FORT WORTH, TX (August 15, 2022) — The Texas Country Music Association announced today that the 2022 TCMA Songwriter Contest’s Preliminary Round Judges have named the top 10 Finalists in each the Country and Christian Country categories. Those top 10 Finalists now move to the Final Round Judges for scoring. There were 334 total songs submitted in both categories and all entries were original works. Preliminary Round Judges scored each…
Posted by: Sam Moore
Tags: Songwriting, TCMA, Texas music
The 10th Annual Outlaws & Legends Music Fest, benefiting Ben Richey Boys Ranch, returns to the Back Porch of Texas in Abilene. The event takes place March 20 and 21. Gates open at 1pm Friday and 11am Saturday. Different than other festivals, Outlaws & Legends has several options to fit a music fan’s brand of experience. Whether it is (1)General Admission front and center at the stage, (2)at a private…
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(From Taste of Country) Garth Brooks is taking his 2019 Dive Bar Tour to Texas. The country superstar will be playing at Gruene Hall in New Braunfels, Texas, on Sept. 23. Local country music radio stations in Texas and Oklahoma announced the news of Brooks’ next Dive Bar Tour stop Tuesday afternoon. Fans will have to win their way into the show by listening to local stations; attendees must be 21 years of age or…
Posted by: Sam Moore
Tags: garth brooks, Gruene Hall, Texas music
AUSTIN, Texas — Lots of talented people fall in love and start making beautiful music together. But not many of them pull it off like Guy Forsyth and Jeska Bailey. Since becoming coconspirators in life and song, they’ve proven that the whole can indeed be even greater than the sum of its formidable parts. For proof, look no further than Conspirators, releasing July 26 on Forsyth’s Small and Nimble Records…
Posted by: Sam Moore
Tags: Conspirators, Guy Forsyth, Jeska Bailey, Texas music
The Gatlin Brothers will make a rare appearance together, when they perform at the Greenville Municipal Auditorium on Nov. 3.
Posted by: Sam Moore
Tags: Gatlin, Greenville, Texas music
A couple of good events coming up at Music City Texas Theater in Linden.
Posted by: Sam Moore
Tags: Bellamy Brothers, Music City Texas Theater, T-Bone Walker, Texas music
Momentum Continues to Build for Rising Americana/Folk Talent
As She Turns 18, Graduates High School and Heads to College This Fall
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Tags: Christina Cavazos, Texas music
First-wave Acts Include Greensky Bluegrass, Railroad Earth, Donna the Buffalo, Calexico,
I’m With Her (Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz & Aoife O’Donovan),
Ray Wylie Hubbard, Grateful Ball with the Travelin’ McCourys & Jeff Austin Band, Steve Poltz, Balsam Range, The Deer, Darlingside, We Banjo 3,
Galeano, Front Country, Billy Strings, Peterson Brothers
Posted by: Sam Moore
Ambrosia plays their hits this weekend for Texas music fans.
Posted by: Sam Moore
Tags: Ambrosia, Levitt, Rebirth Brass Band, Texas music