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CMT World Premieres Ryan Beaver’s ‘Dark’ Video
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Texas/Red Dirt music fans have been loving them some Beaver, Ryan Beaver....long before he was a CMT "Discovery" artist, but that doesn't mean we can't enjoy his growing popularity outside of our state lines.
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Wade Bowen To Release Gospel Album for Mom
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"Then Sings My Soul… Songs for my Mother” is available for pre-order now. Originally, this record was not going to be...
Posted by Wade Bowen on Friday, March 4, 2016
That one time Wade Bowen made his momma a special birthday present and we all got to enjoy it...
Larry Joe Taylor Announces Full Lineup
This year’s Larry Joe Taylor’s Texas Music Festival, welcoming an estimated 50,000 people through the gates over 6 days, will feature music on three stages from over 50 bands at the Melody Mountain Ranch in Stephenville, TX.
The fun kicks off on Monday, April 18th at wraps up on Saturday, April 23rd...
Rita Ballou’s Scene-lebrity Tweets of the Week I Week Ending March 6th, 2016
What were the Texas Music “Scene-lebrities” up to last week? Drinking their Starbucks, complaining about their fast food orders, and riding unicorns. See, they really ARE just like us!
Check out what some of your favorites were up to this week — at least the ones that actually appear to be tweeting for themselves...
Sean McConnell Signs To Rounder Records
Singer/Songwriter/most appreciated "carpetbagger" to the Texas/Red Dirt music scene shared some exciting news regarding his future – the way we all share exciting news these day, via Facebook.
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Beyond thrilled to share that I have signed a record deal with Rounder Records...
Scene-lebrity Tweets of the Week I Week Ending February 22nd, 2016
From flying their meat, to celebrating Presidents' Day, to spending quality daddy time with the kids, here are just a few things our "scene-lebrities" shared with the Twitterverse last week.
Last week was a great week for Texas music...congrats to my buddy @GrangerSmith on his National #1 song
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A Will Hoge Penned Children’s Book, ‘The Chrump’
It is common knowledge that Will Hoge can write superb songs. He's got his 2012 Academy of Country Music (ACM), Country Music Association (CMA) and Grammy nominations for Best Country Song for "Even If It Breaks Your Heart," plus his national "Strong" 2014 Silverado pickup truck ad campaign to prove it (see above)...
Braun Brothers Family Reunion Festival Reveals Line-up
Anyone feel like a road trip to Idaho?
With a stellar reputation for providing a family friendly environment and the best in Americana, Texas Country, Red Dirt and Bluegrass music, The Braun Brothers Reunion should be on the top of your list of festivals to attend this year...
Ryan Beaver Announces New Album ‘Rx’ Out May 6th
FINALLY!
Ryan Beaver just announced that he will release his much-anticipated new album Rx on May 6th. In addition to that big news, today he shared "Fast," the second song to be released from Rx, which premiered yesterday on Yahoo Music...
Kacey Musgraves: “The product might be cute but stealing ain’t”
Heads up! This sign was found being sold in a major western wear chain. (It's now pulled off the shelves) but it, along with SO MANY other countless items with my song lyrics are being illegally manufactured and sold in not only major chains but in smaller retailers too...
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Scene-lebrity Tweets Of The Week | Week Ending January 31, 2016
From recording new tunes to listening to John Mayer to spending quality daddy time with the kids, here are just a few things our "scene-lebrities" shared with the Twitterverse last week.
Baby girl wants to go for a walk! Gonna go throw rocks in the creek
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Kacey Musgraves Calls Out Panty Thief on Stage at Majestic Theatre
Last week during her concert at Texas' Majestic Theatre Kacey Musgraves shared a new snippet of an unreleased song. The tune was inspired by her run-in with a panty thief.
It just so happened that this girl — when I first moved to Nashville, she stole a bunch of s–t from me and was dumb enough to post all these pictures of herself in my clothes on Facebook,” “… Anyway, I caught her...