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What SXSW Says About Fort Worthnew

Austin's SXSW festival was a showcase of many things, including the metamorphasis of the recording industry and what it means to cities like Fort Worth, that have great local music bands that get largely overlooked by festival promoters.
Fort Worth Weekly  |  Caroline Collier  |  03-26-2010  |  Music

Texas Pickers Strum Germans to Set Recordnew

On an August afternoon hotter than Jerry Jeff Walker's temper, two extraordinary things transpired: I played two songs with 1,867 other guitar ­pickers to set a Guinness world record. And I rekindled a subliminal inner joy ­buried for years.
The Texas Observer  |  Robert McCorkle  |  09-23-2009  |  Music

Houston Goes International with the Latin Grammysnew

What in the world is such an important event -- 49 awards in categories ranging from cumbia, ranchera and norteño to urban and alternative -- doing in Houston, of all places?
Houston Press  |  Chris Gray  |  11-18-2008  |  Music

What's the Greatest Texas Rock Album of All Time?new

Billy Gibbons talks to us about ZZ Top's 1983's album, Eliminator, 25 years old this year and reissued by Rhino last month in the usual two-disc expanded format with extra tracks and a bonus DVD, takes the cake.
Houston Press  |  Chris Gray  |  10-15-2008  |  Music

The Geto Boys Reunitenew

Like many before him, Willie D likens the Geto Boys' dynamic to a marriage, one that's been estranged for around 16 of its 20 years.
Houston Press  |  Chris Gray  |  07-08-2008  |  Music

When Wild Musicians Attacknew

Ryan Adams' current tour is disaster one night, sublime wonder the next. Where does he fit in among the great meltdown artists of yore?
Houston Press  |  John Nova Lomax  |  06-13-2005  |  Music

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