FeaturesMay 13, 2013Oct 13, 2021 Leon Payne This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll follow a songwriter down country music’s “lost highway.”
FeaturesMay 6, 2013Oct 13, 2021 Barbara Smith Conrad This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll hear how the civil rights struggle took an operatic turn.
FeaturesApr 29, 2013Oct 13, 2021 Pappy O’Daniel This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll meet a salesman who rode the airwaves to the Governor’s Office.
FeaturesApr 22, 2013Oct 13, 2021 Z.Z. Hill This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll meet “the other Z.Z.” of Texas blues.
FeaturesApr 15, 2013Oct 13, 2021 Dolores Fariss This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll remember a band that waltzed into Austin music lore.
FeaturesApr 8, 2013Oct 13, 2021 Johnny Dollar This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll meet a rockabilly singer who always had a dollar to his name.
FeaturesApr 1, 2013Oct 13, 2021 Billy Bob’s This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll scoot our boots in the world’s biggest honky-tonk.
FeaturesMar 25, 2013Oct 13, 2021 Prince Albert Hunt This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll meet the crown prince of Dallas fiddlers.
FeaturesMar 18, 2013Oct 13, 2021 KEDA-AM This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll go on the air with a pioneer in Spanish-language radio.
FeaturesMar 11, 2013Oct 13, 2021 Harry James This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll meet a trumpet player whose career included some real twists and turns.
FeaturesMar 7, 2013Oct 13, 2021 Camilo Cantu This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll remember an influential accordion player who never recorded a note.
FeaturesMar 4, 2013Oct 13, 2021 Deguello This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll hear a performance that signaled certain death to its audience.
FeaturesFeb 25, 2013Oct 13, 2021 Elvis Presley at the Astrodome This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll recall when a superstar illuminated the Astrodome.
FeaturesFeb 18, 2013Oct 13, 2021 Jesse Ashlock This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll resin up the bow with one of Western swing’s jazziest fiddlers.
FeaturesFeb 11, 2013Oct 13, 2021 Maud Cuney Hare This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll learn about one of the state’s first African-American folklorists.
FeaturesFeb 4, 2013Oct 13, 2021 Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll meet the original “Gangster of Love.”
FeaturesJan 28, 2013Oct 13, 2021 Al Dexter This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll learn about a musical pioneer who drew inspiration from a barroom brawl.
FeaturesJan 21, 2013Oct 13, 2021 Texas Music Office This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll visit a place that puts the official state seal on the sounds […]
FeaturesJan 14, 2013Oct 13, 2021 A.O. Babel By the time of A.O. Babel’s death in 1896, his reputation as a piano playing cowboy had spread throughout […]
FeaturesJan 7, 2013Oct 13, 2021 Sex Pistols at the Longhorn Ballroom This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll learn about what happened when some imported Pistols went off in a […]
FeaturesDec 31, 2012Oct 13, 2021 Ventura Alonzo, Queen of the Accordion Ventura Alonzo was honored in 1996 with a mural in Houston’s Magnolia Park, a testament to her important role […]
FeaturesDec 24, 2012Oct 13, 2021 Sarg Records preserved Texas Music Although Sarg Records never earned much money, it helped document and preserve a broad range of musical styles found […]
FeaturesDec 17, 2012Oct 13, 2021 Domingo Peña, the TV host who entertained, educated From 1964 to 1981, Domingo Peña’s Show was one of the most popular television programs in South Texas.
FeaturesDec 10, 2012Oct 13, 2021 UNT College of Music, first to offer Jazz degree In 1947, UNT became the first university in the country to offer a degree in jazz.