Art + Music

Amarillo’s Where We’ll Be

Amarillo’s Where We’ll Be

Driving to Amarillo from any direction is a lesson in the coexistence of old and new. Rusty oil wells dot the flat ... Read More »

In the Land of Woody Guthrie

In the Land of Woody Guthrie

Thelma Bray had lived in Pampa for almost 60 years when she first heard that America’s greatest folk singer, Woody ... Read More »

A Look Back at El Cosmico’s Trans-Pecos Festival in Marfa

A Look Back at El Cosmico’s Trans-Pecos Festival in Marfa

Last September was the first time Cody Caddell traveled from Kerrville to attend El Cosmico’s Trans-Pecos Festival of ... Read More »

Dallas Celebrates 150 Years of Deep Ellum

Dallas Celebrates 150 Years of Deep Ellum

A little more than a mile from where Dallas founder John Neely Bryan’s reconstructed cabin marks the first settlement ... Read More »

Houston’s Classical Music Scene Hits All the Right Notes

Houston’s Classical Music Scene Hits All the Right Notes

The Houston Symphony is one of many performance groups in the city. On a Saturday evening in Houston’s west end, ... Read More »

The Texas Director Behind Some of Your Favorite TV Shows

The Texas Director Behind Some of Your Favorite TV Shows

An axe murder lured Lesli Linka Glatter back to Texas. The Emmy-nominated director behind shows like Mad Men, ... Read More »

The Austin Powwow Is a Celebration of Indigenous Heritage and Culture

The Austin Powwow Is a Celebration of Indigenous Heritage and Culture

The drums are first. I’ve never been able to figure out if the drums echo my heartbeat or if my heart races to match ... Read More »

What’s Old Is New Again at the Texas Science & Natural History Museum in Austin

What’s Old Is New Again at the Texas Science & Natural History Museum in Austin

Nearly 90 years ago, an advertisement ran in the Austin American-Statesman for a commemorative coin that would help ... Read More »

Nothing Beat the Heat Like That Mexican OT’s ‘Johnny Dang’

Nothing Beat the Heat Like That Mexican OT’s ‘Johnny Dang’

It may not be Spotify’s most-streamed song of the summer (that would be Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night”), but “Johnny ... Read More »

Bluegrass Music Is Alive and Well in Lockhart

Bluegrass Music Is Alive and Well in Lockhart

Step inside the new shop off Main Street, near the heart of Lockhart’s famous historic downtown square, and the first ... Read More »

A Father and Daughter Find Healing in the Songs of Jimmy Buffett

A Father and Daughter Find Healing in the Songs of Jimmy Buffett

I don’t remember the first time I heard a Jimmy Buffett song, but I’ve got some good guesses. It could have been on a ... Read More »

Natural Bridge Caverns Gives New Meaning to Underground Music

Natural Bridge Caverns Gives New Meaning to Underground Music

Two hundred people sat waiting in the dampness of an underground cavern, the dark illuminated by a set of concert ... Read More »

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