THE TEXAS TORNADO
San Antonio Current 11/18/2009
Then I saw the Texas Tornados live in LA in the early ’90s, my group of friends and I really went to see Flaco Jiménez, but we all fell for Doug Sahm. If Augie Meyers’s organ was the backbone of the Tornados, Freddy Fender’s voice its sweetness, and Flaco’s accordion its heart, Sahm was the band’s ...
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Texas Governor Candidate Kinky Friedman played BB King's
Brooklyn Vegan 11/18/2009
Since the early 1980s, self-styled Texas Jewboy Kinky Friedman has drawn the most attention as a crime fiction scribe, smearing the division between reality and fantasy, laughs and tension. In the last four years, he's also been raising his political profile to the point where The Kinkster just migh...
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Canadian Ragweed crosses with Seth James
Daily Egyptian 11/17/2009
Cross Canadian Ragweed has been making music for more than 15 years. The band has been recording and touring, gaining new fans with each show and record. The band will take the stage at the Copper Dragon Brewing Company today at 9 p.m. along with Texas singer-songwriter Seth James as its opener. ...
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Country Crooner Serenades the State
Cornell Daily Sun 11/16/2009
Throughout my childhood, I spent an undeterminable amount of time driving from here to there in my father’s forest green Ford Explorer. It was during this time that my musical preferences first began to take shape, as my dad had a static selection of albums that I was forced to listen to time and ti...
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Wilco Confirmed For 2010 End Of The Road Festival
beatcrave.com 11/16/2009
Looks as if Wilco have no problem planning ahead. Like September 2010 ahead. The band are now confirmed as the headliners for the 2010 edition of the End of the Road Festival. And guess what? Tickets for the 3-day event are already ...
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Harris adds star power to help project
Deseret News 11/16/2009
It's been a busy year for award-winning singer/songwriter/activist Emmylou Harris....
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Busy Kinky takes time out for music
Philadelphia Inquirer 11/13/2009
It's time to take the barbed Richard "Kinky" Friedman seriously. Yes, the Texas Jewish country singer who shared the politically incorrect sentiments of "Get Your Biscuits in the Oven and Your Buns in the Bed" and "They Ain't Making Jews Like Jesus Anymore" with the world; the author of 20-plus sil...
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Lovett is a Texas star whose star is big and bright
Kingston Daily Freeman 11/13/2009
Four-Grammy winner Lyle Lovett and his Large Band will bring a bit of Texas to the Ulster Per-forming Arts Center in Kingston on Sunday. Not only does the singer-songwriter live in Texas — a place northwest of Houston called Klein, where he was born — his album “Natural Forces,” (Lost Highway), rel...
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Cheatham Street ‘Music Marathon’ Saturday
San Marcos Record 11/12/2009
San Marcos — It’s all about the future. That’s how Kent Finlay describes Saturday’s marathon 12 hours of country music at his Cheatham Street Warehouse. Sponsored by Momar Music of San Antonio, the marathon kicks off at 2 p.m. and won’t end until 2 p.m. In addition to a lineup of more than 15 band...
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Q&A with Micky Braun of Micky and the Motorcars
Denver Westword 11/12/2009
Micky and the Motorcars, led by Micky Braun, bring their rowdy brand of country rock to the Grizzly Rose tomorrow night. On the surface, the young Texas band's success might appear to have come relatively easy but ask any hardcore Micky and the Motorcars fan and they'll point out every small town be...
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Chris Hillman at Edwards Barn in Nipomo, Calif.
Los Angeles Times 11/9/2009
At a church fundraiser in Central California on Saturday night, the musician who made a name for himself in the 1960s with the Byrds shows he still has a lot of good music in him. Reporting from Nipomo, Calif. - Just a week after several of the highest-profile members of the Rock and Roll Hall of F...
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With a voice 'like a 78 rpm record' American Music Masters honoree Janis Joplin
The Plain Dealer 11/8/2009
Janis Joplin, circa 1969. "Her impact on artists who are still on the scene today, her skill as a vocalist and her deep knowledge and use of roots music put her at the forefront," says Lauren Onkey, the Rock Hall's vice president of education and public programs....
