On Dec. 2, 1927, in Dallas, the country musicians of the East Texas Serenaders entered a recording studio for the first time. The result was a Columbia 78 featuring the song “Sweetest Flower” backed ...

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 ...

Although Southeast Missouri is better known for bluegrass and country, the Western swing music showcased this weekend at the Cape Girardeau Eagles Club is drawing fans of the genre from as far away as ...

Ten-time Grammy Award-winning band Asleep at the Wheel is bringing Western swing music to the islands this month. Ray Benson, ...

MENOMONIE — Asleep at the Wheel frontman Ray Benson remembers back in the late 1960s when his band started to take shape. “Me and my pals I grew up with — we were searching around and realized that we ...

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.

Johnny Angel, a New Orleans entertainer best known as the singer and bandleader of the Western swing-jazz group The Swingin’ Demons, was named Best Western Swing Vocalist of the Year by the Academy of ...

This ain’t Texas, but we can sure dress like it is. Beyoncé’s country renaissance has spurred a widespread revival of Western style after releasing two country songs, “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 ...

KEARNEY — Carolyn Martin’s music combines a heady mix of jazz, country, blues, polka, Latino and more. “There’s a little bit of everything in there,” the singer said while traveling through Texas at ...

If there’s one genre that rivals country music for the most quintessentially American art form, it’s jazz. And, historically, the genres share a lot more common ground than you might think. One could ...

The country music community is still recovering from the great authenticity debate of this past summer, which found artists like Charley Crockett, Gavin Adcock, and Zach Bryan engaging in an online ...