Nashville may be the indisputable home of the country-music industry, but that hasn't always been the case. Of course, any country fan can tell you that being home to the industry isn't the same as ...

Once upon a time, deep in the heart of Texas, siblings Hulda, Sophia and Grace Quebe all decided to pick up the violin and take lessons together at the behest of their mother, who wanted the girls to ...

When Guse “stumbled across” the band Asleep at the Wheel, led by Ray Benson, “that kind of busted everything open” for him ...

TURKEY, Texas (NEWS RELEASE) - For 50 years, the official music of Texas Western Swing has been filling the air in Turkey, Texas on the last Saturday in April in honor of the King of Western Swing, ...

Fans of western swing knew Bobby Flores was the real deal. Flores, who played with the likes of Willie Nelson, Ray Price and Johnny Bush, was just as much at home playing his fiddle for dancers at ...

GOSHEN — The Quebe Sisters perform an Earth Day concert at 7:30 p.m. April 22 at Ignition Music Garage, 120 E. Washington St. With its mix of originals, instrumentals and covers, the Dallas-based ...

The sounds of western swing bands from across the country will fill VFW Post 3838 today and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. for the sixth annual Western Swing Music Society of the Southwest Showcase.

“Sunbonnet Sue,” the first track on the new four-CD boxed set, “Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys: Legends of Country Music,” pretty much gives the whole game away. “Sunbonnet Sue” is played by the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joshua Hedley’s new album ‘All Hat’ unites him with Asleep at the Wheel’s Ray Benson, who produced the Western swing project. - ...

When many people think of the rich music scene of Portland, Oregon, they may think of bands like Dandy Warhols, Poison Idea, and Wipers – all seminal and genre-defining in their own way, but also just ...

TEHACHAPI, Calif. (KERO) — The Western Swing Out, a four-day festival featuring 17 bands, returns to Tehachapi for the Memorial Day Weekend. Staff for the Western Swing Out transforms the Tehachapi ...

Smokey Hormel’s hat is at least five gallons, and it looms larger as the guitarist leans into the old-fashioned microphone he’s set up in the middle of the barroom floor at Sunny’s and leads his ...