Listen in as the Semi-Modulars—made up of students at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired—debut their latest album.
After a marriage in the spotlight ended in brutal divorce, the singer-songwriter-fiddler is telling her story, her way.
An exclusive excerpt from a new oral history of the wild, early days of the Lone Star State’s distinctive and underappreciated punk scene.
Armed with synthesizers and inspired by a dedicated teacher, visually impaired students come together to make music—and play an electrifying show.
For the wedding of the century, the only option is the Lone Star State.
Matthew McConaughey, Cody Johnson, Lyle Lovett, and others gathered at the Moody Center to mourn the historic flood and fundraise for relief.
Once a symbol of rural grit, the presence of the best-selling pickup truck in a song may now mean something else.
Lyle Lovett, Miranda Lambert, Parker McCollum, and more are stepping up to help their fellow Texans after a historic flood hit the Hill Country on July 4.
Over his seven-decade career, the accordion king and maestro of conjunto became beloved far beyond his native San Antonio.
Paul Cornish has worked with Kanye West and (sort of) opened for Taylor Swift. He’s not going to let genre restrictions hem him in.
Over the course of his rollicking career and life, the Black Sabbath front man, who died Tuesday, became an unlikely Lone Star hero.
There was swagger too, of course, as she brought ‘Cowboy Carter’ and the Rodeo Chitlin’ Circuit Tour to her hometown.
The owners of Waterloo Records hope an eye-popping revamp will reinvent the music-shopping experience in uncertain economic times.
Laci Kaye Booth is proud of her sexy tribute to men who get better with age—and of being called a country Lana Del Rey.
Kelly Clarkson's covers have taken the internet by storm. Jason Halbert has a lot to do with them.
But on his new album, "The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy," he’s still singing about folks in neglected places who feel forgotten.
After the win for ‘Cowboy Carter,' the Grammys are splitting the award in two. Why?
British fans embraced Queen Bey’s take on Americana as she dutifully respected her British subjects at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
The East Texas–born country star is a songwriter first and a heartthrob dead last.
Dexter and the Moonrocks make “sad cowboy music” that’s influenced by nineties alternative. They call it Western space grunge.
The pop singer sparkled in stars, stripes, cowboy hats, and couture in California.
In a special icon-on-icon birthday tribute, the thirteen-time Grammy winner talks about duetting on one of the most important records of Willie’s career, plus covering “Night Life” with blues legend B. B. King.
The Wimberley-based band’s debut album, ‘Western Pleasure,’ is more than skin-deep.
How does state pride sound at its most distilled? Artists like George Strait and BigXthaPlug, spanning eras, genres, and oceans, have given us more answers to that question than we ever expected to find.
The vinyl record boom cranked higher, in part, because of easy sourcing from the U.S.'s closest trade partners. Now, domestic presses are in limbo.
Post Malone is Texas’s newest horse daddy. Meanwhile, Drake, Kacey Musgraves, and Miranda Lambert can’t stop horsin’ around on Instagram.
The indie rock, pop, and folk icon on the craft of songwriting, four-track home recordings, and the counterintuitive wisdom of “Undo the Right.”
Poet of Motel 6 showcases the late Texas icon’s big heart, soulful sound, and masterful storytelling.
The revered photographer talks Trigger, Fourth of July Picnics, and “Stardust.”
This year’s music fest felt small-time. Next year it will be folded into Film & TV and Interactive. Maybe that’s a good thing. Or maybe it’s a last gasp.
“Just outside of Austin” but worlds away, Luck Ranch’s signature festival has found that big-name performances pair best with unrivaled casual vibes.
The pride of Odessa recalls the New York recording sessions that produced ‘Shotgun Willie,’ ‘The Troublemaker,’ and “She’s Not for You.”
Armadillo World Headquarters, which closed in 1980, was reborn last year. Now, it’s looking for a new permanent home in a very different city.
The Black Pumas guitarist, producer, and songwriter examines the Latin and Tex-Mex elements in Willie’s music, how they got there—and why that makes Willie “the most American thing we have.”
Abraham Alexander and Black Pumas cofunder Adrian Quesada wrote and recorded “Like a Bird” in Fort Worth and Austin. Now they’re part of Hollywood’s biggest night.
The acclaimed music critic reframes the duo’s classic 1983 LP, ‘Pancho & Lefty,’ as a concept album about easing into middle age.
Pop-rock band Bleachers and its front man, Jack Antonoff, are very famously from the Garden State, but Dallas-born saxophonist Evan Smith provides the group with some Texas soul.
The Austin producer, bandleader, and guitar hero discusses the reasons he loves the early sixties demo for “I Let My Mind Wander”—and how much his old boss, Bob Dylan, loves Willie.
The heartland rocker on the origins of Farm Aid, standing up to record execs, and “Funny How Time Slips Away.”
Filmmakers Adrian Arredondo and Myrna Perez talk about getting to know the man at the heart of Tejano Hollywood’s golden age.
The CNN political analyst discusses the two legends’ duet “Heartland,” the farm crisis that inspired it, and a kind turn Willie did for his mom.
‘Cowboy Carter’ had a good night. Drake, not so much.
The singer-songwriter—son of James, grandson of Larry—writes, records, and performs songs that are more Austin than Archer City.
‘Cowboy Carter’ is nominated for Album of the Year. If Bey wins, it may be in part because the Recording Academy has some amends to make.
Billy Strings, of the hottest guitarists alive describes the hole in Trigger, bringing roses to Willie, and a 90-mph live version of “Stay a Little Longer.”
Little Joe, the "King of the Brown Sound," looks back at sixty years of recording Chicano music for progress, for healing, and for throwing a party.
The reigning country queen talks about singing “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” as a little girl on her family’s front porch—and at Willie’s all-star ninetieth-birthday show.
For 25 years, La Primera Dama del Tejano was sure she’d left singing behind. When she returned, last year, an arena of fans was waiting.
Billboard senior editor Griselda Flores on today’s regional Mexican boom and its deep roots in the golden age of tejano.
The Motor City Madman kicked off the 2025 Texas legislative session by playing a few licks on an Austin street corner a block from the Capitol.
