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by Brewing America | Jul 31, 2020 | All, charley crockett, Country Music, Music, rio grande valley, Texas Music, Welcome to Hard Times | 0 |
Certain details tend to get repeated over and over about Charley Crockett’s life: that the musician is a descendent of Davy, the complicated frontiersman; that he began his musical education in a Los Fresnos trailer park and...
Read Moreby Brewing America | Jul 21, 2020 | All, Country Music, Gaslighter, Music, Natalie Maines, Texas Music, The Chicks | 0 |
Gaslighter, the new album from the Chicks, seems to be so ruthlessly honest about the end of Natalie Maines and (now ex-husband) Adrian Pasdar’s marriage that it might as well have been entitled F**k you, Adrian. The Chicks...
Read Moreby Brewing America | Jul 21, 2020 | All, BBQ, Country Music, gentrification, Music, News, Race, Sam's BBQ | 0 |
Brian Mays, the friendly owner of Sam’s BBQ, is used to people showing up at his legendary East Austin restaurant to snap photos. Inside, the restaurant is an Austin time capsule: the walls are plastered with yellowing...
Read Moreby Brewing America | Jun 23, 2020 | All, coronavirus, Country Music, Dolly Parton, Essay, Music, The Culture, willie nelson | 0 |
This spring, I learned more about Willie Nelson than I ever wanted to know. Over the 22 years I’ve lived in Texas, four of them spent working at Texas Monthly, I’ve only heard snatches of song titles and lyrics. It’s not that I...
Read Moreby Brewing America | May 16, 2020 | All, Brady, Country Music, Hill Country, Music, Texas Music, The Heart of Texas, Tracy Pitcox, willie nelson | 0 |
On a fall evening in Brady, a town with about 5,300 people tucked in the Texas Hill Country, Tracy Pitcox helms the control board at the local station KNEL-FM 95.3, airing his Hillbilly Hits radio program. Barely an hour into...
Read Moreby Brewing America | May 14, 2020 | All, Country Music, Jess Williamson, Music, Texas Music, The Culture | 0 |
Jess Williamson is slowly making her way back home—if not in person, then certainly through her music. The Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter was born and raised in the Dallas suburb of Flower Mound, where she rebelled against...
Read Moreby Brewing America | Apr 29, 2020 | All, Country Music, Music, The Culture, willie nelson | 0 |
View Original PostThe post All 143 Willie Nelson Albums, Ranked appeared first on Texas Monthly.
Read Moreby Brewing America | Mar 23, 2020 | All, Country Music, Dolly Parton, houston, Kenny Rogers, Mickey Newbury, Music, Texas Music | 0 |
In 2013, Kenny Rogers told Texas Monthly: “I’m a Texan. That’s not something you can ever just set aside.” The country music superstar, who died Friday at age 81, grew up on the outskirts of the Fourth Ward in Houston, an...
Read Moreby Brewing America | Mar 21, 2020 | All, Country Music, houston, Kenny Rogers, Music | 0 |
Kenny Rogers, who died yesterday in Georgia at the age of 81, will always be known as a country singer—one who sold more than 150 million albums over a 65-year career. But before the Texan found success as a mainstream country...
Read Moreby Brewing America | Mar 19, 2020 | All, coronavirus, Country Music, Livestreaming, Luck Reunion, Music, willie nelson | 0 |
All news right now is related to the coronavirus. These days, conversations with friends tend to start with something like, “How are you holding up?” instead of “What are you up to?” Everybody knows what everybody is up to;...
Read Moreby Brewing America | Mar 5, 2020 | All, Country Music, dallas, Dixie Chicks, Gaslighter, Music, Natalie Maines | 0 |
On Wednesday morning, the Dixie Chicks returned with their first new single since 2006. The song, “Gaslighter,” touches on many of the elements that made the band superstars: gorgeous harmonies, earworm melodies, and lyrics that...
Read Moreby Brewing America | Jan 23, 2020 | All, Art, Austin music, Country Music, Dolly Parton, Felt, Jane Sanders, Modern Rocks, Music, Textile art, willie nelson | 0 |
There are few faces quite like Willie Nelson‘s. He’s not just weathered—Willie bears a face that’s lived a whole lot of life. Amazing photographs have captured distinctive details within his face (might we recommend Chris Buck’s...
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