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Rock Picks
News Observer 11/6/2009
Guys holler in bars all the time and they're rarely worth paying attention to, but Scott Miller is the rare exception. The former V-Roys frontman is a decade into a solo career that has seen him far surpass his former band's heights, making a series of ...
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Tom Russell Prepares for a Busy Week
Texas Music Journal 11/6/2009
Texas music legend Tom Russell will be busy in the next week. His tour dates will take him from New Mexico to Dallas, and finally to Houston and San Antonio....
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WADE BOWEN GEARS UP FOR “LIVE AT BILLY BOB’S” ALBUM AND DVD ON NOV. 21, 2009
Rodeo Attitude 11/5/2009
Award winning singer/songwriter WADE BOWEN is heading to the world famous Billy Bob’s Texas to record his highly anticipated cd/dvd compilation - “Live at Billy Bob’s.” Bowen and his band will head to Ft. Worth on Nov. 21 to document the evening of amazing music for their fans....
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Keen in ‘comfort zone’ with singer-songwriter show
Quad City Times 11/5/2009
After playing onstage with his band for about 15 years, Robert Earl Keen wasn't too hot on the idea of a solo acoustic act. "I used to call it the 'yuk yuk, pluck pluck show,' " the Americana singing-songwriting pioneer said....
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Band of Heathens have 'One Foot' in a promising future
The Daily Times 11/5/2009
Being classified as an Americana act has both ups and downs, according to Band of Heathens singer/multi-instrumentalist Gordy Quist. On one hand, it's a broad enough term that it encompasses everything the group wants to accomplish with its music. On the other, however, it's been used so much that ...
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Hear It, Lovett
New Haven Advocate 11/5/2009
The constant high praise heaped on Lyle Lovett might lead one to believe the Texas singer/songwriter has become jaded. One would be very mistaken....
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Reba McEntire & George Strait Tour!
The Post Chronicle 11/4/2009
Reba McEntire & George Strait did such a good job singing together and bringing in the fans at the opening of the new NFL Cowboys stadium that they are going on tour together for 2009!...
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Country singer also a Guinness world record holder
Mankato Free Press 11/4/2009
Most musician biographies include the usual tidbits: number of albums sold, latest singles released, when they got their first record deals, and so on. Country star Jack Ingram’s had all of those things, of course, but then there were a couple of extra intriguing nuggets. For instance, Ingram curre...
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Guy Clark: A Folk Icon Looks Forward
npr.com 11/4/2009
For more than 35 years, legendary songwriter Guy Clark has been a national folk icon. His songs are largely narrative, inspired by the storytelling poems of Robert Frost and Stephen Vincent Benet....
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Kinky: 'I don't want any toll roads in Texas'
Dallas Morning News 11/4/2009
Kinky Friedman has a way of saying what's on his mind, and you usually come away without any confusion, at least not about what he believes. ...
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Robert Earl Keen's Latest Release Tops Americana Charts
Country Hound 11/4/2009
Robert Earl Keen's album "The Rose Hotel" reached the top spot on the AMA Americana Radio Airplay chart Monday. His first studio album in four years, Keen has been supporting the album with an appearance on Imus in the Morning and an acoustic tour with Todd Snider and Bruce Robinson. He will continu...
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West Seattle Filmmaker to screen new ZZ Top documentary
West Seattle Herald 11/2/2009
West Seattle Filmmaker Jamie Chamberlin’s second ZZ Top documentary was released Oct. 20. The 2-DVD set, “Double Down Live,” features the legendary band performing live, peppered with behind-the-scenes footage...
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Q&A: Country artist Pat Green on Cracker Barrel and awkward bathroom convo
Sun Sentinel 11/2/2009
He spent the early part of his music career barnstorming college campuses across the country spreading his Texas-inspired lyrics to the student masses....
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Lee Ann Womack Takes 'Noble' Turn in New Film
www.theboot.com 11/2/2009
Lee Ann Womack fans know they can hear her on the radio, and they're accustomed to seeing her on TV screens occasionally. But as of the past weekend, Lee Ann is also on the big screen....
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Kinky makes case for governor
Odessa American 11/1/2009
Kinky Friedman says that it’s time to stop telling one of his favorite jokes — that he’s too young for Medicare and too old for women too care....
