Texas Music News — September 6, 2026
Beyoncé rang in her 45th birthday with a deluxe, 20th-anniversary reissue of B’Day that reaches back to Houston and Selena. She released the anniversary edition Sept. 4, the same date B’Day first arrived in 2006. Beyoncé was just 25 then, but she already directed every corner of her own career. First, she recorded the original album in a two-week sprint. Also, she insisted on live instrumentation over the hip-hop-heavy sound that ruled radio at the time. “I wanted the album to be big, percussive, hard, up-tempo and energized,” she says of that session.
The rollout stretched across two months. It began July 4 with “MORNING DEW (DONK),” her first new song in two years, produced with Pharrell Williams. Then a JAY-Z remix of “Déjà Vu” followed Aug. 4. Now the full anniversary edition arrives with restored 4K visuals and unseen New Orleans photography, since the original crew shot those short films on 35mm decades ago.
How Beyoncé Keeps Selena Close
The reissue’s boldest move reaches into Texas music history. “Irreemplazable (Como La Flor)” pairs Beyoncé with the late Tejano star Selena. Selena’s estate has rarely approved use of her music since her 1995 death, so the collaboration carries real weight. Beyoncé has spoken about hearing Selena on the radio while growing up in Houston, and she credits Selena as the inspiration behind Irreemplazable, her own 2007 Spanish-language EP. So think of it as two Houston-connected voices, one generation apart, finally sharing a track.
A second cut, “Cuerpo Tumbao (Get Me Bodied),” pairs Beyoncé with Colombian star Maluma. Also, the track samples Celia Cruz’s “La Negra Tiene Tumbao.” Twenty years after B’Day made her a star, Beyoncé still draws from Houston first.
Details at SPIN. See Corpus Christi’s Selena Museum for more on the singer Beyoncé calls an inspiration.
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Two Austin bands played the biggest stage of their careers at Olivia Rodrigo’s new charity festival. Die Spitz and Quiet Light joined 14 all-women acts at the inaugural Daisy Chain Fields on Aug. 29. The punk quartet Die Spitz tore through “RIDING WITH MY GIRLS” before a mosh pit swirled to life. Meanwhile, Quiet Light, the project of UT-Austin grad Riya Mahesh, opened the day with dancers for the first time. The festival raised $10 million for women’s nonprofits, and a Melinda French Gates pledge doubled that to $20 million. Details at The Austin Chronicle.
Fort Worth’s Bencjones signed with Dallas indie label Idol Records for his next release. He’ll put out the three-song EP Love Got in the Way on Oct. 7. The roster already includes the Old 97’s and Flickerstick. First, Jones produced and engineered most of the record himself. Then he landed the deal after a casual backstage chat in Dallas. Details at Fort Worth Weekly.