Events

Charley Crockett was born March 24, 1984 in San Benito, Texas — the Rio Grande Valley town that shaped his Gulf and Western sound.

Norah Jones grew up in Grapevine and swept the 2003 Grammy Awards with eight wins for her debut album Come Away with Me on Blue Note Records.

Lefty Frizzell was born in Corsicana on March 31, 1928. He invented the way country singers phrase a note — and Merle Haggard was listening.

Today is the birthday of Amos Milburn. He would be 100 today. Amos Milburn hammered piano keys in Houston, Texas, like he owed them money. He served in the Navy […]

Today is the birthday of Ally Venable. She would be 28 today. Ally Venable grew up in Kilgore, Texas, a Piney Woods town famous for oil, not guitar heroes. She […]

Today is the birthday of Maren Morris. She would be 37 today. Maren Morris grew up in Arlington, Texas, singing in local honky-tonks by age eleven. Her father drove her […]

Today is the birthday of Lizzo. She would be 39 today. Lizzo spent her early childhood in Detroit, but Houston, Texas built the artist she became. Her family moved there […]

Today is the birthday of Travis Scott. He would be 36 today. Travis Scott grew up in Missouri City, a Houston, Texas suburb thick with trap music energy. He absorbed […]

Today is the birthday of JD Beck. He would be 24 today. JD Beck grew up in Dallas, Texas, banging on drums before he could tie his shoes. His hands […]

Today is the birthday of Al Dexter. He would be 122 today. Al Dexter wrote one song that outsold nearly everything else during World War II. He grew up in […]

Today is the birthday of Ian McLagan. He would be 82 today. Ian McLagan built two legendary rock bands. Then he settled quietly in Austin, Texas. Everyone called him Mac. […]