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Review: Lyle Lovett at the Norton Center
www.Kentucky.com 10/30/2009
“I remember some of you folks,” uttered Lyle Lovett after one of his signature tunes, Here I Am, served as a reintroduction last night at the Norton Center for the Arts....
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Green expands horizons with newest album
Galveston Daily News 10/30/2009
The last few years for Pat Green have been about trying new things and new perspectives. The country singer, who built his following largely on the hallowed floorboards of Texas dance halls without a major record deal, recently signed with a Nashville label and stepped farther into the role of husb...
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Aaron Watson to be featured on HLN
rodeoattitude.com 10/29/2009
Having ten albums now under his belt, most recently his live CD/DVD Deep In The Heart Of Texas: Aaron Watson LIVE, the 31 year old Watson is constantly hard at work writing, recording and producing the true country music that his ever expanding fan base craves. The long and challenging road of his c...
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Trio of Texas songwriters ride into Water Street Music Hall
www.DemocratAndChronicle.com 10/29/2009
It was fellow Texan Steve Earle who talked Robert Earl Keen into moving to Nashville to become an important songwriter in the '80s, back when Texans were all the rage. ...
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THE BAND OF HEATHENS TO APPEAR ON PBS’ AUSTIN CITY LIMITS ON BILL WITH ELVIS COS
pr-inside.com 10/29/2009
The Band of Heathens, whose new album One Foot in the Ether the web ’zine AmericanaRoots.com ponders as “the best record of 2009,” will appear on PBS’ Austin City Limits on November 7 on a bill headlined ...
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Billy Joe Shaver to play McDavid Studio
star-telegram.com 10/28/2009
It’s not just that Billy Joe Shaver is acknowledged as one of the best country singers to work his craft in Texas that makes this Fort Worth concert notable. It’s that Shaver remains one of the most vital creative links to the birth ...
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AMERICANA: Robert Earl Keen
rochestercitynewspaper.com 10/28/2009
It amazes me that we can actually see songwriters like Robert Earl Keen. Keen's songs are full of colorful character and a rich narrative that contains no ego or pretense. He takes a backseat to his songs and their stories even though they are, in many cases, his own. The unsung, the mundane, the od...
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Texas is always on Lyle Lovett's mind
Lexington Herald-Leader 10/25/2009
It is record-release day for Lyle Lovett, a Tuesday when his 14th album, Natural Forces, is being unleashed on the world. Typically, such an occasion becomes the apex of a promotional push, a day loaded with TV appearances, performances and any number of exercises to capitalize on what is, in essen...
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Talking horses and horse sense with Lyle Lovett
tallahassee.com 10/23/2009
He likes to talk about fellow Texas songwriters, making movies with Robert Altman and playing the music on his new CD, "Natural Forces," but his voice really perks up and takes on a different tone when the subject turns to horses. Lovett, who owns a breeding ranch and more quarter horses "than I can...
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Bingham had to clear life’s hurdles
www.2theAdvocate.com 10/23/2009
As much as a traveling musician can, Ryan Bingham, a 28-year-old new addition to the Texas singer-songwriter tradition, has a home. His permanent address in Topanga Canyon, Calif., is the first place he’s settled since his mid-teens....
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CD Review: Brandon Jenkins "Brothers of the Dirt”
www.NewsOK.com 10/23/2009
Brandon Jenkins, a singer/songwriter/guitarist based in Austin, Texas, orchestrates a tuneful communion of top red dirt/Texas music talents for his new album, "Brothers of the Dirt.” Cody Canada, Randy Rogers and Stoney LaRue are among the musical brethren who partner with Jenkins on the record. No...
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Asleep at the Wheel aims to entertain
Stillwater NewsPress 10/22/2009
Economy got you down? Dog ate your homework? Lost that lottery ticket? No matter the ailment, Asleep At The Wheel has the antidote. At 8 p.m. today, the famed group responsible for some of the best in western swing music is scheduled to perform at the Stillwater Community Center, 315 West Eighth Av...
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Band of Heathens headlining at Schroeder Hall Saturday
victoriaadvocate.com 10/21/2009
Band of Heathens isn't your typical band. From how they formed to how they operate to even how they got their name has been a fluke, albeit a happy fluke indeed. ...
