A huge win for women and traditional country music, indeed. This week, Ella Langley made history with her smash hit single "Choosin' Texas," as it reached the #1 spot on on the Billboard Hot 100 chart ...

The torrents of feverish psychedelic noise India Tigers In Texas regularly conjure onstage are still no match for the derecho ...

As “Choosin’ Texas” battles for No. 1 on Billboard, Ella Langley is also gearing up for a major Austin stop at Moody Center.

More than two hours into a sold-out concert at Austin’s Paramount Theatre last week, a tall, graceful woman strolled onto ...

Rooted in the Mississippi Delta, the blues sprang from spiritual music and field hollers, spinning a cultural thread that followed the Great Black Migration from South to North.

Billy F. Gibbons is a rock ‘n’ roll lifer, which comes as no news to fans of ZZ Top, the Texas blues trio he’s fronted since ...

Texas singer-songwriter Dylan Gossett’s career so far has been defined by songs about navigating the grind and working to overcome pressure. As 2025 winds down, he’s succeeded at both. Gossett, at ...

Texas has never really done Christmas the traditional way. Some years the state is freezing, some years it’s closer to shorts and T-shirt weather, and the music is just as unpredictable. If you love ...

At some point, from now until Jesus Christ's birthday, you will hear the song "Merry Christmas, Baby." Or maybe you'll be lucky enough to get the original, performed by Johnny Moore's Three Blazers, ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Some musicians fall into the blues. Sue Foley had a calling. “It spoke to my soul, my spirit,” the Canadian-born Austinite said last month during a phone call to talk about headlining Tucson’s 2025 ...

The Delta stretches across northwestern Mississippi like a big fallen leaf, tucked between two rivers. It spans 220 miles north to south and, at its widest, 87 miles east to west. How can so many ...