Texas Standard Archives

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 […]

Scott Newton

Texas StandardSep 27, 2023Sep 27, 2023

50 years after ‘Viva Terlingua,’ Wittliff Collections exhibit celebrates the album’s staying power

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Viva Terlingua!

Micheal Minasi / Texas Standard

Texas StandardAug 28, 2023Aug 28, 2023

T Bird & the Breaks, Greyhounds team up for collaborative project ‘Greybird’

After 7 years, Tim “T Bird” Crane has released a new collaboration with Austin duo, Greyhounds.

Ilana Panich-Linsman / KUTX

Texas StandardAug 14, 2023Aug 14, 2023

What are your Texas summer songs? Here are a few of ours

From Sly Stone to Beyoncé, you don’t have to look hard to find Texas artists on many a summertime […]

Patricia Lim / KUTX

Live Events, Texas StandardAug 8, 2023Aug 15, 2023

The summer Latin music roundup

From a different take on cumbia to bossa nova and mariachi, Austin artists are performing new music in Austin […]

Tracy Hart

Texas StandardAug 7, 2023Aug 7, 2023

Documentary explores how Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan brought Texas blues to the masses

Eric Clapton, Nile Rodgers and Billy Gibbons are among those who share stories in the film “Jimmie & Stevie […]

Courtesy Esperanza Peace and Justice Center

Texas StandardJul 24, 2023Jul 24, 2023

Lerma’s Nite Club, a San Antonio icon, set to reopen as cultural center

Community members rallied to save the dance hall after it was slated for demolition. Texas Standard | By Michael […]

Laura Levine/IMAGES/Getty Images

Texas StandardJul 17, 2023Jul 17, 2023

Houston celebrates 50 years of hip-hop

The Houston Museum of African American Culture celebrates with an exhibit and three film screenings this month.

Julia Reihs / KUTX

Texas StandardJul 12, 2023Jul 12, 2023

‘The best of what Texas has to offer’: How the state recognizes artists, poets and musicians

For many years, the state has appointed poet laureates, state musicians and state artists. It’s a process that happens […]

Texas StandardMay 30, 2023May 30, 2023

Taylor Swift tour brings end of an era for ticket resellers in Texas

Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill into law this week to prevent the use of bots in online ticket […]

Texas StandardMay 19, 2023May 24, 2023

Fatherhood’s late-night lullabies inspire hushed sound of Robert Ellis’ ‘Yesterday’s News’

Ron Baker / Flickr

Texas StandardMay 10, 2023May 10, 2023

Go-Go’s bassist Kathy Valentine celebrates the band’s music in a new way on stage

Texas Standard | By Laura Rice | May 9, 2023 2:16 PM CDT Kathy Valentine didn’t know how to play the […]

Casey Lee

Texas StandardMay 1, 2023May 1, 2023

‘A magical night’ becomes a recorded tribute to Willie Nelson for his 90th birthday

Celebrating Willie with a musical tribute!

Photo by Gabriel C. Pérez, KUT / Illustration by Raul Alonzo, Texas Standard

Texas StandardApr 20, 2023Apr 20, 2023

Blazing trails: Country music’s historical – and complicated –relationship with weed

Reefer’s relationship with the genre spans more than just a couple of hits…

Gabriel C. Pérez/Texas Standard

Texas StandardApr 11, 2023Apr 11, 2023

Matthew McConaughey’s Austin Has One Simple Rule: ‘All You Gotta Be Is You’

Matthew McConaughey’s love letter to Austin, Texas!

Patricia Avila / Texas Conjunto Music Hall Of Fame And Museum

Texas StandardFeb 21, 2023Feb 21, 2023

With San Benito conjunto museum, a daughter continues her father’s labor of love

Texas Standard | By Michael Marks | Published February 20, 2023 at 7:00 AM CST The Texas Conjunto Music Hall of Fame […]

Timothy D. Easley / AP Photo

Texas StandardJan 26, 2023Jan 26, 2023

‘Willie Nelson & Family’: A new five-part docuseries dives deep into the Texas icon

New docu-series, “Willie Nelson & Family”, to release never-before-told stories.

Dylan O’Connor

Texas StandardJan 25, 2023Jan 25, 2023

Austin’s Old Faithful label uses vintage machines to create hand-cut records

Old Faithful Records in Austin makes lathe cut records

KUTX Photos

Texas StandardJan 10, 2023Jan 10, 2023

What makes a Texas guitar player great? Truth is, there are many answers.

The Lone Star State’s impact on music is profound; it’s impact on guitarists, even more.

Jenna Cockburn

Remembering, Texas StandardDec 8, 2022Dec 8, 2022

Remembering Jo Carol Pierce, the ‘Patti Smith of West Texas’

Rmembering the “Patti Smith of West Texas,” Jo Carol Pierce

Nashan Photographers

Texas StandardOct 31, 2022Oct 31, 2022

‘Texas is just in me’: Americana legend Robert Earl Keen reflects on retiring from touring after 41 years

Robert Earl Keen reflects on retiring from touring

Interviews, Texas StandardOct 17, 2022Oct 17, 2022

Musician Margo Price writes about lean times on the way up in new memoir

“It was a lot of fun because we had each other…”

Studio 1A Sessions, Texas StandardAug 10, 2022Aug 10, 2022

Good Looks’ debut album ‘Bummer Year’ offers snapshots of life in Texas during challenging times

Texas Standard Interview and Studio 1A Performance

Texas StandardJul 20, 2022Jul 20, 2022

‘He was from another world’: The legacy of Texas rock musician Roky Erickson

The famed psych rocker would have been 75