Oftentimes in the scene of music we cover here and in the macro Americana scene, the songwriter portion of singer/songwriter can often...

Just like eating junk food is bad for your body, listening to junk music is bad for your brain and soul.  It’s a simple premise, but just...

The final installment of my attempt to categorize and chronicle the signature songs of our music scene can be found below.  This has been...

After nearly 20 years of attending and reveling in the April tradition that is Larry Joe Taylor’s Texas Music Fest, I was excited to take...

My mission to archive and chronicle the quintessential and signature songs of Texas/Red Dirt Americana continues with Volume 3 as we dive...

Volume 2 (G-L) of the signature song from just about every artist to ever touch this scene in some way is below.  For a full description...

I once made a Spotify playlist that featured a few of my favorite songs from each of my favorite Texas/Red Dirt/Americana/OKOM artists....

The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you’re uncool.  Lester Bangs said that.  It was...

When on an uncharted journey it is not uncommon to get lost and led astray.  Following beacons and misguided navigational points that...

Over the past 17 years, Randy Rogers Band has cranked out some of the most memorable and standard bearing songs of the Texas/Red Dirt...

My good friend Rita Ballou has recently been beating the drum about an issue that is minor among the most pressing facing our cottage...

Ever since he arrived at the directorship of the Texas Music Office, Brendon Anthony has been creating new and innovative ways to support...

(photo credit: Mark Abernathy) GEORGE REIFF GO FUNDME George has been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer- in his brain, liver, adrenal...

The paint was fresh, but the building was ramshackle and the previous home to a furniture store. One one side sat an Office Depot. On the...

With the madness of Greenfest, there wasn’t time for a full 20 Questions interview with Cleto Cordero of the fast rising band Flatland...

-The river level and population was just about perfect.  Floated several times and the flow was ideal. -Met many new, cool people this...

It’s that time again. The festival of the summer. The music family reunion. Meet up. Turn it up. Greenfest 16. #gf16 Saturday, July 23...

In this day and age of modern music the Kickstarter method of raising funds to make records is very common.  That concept is becoming so...

The Cleto Cordero-fronted outfit known as Flatland Cavalry has been bouncing on the buzz bubble of the Panhandle for some time.  Last...