Willie Nelson Returns to the Stage at Fourth of July Picnic: “It’s Good to Be Back”
After missing eight shows, the 91-year-old singer returned to the stage for his annual patriotic party, held this year near America’s birthplace.
After missing eight shows, the 91-year-old singer returned to the stage for his annual patriotic party, held this year near America’s birthplace.
The Texas Rangers’ in-house mariachi band went viral with a showstopping rendition of Creed’s late-nineties rock anthem.
Executive editor Michael Hall reflects on the many faces of Kinky, and the unique brand of humor he brought to Texas culture.
Texans Zach Chance and Jonathan Clay of the band Jamestown Revival spent nine years writing the music for this year's Best Musical winner.
The Blaster and the Flatlander, now of Medicare-receiving age, look back on thirty years of border-mingling music and friendship.
The musician, writer, would-be politician, and Texas Monthly contributor died at his beloved Echo Hill Ranch on Thursday.
Five years after “Hot Girl Summer,” the Houston rapper is processing success, strife, and celebrity.
The Dallas musician has instated a monthly show at the Kessler, just days after each chemotherapy treatment. He says the practice is saving him.
The “Straight Flexin’, No Plexin” exhibit demonstrates how the city and the culture became inextricably linked.
An Austin actor keeps tearing through Hollywood, a fortysomething El Pasoan keeps writing your teen’s favorite songs, and a columnist at a Houston newspaper keeps spinning yarns.
The King’s concert at Kyle Field in College Station made history on Saturday.
‘Texas Country Reporter’ host J.B. Sauceda grew up watching ‘The Johnny Canales Show’ and reflects on his legacy.
The host, whose death was announced Thursday, and his show provided millions with a sense of belonging—and introduced Selena to the world.
She was known for her rowdy stage shows, during which she jumped off amplifiers, rolled around the floor, and even sang while lying down.
The singer’s evolving sound has taken turns before. But is this Gothic, choir-backed new music even hers?
The singer, who left a troubled life of addiction behind in California, embraces the sounds of the Lone Star State on his new album.
Austin’s principled bar band is back with an album that delves inward after two near-death experiences.
‘The Border,’ coming May 31, finds the Red Headed Stranger in better voice and more active on Trigger than he’s been in years.
Willie reflects on borders, Emma Stone stars with Jesse Plemons, Jeff Nichols heads out on the highway, and Eva Longoria holes up in Spain.
The Guns N’ Roses icon tapped Lone Star State musicians Billy Gibbons, Demi Lovato, and Gary Clark Jr. for his new blues album.
The coastal city's First Friday ArtWalk is so much more than a street festival.
The rising country singer melds the likes of Elvis and Vicente Fernández for a style that's all his own.
The Conroe-born musician is "in a rut 90 percent of the time," but you'd never know it by the many milestones he has on the horizon.
The celebrated Compton rapper made a curious mix-up in his Drake diss track.
Happy ninety-first to the Red Headed Stranger.
After a few decades in the purgatory of corniness, fans of artists such as Beyoncé and Dasha are embracing the separate-but-together choreography.
‘A La Sala,’ the fourth studio album by Houston’s psychedelic-soul-rock trio, is as globally inspired as it is intimate.
We've got you, babe.
Ahead of the new record ‘American Primitive,’ the front man gets brutally honest about the band’s discography.
The beloved singer-songwriter, once a scrappy unknown living in a run-down apartment Willie owned, describes the wonder of later duetting with him on a song she wrote.
*The winner will not shock you. It’s Willie Nelson.
The two icons have cast a long shadow over the Lone Star State for more than six decades.
From the nods to outlaw country tradition to the rapturous ode to denim-covered butts, this is the H-Town hero’s most Texan album yet.
The secret is impeccable planning and organizational skills. Luckily, control is Team Beyoncé's forte.
Here they are: the showdowns you demanded.
It includes Simone Biles, Kelly Clarkson, Tommy Lee Jones, Matthew McConaughey, Nolan Ryan, George Strait, and an underdog run from Kinky Friedman.
A successful “country crossover” requires buy-in from industry players in Nashville. But Beyoncé isn’t interested in their approval.
The unofficial family historian talks about listening to her dad sing “Red Headed Stranger” back before he’d ever even made it to Nashville.
Tim Duncan’s still got it, Kacey takes on her pal Willie, and we say an early farewell to Elon.
The Houston rapper is number one in our hearts for being Texas-proud and cool as hell.
Which of these 64 celebs is the most beloved in the Lone Star State? This March Madness, we’re asking you to tell us.
The Texas country artist long ago broke through the boundaries of the genre—all the way into my Brooklyn heart.
Beyoncé is in the saddle, Khruangbin makes hay, Texas goes to war, and an author from Lubbock revisits a childhood tragedy.
The Texas Country/Red Dirt star Zooms in to discuss Willie’s founding role in the singer-songwriters’ circuit, plus the gift of growing to love your dad’s music.
The viral sensation on best friendship, “fairycore” style, and when they’ll know they’ve truly made it.
Eighty-plus acts have dropped out of SXSW over the festival’s ties to the U.S. Army and defense contractors. Boycott organizers quickly stepped in to book a weekend’s worth of protest concerts.
Many bands are boycotting, more of the brands are square, and attitudes have soured toward big tech. Where is the festival going?
On her most introspective album yet, the star seems to be, as the kids say, “romanticizing her life.”
The film on the Houston piano prodigy and so-called “fifth Beatle” honors Preston’s career but strays when it depicts his personal life.
‘Faders Up: The John Aielli Experience’ pays homage to the longtime KUT radio host and the city that embraced him.