This Week in Texas Music HistoryAug 26, 2025Sep 2, 2025 This Week in Texas Music History We Celebrate a Stylish, Modern Conjunto Artist This Week in Texas Music History We celebrate a stylish, Modern Conjunto Artist Jimmy Garcia of Los Hermanos Garcia
This Week in Texas Music HistoryAug 19, 2025Aug 19, 2025 A Cowboy From Hell Rides Out of Arlington This Week in Texas Music History, metal legend Dimebag Darrell, was born in Grand Prairie, Texas
This Week in Texas Music HistoryAug 12, 2025Aug 12, 2025 Melvin “Lil’ Son” Jackson is Born This Week in Texas Music History, a guitarist follows in Lightnin’ Hopkins’ footsteps, from Texas to California and back […]
This Week in Texas Music HistoryAug 5, 2025Aug 5, 2025 The Big Bopper Records “Chantilly Lace.” One half of a Beaumont man’s phone call storms the charts. On August 4, 1958, rockabilly pioneer the Big […]
This Week in Texas Music HistoryJul 29, 2025Jul 31, 2025 The Pianist Who Brought the Swing to the Texas Playboys. In August 1935, Western swing icon Bob Wills invited piano player Al Stricklin to join his band.
This Week in Texas Music HistoryJul 22, 2025Jul 31, 2025 The Texas Nightingale Takes flight On July 26, 1923, blues singer Maggie Jones cut her first record with the label Black Swan, one of […]
This Week in Texas Music HistoryJul 15, 2025Jul 15, 2025 Texas Blues Finds its Home at Antone’s This Week in Texas Music History Clifford Antone opens Antone’s Home of the Blues
This Week in Texas Music HistoryJul 1, 2025Jul 1, 2025 Hail the first accordion king of South Texas. This Week in Texas Music History the “Monarch of the Accordion” Pedro Ayala is born.
This Week in Texas Music HistoryJun 25, 2025Jun 25, 2025 Gregorio Cortez captured This Week in Texas Music History, we meet a fugitive who inspired folk songs in his own lifetime and […]
This Week in Texas Music HistoryJun 20, 2025Jun 20, 2025 The Swan Song of an American Music Legend In 1949 Huddie Ledbetter, known as Lead Belly, performed his final public concert at the University of Texas Hogg […]
This Week in Texas Music HistoryJun 10, 2025Jun 10, 2025 Central Texas meets Central Europe in one of the more colorful corners of Western Swing This Week in Texas Music History, Western Swing Pioneer Adolph Hofner is born
This Week in Texas Music HistoryJun 5, 2025Jun 5, 2025 Charlie Sexton joins Bob Dylan’s Band On June 5, 1999, Austin guitarist Charlie Sexton joined Bob Dylan’s band.
This Week in Texas Music HistoryMay 27, 2025May 27, 2025 Black Angels revive Austin’s psychedelic origins The psychedelic revival finds its guardian angels in a dive bar.
This Week in Texas Music HistoryMay 20, 2025May 22, 2025 Kerrville Folk Festival Finds a home at Quiet Valley Ranch An esteemed folk festival sets down roots in the Hill Country.
This Week in Texas Music HistoryMay 13, 2025May 13, 2025 Leon Payne at Texas School for the Blind This Week in Texas Music History, a classically trained honky-tonk hero rambles around and rolls along that lost highway.
This Week in Texas Music HistoryMay 7, 2025May 8, 2025 Galveston choir director brings gospel music to the Civil Rights Movement On May 6, 1948, vocalist and choir director Elizabeth Coleman performed the gospel standard “Climbing Jacob’s Ladder” for an […]
This Week in Texas Music HistoryApr 30, 2025Apr 30, 2025 End of an Ear Opens This Week in Texas Music History is brought to you by Brane Audio! By Jason Mellard from the Center […]
This Week in Texas Music HistoryApr 22, 2025Apr 22, 2025 Emo’s Opens On April 24, 1992, local punk trio Jesus Christ Superfly took the stage in an old brick building at […]
This Week in Texas Music HistoryApr 15, 2025Apr 16, 2025 Western Swing’s Founding Father Milton Brown Dies in Crash Outside Ft. Worth This Week in Texas Music History, we lost a Western swing founding father almost as soon as the genre […]
This Week in Texas Music HistoryApr 7, 2025Apr 7, 2025 Arnaldo Ramírez is Born This Week in Texas Music History, we hear how one man helped the South Texas record industry take flight. […]
This Week in Texas Music HistoryMar 31, 2025Mar 31, 2025 Billy Bob’s Opens in Fort Worth, Texas This Week in Texas Music History, the world’s largest honky-tonk opens its doors.
This Week in Texas Music HistoryMar 24, 2025Mar 24, 2025 Prince Albert Hunt Records For the First Time in San Antonio This Week in Texas Music History, early record scouts capture a Mount Rushmore of roots music in San Antonio.
National Portrait Gallery London This Week in Texas Music HistoryMar 17, 2025Mar 20, 2025 Buddy Tate first records with Count Basie, “Rock a Bye Basie” This Week in Texas Music History, a saxophone player from North Texas joins up with jazz royalty.
This Week in Texas Music HistoryMar 10, 2025Mar 10, 2025 The 1990 Austin Music Awards featuring performances from Daniel Johnston, Townes Van Zandt, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and more ***This Week In Texas Music History is supported by Brane Audio*** On March 14, 1990, Nanci Griffith, Townes Van […]
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