This Week in Texas Music HistorySep 8, 2026Sep 8, 2026 This Week In Texas Music History: Ballad of the Urban Cowboy by Jason Mellard, Center for Texas Music History at Texas State University This Week in Texas Music History, boy […]
This Week in Texas Music HistoryAug 31, 2026Aug 28, 2026 This Week In Texas Music History: ZZ Top takes over the UT Memorial Stadium This week, ZZ Top’s Texas-Sized Rompin’ Stompin’ Barndance and Bar B.Q.
This Week in Texas Music HistoryAug 24, 2026Aug 24, 2026 The Week In Texas Music History: Austin’s Inner Sanctum opens its doors A legendary record store opens near The University of Texas
This Week in Texas Music HistoryAug 20, 2026Aug 20, 2026 This Week In Texas Music History: a San Marcos jazz artist electrifies the musical world This week, jazz pioneer Eddie Duram is born in San Marcos, TX
This Week in Texas Music HistoryAug 19, 2026Aug 19, 2026 This Week In Texas Music History: Buck Owens, pioneer of the Bakersfield Sound, is born in Sherman, TX A country music pioneer is born
This Week in Texas Music HistoryAug 3, 2026Aug 3, 2026 This week in Texas music history: Austin punks descend on New York City The Skunks play CBGB
This Week in Texas Music HistoryJul 27, 2026Jul 27, 2026 This Week In Texas Music History: Jim Reeves leaves a lasting mark on the ‘Nashville Sound’ Meet the Texan behind the ‘Nashville Sound’
This Week in Texas Music HistoryJul 20, 2026Jul 20, 2026 This Week in Texas Music History: The King of Western Swing records four songs by legendary Texas songwriter Cindy Walker This week, an up and coming songwriter joins forces with Bob Wills
This Week in Texas Music HistoryJul 13, 2026Jul 13, 2026 This Week In Texas Music History: Stevie Ray Vaughan takes the Montreux Jazz Festival by storm Stevie Ray Vaughan heads to Switzerland, but it’s far from neutral ground.
This Week in Texas Music HistoryJul 9, 2026Jul 8, 2026 This Week In Texas Music History: Early country music icon Kathy Dell is born in South Texas This Week in Texas Music History, a singing cowgirl and country music trailblazer is born in South Texas.
This Week in Texas Music HistoryJul 8, 2026Jul 8, 2026 This Week In Texas Music History: A 1985 punk music festival gets grungy in Dripping Springs Austin’s punk rock scene collided with hippie utopianism on June 30, 1985, at the Woodshock Festival
This Week in Texas Music HistoryJun 18, 2026Jun 18, 2026 This Week In Texas Music History: Run DMC plays Liberty Lunch On Juneteenth, 1985, rap icons Run DMC performed at Liberty Lunch in Austin
This Week in Texas Music HistoryNov 26, 2025Nov 26, 2025 Pianist and composer Teddy Wilson born in Austin This week in texas music history, a key Billie Holiday and Benny Goodman collaborator gets his start in Central […]
This Week in Texas Music HistoryNov 14, 2025Nov 14, 2025 Big Hawk born in Houston This Week in Texas Music History, a Houston artist and key DJ Screw affiliate takes flight.
This Week in Texas Music HistoryNov 3, 2025 This Week in Texas Music History: post-punk Brits help launch Austin’s home of 80s New Wave ***This Week in Texas Music History is brought to you by Brane Audio*** By Jason Mellard from the Center for […]
This Week in Texas Music HistoryOct 28, 2025Oct 28, 2025 This Week in Texas Music History: Jim Franklin’s Annual Pumkin Stomp This Week in Texas Music History, an artist starts a Halloween tradition, and mayhem ensues.
This Week in Texas Music HistoryOct 22, 2025Oct 22, 2025 This Week in Texas Music History: Jazz Icon Alphonso Trent Born This Week in Texas Music History, a jazz artist starts the long road to bebop from a Dallas hotel.
Texas Standard, This Week in Texas Music HistoryOct 13, 2025Oct 15, 2025 This Week in Texas Music History: a Texas legend plays his ace in the hole at Cheatham Street Warehouse On October 13, 1975, George Strait and the Ace in the Hole Band played their first show at Cheatham […]
This Week in Texas Music HistoryOct 8, 2025Oct 8, 2025 This Week in Texas Music History Fats Domino, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, and the Everly Brothers at the City Coliseum On October 7, 1957, Austin’s City Coliseum hosted the Irving Field package tour featuring Buddy Holly, Fats Domino, Chuck […]
This Week in Texas Music HistorySep 30, 2025Oct 3, 2025 This Week in Texas Music History, we settle down home with a Dallas blues singer On September 30, 1935, blues singer Arzell “Z. Z.” Hill was born in Naples in northeast Texas.
This Week in Texas Music HistorySep 23, 2025Sep 24, 2025 This Week in Texas Music History, we meet an opera singer who’ll knock your boots off On September 22, 1920, opera singer Josephine Lucchese made her stage debut
This Week in Texas Music HistorySep 16, 2025Sep 16, 2025 This Week in Texas Music History: A UT Folk Singer Who Helped Launch Psychedelia On September 18, 1940, psychedelic rock pioneer Powell St. John was born in Houston, and he grew up along […]
This Week in Texas Music HistorySep 9, 2025Sep 16, 2025 This Week in Texas Music History: A giant of boogie-woogie sets the stage for Rock ‘n’ Roll On September 12, 1946, blues piano player Amos Milburn made his first recording for Aladdin Records
This Week in Texas Music HistorySep 2, 2025Sep 3, 2025 This Week in Texas Music History a Texas Rockabilly Who Never Got Got Her Due On September 2, 1929, Charline Arthur was born in a railroad boxcar in Henrietta, Texas
