While many know him solely as the bassist in the Randy Rogers Band, Johnny Chops has established himself as a formidable...

Josh Ward is a testament to mom and pop stick-to-it-tiveness. He and his wife have pulled his career up from the bootstraps for 15 years....

It is impossible to take the rocket ride that Koe Wetzel has over the past three years and not come out a changed man. But, upon...

John Dempsy is one of the most underrated artists in our wide scene. He’s a multi-instrumentalist and can play anything with strings in...

Kylie Rae Harris is a natural singing and songwriting talent buoyed by the highs and lows of a life that have given her plenty of...

Bo Brumble is one of those artists that has a presence. It’s an easy one, but you notice him when he’s onstage and off. He’s...

Haley Cole has been stealing stages across the state and beyond for the past several years.  Buzz began heating up around Cole several...

Fresh perspectives are hard to come by in this music scene.  Sometimes it feels like it’s all been said and done, then you hear a young...

There are few artists I know as well as Josh Grider and Drew Kennedy. I’ve been lucky enough to have been a fan since their earliest...

Drew Kennedy has been a Galleywinter stalwart for 15 years. His affable humor, immense talent and welcoming nature have been integral in...

Peeling back the curtain is never easy for an artist. They always like to maintain the facade of cool. But, Wade Bowen has never shied...

Often when a band as formidable and accomplished as Uncle Lucius rides into the sunset, there’s a large gap that cannot be filled. Lead...

Jimmy Buffett is a songwriting savior for generations. Admittedly, as a youth my only connection with him was to the two radio standards...

Cut from the sonic cloth of Tom Waits, John Prine, Colter Wall and Bob Dylan, Ian Noe adds some Appalachian flavor to his music to make...

Rodney Crowell once famously wrote “I don’t drink as much as I used to, lately it just ain’t my style…”. As I approach midlife, I find...

Yep. One more post about Bowen Music Fest for 2019. Wade Bowen started all of this as an excuse to get together and play some golf with...

Wade Bowen is a music fan first and foremost. It’s the reason anyone picks up the pen or guitar in the first place. They find...

In the early spring of 2010, a friend of ours from Stillwater sent us a DM telling us to check out her friend’s band. They had just cut a...

One of the coolest things to emerge from the entire Texas/Red Dirt independent scene has been the notion of giving back in a grand way....

Ten years ago I was in the middle of my two decade stint as an annual LJT devotee. The one set not to be trifled with or missed during...