Fifty-one years ago today, the King of Western Swing, a major influence on modern country music, died in Texas.
Colter Wall, the Canadian cowboy singer who has made a career out of folky, old-timey Western songs, will release his third album late this summer. Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs ...
When it comes to Western swing music, it doesn't get any better than Carolyn Martin. The west Texas native has been recognized as one of the top artists performing the genre. And she will be in ...
From May 7-9, the Western Swing Music Society of the Southwest will host a weekend of music and dancing to benefit young ...
If you hear ghostly shouts of Bob Wills’ signature cry “Ah haaaa!” this weekend, don’t be surprised. The fifth annual Cowtown Birthplace of Western Swing Festival will call downbeat at noon Nov. 6, ...
The Abilene Philharmonic is trading tuxedos for Texas swing with a high-energy concert that blends Western tradition with symphonic flair. “From Saddle to Symphony Hall,” featuring Dave Alexander and ...
Today, 24-year-old Colter Wall, whose dusty baritone voice and deep well of stories are almost single-handedly carrying traditional western music into the future, released his new self-produced album.
Country singer Brennen Leigh is gearing up to release her seventh album, Obsessed with the West, which she made with western swing veterans Asleep At The Wheel — a band she’s been listening to since ...
On this day (December 17) in 1910, Donnell “Spade” Cooley was born in Grand, Oklahoma. He was an in-demand fiddle player who became a prominent figure in the western swing scene of California in the ...
Bob Wills Day returns to the Oklahoma State Capitol on March 9 with free live Western swing performances, a Western fashion contest, and special recognitions honoring the legacy of the “King of ...
The Legends of Western Swing Music Festival began in Canton, Texas, in 1987 on a single stage. Boy has it grown ever since, said producer Gloria Miers. “We’ve been going a long time, and we are sort ...
Tommy Thomsen walks through the swinging doors of the bar at the Swiss Hotel and goes straight for the photographs on the wall. ‘My family’s been in town 100 years,’ he says, pointing to his uncles ...
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