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Stars of Texas Music Legacy Series presents free concert
newstreamz.com 10/20/2009
The Stars of Texas Music Legacy Series will feature Austin-based artists Band of Heathens and The Trishas for a concert at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Glade Outdoor Theatre on the Texas State campus. The event is free and open to the public....
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Lyle Lovett's latest: A force of nature
Buffalo News 10/20/2009
Lyle Lovett has long come across as the nice guy who finished last. He's the dude who, against all odds, got the beautiful girl, then promptly lost her to some better-looking, wealthier other man. So Lovett sighs, sucks it up, writes some songs about it and moves on down the line. ...
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Miranda Lambert dazzles with scorching sincerity at State Fair concert
Dallas Morning News 10/18/2009
Miranda Lambert is an incendiary country-rocker, a female version of Steve Earle sans the drugs and tattoos. But then the Lindale singer-songwriter turns vulnerable, bravely exposing deeply emotional edges. ...
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Jason Boland Block Party: After Tech Game
lubbockonline.com 10/17/2009
Bash Riprocks is putting on a Block Party 'Outdoor Concert' next Saturday Oct 24th featuring Jason Boland & The Stragglers. Other bands playing are the Boxcar Bandits, The Justin Ford Band and the Seth Savage Band. The concert starts immediately after the Tech/A&M game and will go till 1:30am...
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Ryan Bingham goes from bull riding to song writing
North Carolina News-Observer 10/16/2009
If you dialed up central casting and asked for someone who could pass for a rodeo cowboy, they'd send over someone who looks just like Ryan Bingham -- young and charismatic, in a weather-beaten sort of way, with a voice that make his exploits sound true-to-life. Funny thing, though, a rodeo cowboy i...
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Get to know: Asylum Street Spankers
Times Union 10/15/2009
Sound: Humming, hooting and hollering Western-gospel roots -- complete with washboard.Claim to fame: The Spankers are considered some of the best live roots musicians in the country ...
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Legacy Recordings Announces Digital Releases for Fall 2009
PR Newswire 10/15/2009
Before his untimely passing at the age of 52 on New Year's Day 1997, the underrated singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt laid down a series of intense home demo versions of his most familiar and iconic songs...
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Tom Russell knows about music and painting -- and criminology
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 10/15/2009
For the first CD of the second part of his career, Tom Russell has gone back 40 years for some of the memories and images that bring to life the striking songs on “Blood and Candle Smoke.”...
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SNEAK PEEK: Smokin' In The Park
The Daily Aztec 10/15/2009
Times are always tough for college students. The constant struggle of finding events that offer an array of sights and sounds, without coughing up cash is almost extinct. Well, almost. ...
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Easy as 1, 2, 3
The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram 10/15/2009
Friday: When Los Lonely Boys scored a massive radio hit with "Heaven" in 2004, it didn't take long for Jojo Garza and his two brothers to get a little tired of being called "an overnight success."...
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Live review: Steve Earle at the Troubadour
Los Angeles Times 10/11/2009
The alt-country singer-songwriter pays tribute to his youthful hero-turned-mentor in a set heavy on Townes Van Zandt's keenly observed tales of life's wanderers and truth seekers....
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Duo combines comedy, melody
Salt Lake Tribune 10/10/2009
Saturday's concert at Kingsbury Hall provided the all-too-rare opportunity to see two of the sharpest American alt-mainstream singer-songwriters around, Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt, swap stories and songs while giving insight to what makes them who they are. ...
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R.I.P. Original Austin Cosmic Cowboy Rusty Weir
Houston Press 10/9/2009
Texas music legend Rusty Wier has passed away according to a post from North Texas disc jockey Shayne Hollinger on the Galleywinter Texas music chat site....
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Bart Crow releases 'Heartworn Tragedy'
Wichita Falls Times-Record News 10/9/2009
Even tough guys have tender stories to tell, including Bart Crow. On Crow’s latest CD, “Heartworn Tragedy,” the Texas rocker says, “I bared it all on this record. I opened my heart, exposed my family’s tragedies, and when it was done, I had nothing else to give.”...
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Band of Heathens, Trishas featured in Music Legacy Series concert
San Marcos Mercury 10/8/2009
The Stars of Texas Music Legacy Series will be featuring the Band of Heathens as well as the Trishas for a free concert 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20 at the Glade outdoor theatre on the Texas State University campus....
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