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Texas Music Now: Leon and Gary
We went behind the scenes with Texas Monthly’s November 2017 cover guys, Leon Bridges and Gary Clark Jr. Check out “30 Things You Need to Know About Texas Music” for an in-depth interview with Bridges...
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Becoming LBJ
We’re in the midst of an LBJ renaissance. Over the past four years, four different actors have portrayed Lyndon Baines Johnson in big, showy roles in major Hollywood movies, and on November 3, with the...
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On the Bus With Willie and His Boys
Happy birthday to Willie Nelson, who turns 85 on April 29. To celebrate the greatest Texas musician of all time—and to find out why he keeps playing and writing when his peers have all quit or...
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Sound Check: Nina Diaz
Nina Diaz has a message for all of the people who, as she says, “try to push you down”: stop. The former Girl in a Coma frontwoman dropped by Texas Monthly for a rendition of “Down” from her 2016 solo...
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Sound Check: Third Root
Mex Step, Easy Lee, and DJ Chicken George, from San Antonio’s Third Root, stopped by Texas Monthly to perform “Third Root Radio,” a shout-out to an underground radio station from Houston.The post Sound...
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Sound Check: Terry Allen
In this episode of Sound Check, Terry Allen, Lloyd Maines, and Bukka Allen take us to the “Bottom of the World.”The post Sound Check: Terry Allen appeared first on Texas Monthly.
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Sound Check: Paul Cauthen
In 2016, Paul Cauthen gave us his gospel. Now, he’s asking for mercy. The East Texas troubadour stopped by Texas Monthly to play the title track off of his EP Have Mercy, which drops June 22.The post...
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Sound Check: Giulia Millanta & The Imaginary Friends
On her new album Conversation With a Ghost (released June 22), Giulia Millanta confronts loss in all its iterations. The resulting album is full of longing, beauty, and—through it all—a sense of hope....
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Sound Check: Matt the Electrician
Matt Sever comes by his moniker honestly. He’s been making music in Austin for the past two decades, but as his stage name indicates, Sever came up as an electrician. Watch this exclusive live...
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Sound Check: Israel Nash
NPR called Israel Nash’s new album, Lifted (July 27), “a dreamy spiral to get lost in.” Before beginning a nationwide tour, Nash, whom Rolling Stone describes as “a master of sonic textures,” stopped...
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Sound Check: Mike and the Moonpies
Before heading out on their first European tour, the honkytonk-inspired barroom country band stopped by Texas Monthly to play “Steak Night at the Prairie Rose,” a heartfelt ode to lead singer Mike...
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Sound Check: The Suffers
The Houston-based group stopped by our studios to perform a song off their latest album, ’Everything Here.’The post Sound Check: The Suffers appeared first on Texas Monthly.
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Sound Check: Ghostland Observatory
For the latest in our Sound Check series, the Austin-based duo performs “Miss Abyss” from their new album, See You Later, Simulator.The post Sound Check: Ghostland Observatory appeared first on Texas...
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Sound Check: Eliza Gilkyson
In our latest Sound Check, two-time Grammy nominee Eliza Gilkyson stopped by Texas Monthly’s studio to perform “Seculare,” a haunting thank-you letter to life and all of its complexities.The post Sound...
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Sound Check: Nobody’s Girl
Nobody’s Girl was formed in 2017 out of three Austin solo acts, all of whom had individually won the “New Folk” award at the annual Kerrville Folk Festival. BettySoo, Grace Pettis, and Rebecca Loebe...
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Texas Trivia at ACL
How much do you know about our state? We asked born-and-bred Texans and newbies to play some Lone Star trivia at the Austin City Limits music festival.The post Texas Trivia at ACL appeared first on...
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Sound Check: W.C. Clark
W.C. Clark is known as the “Godfather of Austin Blues,” and he proved that he still has a strong hold on that title during his Sound Check session. Listen to a solo version of “No More,” performed in...
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Sound Check: Matt the Electrician
Matt Sever comes by his moniker honestly. He’s been making music in Austin for the past two decades, but as his stage name indicates, Sever came up as an electrician. Watch this exclusive live...
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Sound Check: Ghostland Observatory
For the latest in our Sound Check series, the Austin-based duo, Ghostland Observatory performs “With or Without You” from their album, See You Later, Simulator.Presented by Visit Fort WorthThe post...
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Sound Check: Abraham Alexander
Fort Worth soul/R&B singer Abraham Alexander plays his debut single, “America,” in the Texas Monthly Studio.Presented by Visit Fort WorthThe post Sound Check: Abraham Alexander appeared first on...
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