Briscoe Center This Week in Texas Music HistoryOct 27, 2026Oct 27, 2026 Vulcan Gas company opens as home to Austin’s counterculture This week, Austin psychedelia finds its home
This Week in Texas Music HistoryOct 20, 2026Oct 20, 2026 Lightnin’ Hopkins plays the Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin This Week in Texas Music History, lightning strikes twice at the Armadillo.
This Week in Texas Music HistoryOct 13, 2026Oct 16, 2026 Louis Armstrong inspires a civil rights leader from Austin This week in Texas music history
This Week in Texas Music HistoryOct 7, 2026Oct 7, 2026 This week in Texas music history, North Texas bluesman George Jones is born This week we meet the George Jones of Texas blues
This Week in Texas Music HistorySep 30, 2026Sep 30, 2026 Meet the original singing cowboy, Gene Autry This week in Texas music history…
This Week in Texas Music HistorySep 22, 2026Sep 22, 2026 Fort Worth jazz musicians make their mark in California This Week in Texas Music History, Fort Worth jazz royalty takes flight in California
This Week in Texas Music HistorySep 16, 2026Sep 16, 2026 Orquesta tejana takes shape with help from South Texas bandleader Juan Colorado This Week in Texas Music History, orquesta tejana bandleader Juan Colorado is born
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.
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