Culture

The Ancient Traditions Behind Día de los Muertos

The Ancient Traditions Behind Día de los Muertos

CULTUREEarth, Water, Wind, and FireEach Fall, Día de los muertos celebrations guide the departed homeBy KATIE ... Read More »

Take Home a (Little) Big Tex From the State Fair

Take Home a (Little) Big Tex From the State Fair

Most people think of the annual State Fair of Texas as a 24-day event, beginning in mid-September and concluding ... Read More »

Noah Hawley on Turning ‘Alien’ Into a Hit TV Show

Noah Hawley on Turning ‘Alien’ Into a Hit TV Show

Speaking of texasSpace CowboyAlien: Earth creator Noah Hawley is a master at adapting beloved movies into hit TV ... Read More »

An East Coaster Learns What It Means to Be Country

An East Coaster Learns What It Means to Be Country

OPEN ROADROAM AS WE WANTEDRIDING HORSES AT MEDWAY RANCH TAUGHT ME WHAT IT MEANS TO BE COUNTRYBy MARISSA R. ... Read More »

Corpus Christi’s Selena Museum Is a Place for Mourning—and Hope

Corpus Christi’s Selena Museum Is a Place for Mourning—and Hope

Six weeks after my mother passed away, I made a pilgrimage from my home in Austin to the museum dedicated to the ... Read More »

Texas Music By the Numbers

Texas Music By the Numbers

In Tune Texas’ landscape and lore have inspired its music since before it was a state By Marisa ... Read More »

Meet Five of Texas Music’s Rising Stars

Meet Five of Texas Music’s Rising Stars

SOUND FOUNDERS COUNTRY, SOUL, ROCK, AMERICANA, TEJANO—IN TEXAS, WE PLAY IT ALL, AND WE PLAY IT OUR ... Read More »

It’s Saturday Night at the Harry Ransom Center in Austin

It’s Saturday Night at the Harry Ransom Center in Austin

When visitors walk into the first-floor gallery at the University of Texas’ Harry Ransom Center on Sept. 20, past ... Read More »

Radio Host Andy Langer Knows His Texas Tunes

Radio Host Andy Langer Knows His Texas Tunes

When something happens in Texas music culture, Andy Langer is usually in the mix. The journalist, radio host, ... Read More »

A Roundup of Italian Masterpieces Comes to Cowtown

A Roundup of Italian Masterpieces Comes to Cowtown

More than 5,000 miles stretch between Italy’s Eternal City and Texas’ Cowtown. Despite this geographical distance, ... Read More »

A Regional Guide to Texas Music

A Regional Guide to Texas Music

Discover the regional sounds that have made Texas a key player in American music Illustrations by Matt ... Read More »

How Robert Earl Keen Turned to Music to Help Flood Victims

How Robert Earl Keen Turned to Music to Help Flood Victims

A few fateful hours swept away Robert Earl Keen’s July Fourth plans. Scheduled to headline Kerrville’s Fourth on ... Read More »

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