Today is the birthday of Delbert McClinton. He is 86 today. Delbert McClinton was born in Lubbock, Texas on November 4, 1940. He grew up in Fort Worth, playing harmonica in the clubs of the Jacksboro Highway strip in the 1950s — a stretch of honky-tonks and dance halls that ran along the city's north […]
Alt-rock forebears Dinosaur Jr. play Stubb's Bar-B-Q in Austin on Thursday, November 5, 2026, at 7:00 PM. Tickets start at $61, with Stef Chura opening. Formed in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1984, Dinosaur Jr. helped invent the template for a huge swath of alternative rock that followed, fusing hardcore punk's velocity with guitarist J Mascis's towering, […]
"A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical" comes to Bass Concert Hall in Austin as part of its run from November 3-8, 2026, with a StubHub-confirmed performance on Thursday, November 5 at 7:30 PM. Tickets start at $32 as part of the Broadway in Austin series. The jukebox musical traces Neil Diamond's remarkable six-decade career, […]
Today is the birthday of Guy Clark. He would be 85 today. Guy Charles Clark was born in Monahans, Texas on November 6, 1941 — a West Texas oil town in Ward County where the land goes flat in every direction and the sky takes over. His grandmother ran a hotel there. He grew up […]
Today is the birthday of Doug Sahm. He would be 85 today. Douglas Wayne Sahm was born in San Antonio, Texas on November 6, 1941. He was a genuine Texas prodigy — playing steel guitar on the Louisiana Hayride radio show at five years old, performing with Hank Williams at six. San Antonio gave him […]
Joe Stamm Band brings its heartland rock and Americana sound to The Rustic in Dallas on November 6, with doors at 8:30 PM and no cover charge. Hailing from Illinois, the Joe Stamm Band has built a growing national following through relentless touring and a sound that blends heartland rock, Americana, and country influences with […]
Giovannie and the Hired Guns roll into Billy Bob's Texas in Fort Worth on Friday, November 6, 2026, bringing the high-octane blend of Red Dirt, rock and Texas country that's made them one of the state's fastest-rising road bands. Showtime is 10:00 PM inside the World's Largest Honky Tonk, and this band built its reputation […]
Virginia Beach's Turnover bring their Down On Earth Tour to Stubb's Bar-B-Q in Austin on Saturday, November 7, 2026, at 6:30 PM. Tickets start at $62, with Nothing and Trauma Ray opening. Turnover started out in the mid-2010s as part of the pop-punk and emo revival scene before making a dramatic sonic left turn with […]
Randy Rogers Band, one of the defining acts of modern Texas country, plays Red River Station in Saint Jo on Saturday, November 7, 2026. Doors open at 8 PM, and tickets start at $157. Buy Tickets About Randy Rogers Band Randy Rogers Band formed in San Marcos in 2000 around frontman Randy Rogers, who grew […]
Today is the birthday of Scarface. He would be 56 today. Scarface writes verses like a novelist trapped inside a rap booth. He grew up in Houston, Texas, in the Fifth Ward's tough streets. That neighborhood taught him survival before it taught him rhyme schemes. His grandmother, Sonya, gave him his stage name as a […]
Today is the birthday of Miranda Lambert. She is 43 today. Miranda Leigh Lambert was born in Longview, