

  Every Houstonian knows the sounds of a heavy storm, especially after last week's visit from Imelda. Elements in nature feed off of each other to create perfect storms. Last years, From Downey To Lubbock, a collaboration between Texas Flatlander, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and California Blaster, Dave Alvin, melted natural elements...

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  Carrie Underwood Is In Command At Toyota Center

  September 22 at 6:34 a.m.

  Carrie Underwood, Maddie & Tae, Runaway June September 21, 2019 Toyota Center It took me a second to remember Carrie Underwood won American Idol. In fairness, there's a lot about that show I've forgotten, whether inadvertently (age) or deliberately (booze). But Underwood's blockbuster post-Idol success has vaulted her into rarefied air...

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  Brooklyn Twang: Luba Dvorak Delivers Quality Honky Tonk On American Sin

  September 10 at 11:47 a.m.

  Sometimes two words just go together, whether the connection can be explained or not, they just roll off the tongue and evoke a feeling. Honky and tonk are two such words, they may not mean much separately, but together they instantly make mouths water for a cold beer and fill...

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  The Wittliff Collections Save Texas Music History for the Ages...and the Public

  September 6 at 4 a.m.

  In the spring of 1956, 16-year-old William Dale Wittliff from Blanco, Texas decided that he really, really wanted to see a hot young singer named Elvis Presley who was giving a show at San Antonio’s Municipal Auditorium. So he and two buddies got in a car with Wittliff at the...

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  Radney Foster Gets Political - In Prose and Song

  September 3 at 4 a.m.

  At the Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, there are plenty of artifacts and exhibits that trace the life and music, art, writings, and political/social activism of the “This Land is Your Land” author. And there’s space for his many musical descendants as well. But while Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen,...