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Texas Monthly

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Between Tejano and Texas Country, Sunny Sauceda Is Finding His Own Sound – Texas Monthly

The “rocker trapped in an accordion player’s body” talks about switching genres after forty years in tejano music.

Texas Monthly

02.02.2025

Miranda Lambert on Willie Nelson and the Enduring Primacy of the Pickin’ Party

The reigning country queen talks about singing “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” as a little girl—and for Willie’s ninetieth birthday.

Texas Monthly

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Post Malone’s $20,000 Tip Is More Proof He’s Actually a Great Guy

In Houston for the Beyoncé Bowl, the superstar made one server’s Christmas Eve dreams come true.

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TM Audio Exclusive: What Música Mexicana Owes to Nineties Tejano

Billboard senior editor Griselda Flores on today’s regional Mexican boom and its deep roots in the golden age of tejano.

Texas Monthly

02.02.2025

TM Audio Exclusive: Little Joe on Chasing Dark Clouds Away Through Song – Texas Monthly

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.

Texas Monthly

02.02.2025

Inside Story: Robert Earl Keen's "Merry Christmas From the Family"

All about the ultimate Texas holiday song thirty years after its release.

Texas Monthly

02.02.2025

TM Audio Exclusive: Paula Mejía on the Enduring Influence of Johnny Canales

The author of Texas Monthly’s recent feature on Johnny Canales explains how the golden age of tejano set the stage for today’s música mexicana boom.

Texas Monthly

02.02.2025

How ‘The Johnny Canales Show’ Helped Veronique Medrano Find Her Voice

In this audio exclusive, the musician, artist, and archivist talks about forging a new path in tejano music.

Texas Monthly

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TM Audio Exclusive: Eva Ybarra Has an Accordion Lesson for You—If You Can Keep Up

The Queen of the Accordion shares her many musical influences and why she’s never played the way other people want her to.

Texas Monthly

22.11.2024

Miranda Lambert, Parker McCollum Sing George Strait's "Troubadour"

Lindale and Conroe come together at the CMA Awards in tribute to King George.

Texas Monthly

21.11.2024

What to Wear for Kacey Musgraves’s Deeper Well Tour

Fans are planning outfits that are crosses between Kacey cosplay and a Pinterest search for “Western meets Victorian romance.”

Texas Monthly

21.11.2024

Twelve Essential Tejano Songs

Selena, La Mafia, and Jennifer Peña are among the stars who helped define a genre.

Texas Monthly

21.11.2024

How Johnny Canales Shaped the Rise of Música Mexicana

A vibrant musical movement is taking over the world. The late tejano icon is its unsung hero.

Texas Monthly

20.11.2024

TM Audio Exclusive: El Dusty on Reinventing Cumbia and Melting the Hearts of Tejano-Music Haters – Texas Monthly

El Dusty talks about supporting music in his hometown and about the people outside Texas who are finally embracing tejano.

Texas Monthly

15.11.2024

Kairo’s Music Tells Nigerian-Born, Houston-Raised Twins’ Story

Brothers EJ and AK Odjighoro grew up in Cypress and formed the mixed-genre duo Kairo after starting college in Houston.

Texas Monthly

14.11.2024

Meet David Zychek, the Greatest Guitar Player You’ve Never Heard Of – Texas Monthly

The Waco-bred rock and roller, who Ted Nugent compared to Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen, gets a posthumous moment in the spotlight in a new documentary.

Texas Monthly

14.11.2024

Ronnie Dunn Never Had a Plan B

The Texas half of Brooks & Dunn on growing up, finding inspiration in Nirvana, and collaborating with Jelly Roll and Morgan Wallen.

Texas Monthly

13.11.2024

Bobby Pulido on the Evolution of Tejano Music After Selena – Texas Monthly

Tejano superstar Bobby Pulido on hit-making after the nineties golden age, the “profound sadness” in the industry after Selena’s death, and how he found his singing voice again.

Texas Monthly

13.11.2024

TM Audio Exclusive: Girl in a Coma Is Still Representing “Nerdy Cool” San Antonio – Texas Monthly

Phanie Diaz and Jenn Alva, cofounders of Girl in a Coma and Fea, on the rewards of staying together and tejano music’s power to transcend language barriers.

Texas Monthly

31.10.2024

All About Willie Nelson's 153rd Album, ‘Last Leaf on the Tree’

With ‘Last Leaf on the Tree,’ Willie Nelson and his son Micah have made a masterpiece that is a sonic outlier—but features a whole lot of Trigger.

Texas Monthly

30.10.2024

Announcing Our New Podcast, ‘Viva Tejano’ – Texas Monthly

The next music podcast from Texas Monthly, "Viva Tejano," is coming November 12.

Texas Monthly

26.10.2024

Megan Thee Stallion's Bigger in Texas Video Is an Act of Self-Love

The rap superstar flaunts accomplishment, confidence, and Houston’s hip-hop culture in her new music video.

Texas Monthly

25.10.2024

Why You Hear Really Deep Cuts at Central Market

The grocery store is known for carrying fresh and hard-to-find ingredients. The same can be said of its music.

Texas Monthly

19.10.2024

Willie Nelson Plays ‘Austin City Limits‘ Fifty Years After Show Debuts

The singer’s appearance on a local PBS TV show five decades ago transformed the city, its culture, and American music.

Texas Monthly

18.10.2024

At Thirty, Bowling for Soup’s “Punk Rock Nursery Rhymes” Endure

The Denton-based group might be the most enduring member of the cadre of pop-punk bands that defined millennial teen angst in the early aughts.

Texas Monthly

17.10.2024

ACL Festival Lineup: Headliners and Texas Acts to See

Fans of Leon Bridges, Norah Jones, Chris Stapleton, and more big names will probably like these local up-and-comers.

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Between Tejano and Texas Country, Sunny Sauceda Is Finding His Own Sound – Texas Monthly

Miranda Lambert on Willie Nelson and the Enduring Primacy of the Pickin’ Party

Post Malone’s $20,000 Tip Is More Proof He’s Actually a Great Guy

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Inside Story: Robert Earl Keen's "Merry Christmas From the Family"

TM Audio Exclusive: Paula Mejía on the Enduring Influence of Johnny Canales

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Miranda Lambert, Parker McCollum Sing George Strait's "Troubadour"

What to Wear for Kacey Musgraves’s Deeper Well Tour

Twelve Essential Tejano Songs

How Johnny Canales Shaped the Rise of Música Mexicana

TM Audio Exclusive: El Dusty on Reinventing Cumbia and Melting the Hearts of Tejano-Music Haters – Texas Monthly

Kairo’s Music Tells Nigerian-Born, Houston-Raised Twins’ Story

Meet David Zychek, the Greatest Guitar Player You’ve Never Heard Of – Texas Monthly

Ronnie Dunn Never Had a Plan B

Bobby Pulido on the Evolution of Tejano Music After Selena – Texas Monthly

TM Audio Exclusive: Girl in a Coma Is Still Representing “Nerdy Cool” San Antonio – Texas Monthly

All About Willie Nelson's 153rd Album, ‘Last Leaf on the Tree’

Announcing Our New Podcast, ‘Viva Tejano’ – Texas Monthly

Megan Thee Stallion's Bigger in Texas Video Is an Act of Self-Love

Why You Hear Really Deep Cuts at Central Market

Willie Nelson Plays ‘Austin City Limits‘ Fifty Years After Show Debuts

At Thirty, Bowling for Soup’s “Punk Rock Nursery Rhymes” Endure

ACL Festival Lineup: Headliners and Texas Acts to See

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