05 May 14 Ordinary Elephant: Dusty Words and Cardboard Boxes
CD Review Ordinary Elephant: Dusty Words and Cardboard Boxes Pete Damore and Crystal Hariu-Damore, released August 2013 Bill Aspinwall Magic comes in all sizes. It’s not always obvious, but if you’re paying attention, like saints and poets and the IRS, one can learn to pick up on the traces of pleasure signals, the joy twitch of the limbic and the call of wild bliss that can round off the rough…
Posted by: John South
22 Jan 14 Singer-Songwriter Killed in Accident
(This story comes from CultureMap Houston) Longtime Texas singer-songwriter Steven Fromholz died of an accidental gunshot wound he suffered while hunting on a ranch near El Dorado. He was 68. According to the Associated Press, the gun was accidentally discharged when being transferred between two cars. Fromholz was shot and later died in an area hospital. Fromholz was born in Temple, Texas, and attended North Texas State University. While a…
Posted by: Sam Moore
05 Dec 13 Texas Music Festival Brings Nashville Star Power to the Plains
Nashville meets Texas at Texas Thunder.
Posted by: Sam Moore
Tags: Texas music, Texas Thunder
02 Oct 13 Nashville Songwriters Bring Music to North Texas to Benefit Kids
Texas music meets Nashville for a worthy cause, Thursday evening in Dallas.
Posted by: Sam Moore
Tags: Bridgette Tatum, Charley Foundation, Danny Myrick, Matt Caldwell, Texas music
16 Oct 12 Jazz at the Depot: A Tribute to Kenny Dorham
Trinity Star Arts Council, Fairfield, Texas, will pay homage to native son, bebop trumpeter, Kenny Dorham on April 20, 2012 at 7 p.m. The musical tribute will be held at Depot X in Fairfield and will feature Ephraim Owens Quartet, Austin, Charles Davis, New York and The Texas Gypsies, Dallas. Tickets are 25.00 each and must be purchased in advance at www.trinitystarartscouncil.org. Accommodations at Holiday Inn Express or La Quinta,…
Posted by: janie
Tags: A Tribute to Kenny Dorham, charles davis, ephraim owens, evette dorham, Jazz at the Depot, kenny dorham
31 Dec 11 Live Video Feed from Times Square NYE 2012
Happy New Year from Texas Music Journal!
Posted by: Brian South
Tags: Live, NYE 2012, Times Square, Video
12 Jul 11 Softball Pays for Reckless Kelly
Members of Austin roots-rock band Reckless Kelly were on the field June 28 at Round Rock’s Dell Diamond to present three checks totaling $30,000 to members and representatives of three area youth baseball groups — The Miracle League at San Antonio, The Miracle League at Town and Country, and Del Valle Little League — proceeds from the band’s 3rd Celebrity Softball Jam, held May 1 at the ballpark. The band…
Posted by: Sam Moore
Tags: Reckless Kelly, Texas music
13 Jul 10 Texas Music Odds and Ends for July
Various stories hitting the Texas Music Journal desk for July.
Posted by: Sam Moore
Tags: Texas music
14 May 10 Texas Music Produces Its Latest American Idol Star
Casey James hopes to be the second Texas music star to become an American Idol.
Posted by: Sam Moore
Tags: American Idol, Casey James, Texas music
22 Apr 10 Real Texas Festival Brings Back Memories
It’s been one year since TMJ got to eat ribs with Texas music sensation Kevin Fowler.
Posted by: Sam Moore
Tags: Kevin Fowler, Texas music
