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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Leon Bridges’s New Album, ‘Leon,’ Centers a Love for Texas

The nostalgia of the Fort Worth native’s ‘Leon’ is not in the sound or the style. It’s in a love for the Lone Star State.

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ACL Festival Lineup: Headliners and Texas Acts to See

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04.10.2024

Why Country Artists Can’t Stop Singing About Luccheses and Tecovas

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Keshi Braces for Superstardom in the Wake of "Requiem"

The Houston oncology nurse turned lo-fi pop singer is wary of the spotlight in an age of intense fandom.

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28.09.2024

Jake Worthington on Miranda Lambert Duet “Hello Shitty Day”

Lambert cowrote the melancholy honky-tonk tune with Worthington in mind.

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28.09.2024

Kacey Musgraves Is Still Following Her Arrow

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27.09.2024

Being Dead’s ‘Eels’ Is a Surprisingly Authentic New Album

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25.09.2024

Midland’s “Drinkin’ Problem” Is a Bilingual Texas Standard

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20.09.2024

Willie Nelson’s Take on the Flaming Lips’ “Do You Realize??” Is a Masterpiece

At 91, Willie lends the band's most famous song some additional gravity.

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Wade Bowen Taps Troy Aikman for the “Friday Night” Music Video

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Miranda Lambert’s Honky-Tonk Homecoming

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How Texas Country Artists Made the ‘Twisters’ Soundtrack Take Off

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The Texas Rangers’ in-house mariachi band went viral with a showstopping rendition of Creed’s late-nineties rock anthem.

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

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

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Being Dead’s ‘Eels’ Is a Surprisingly Authentic New Album

Midland’s “Drinkin’ Problem” Is a Bilingual Texas Standard

Willie Nelson’s Take on the Flaming Lips’ “Do You Realize??” Is a Masterpiece

Wade Bowen Taps Troy Aikman for the “Friday Night” Music Video

Miranda Lambert’s Honky-Tonk Homecoming

The Chicks and the DNC Are a Match Made in Political Heaven

Miranda Lambert, George Jones Make September Great in Texas

How a Mariachi Ballad Helps Heal Texas Towns After Gun Violence

On Ten Years of Spoon’s ‘They Want My Soul’

Post Malone's Top Collaborators Explained

'It Ends With Us,' Leatherface, and More to Check Out in August

How Texas Country Artists Made the ‘Twisters’ Soundtrack Take Off

Inside Post Malone’s Country Coronation in Nashville

Willie Nelson Returns to the Stage at Fourth of July Picnic

Is a Mariachi Cover of Creed’s “Higher” the Song of the Summer?

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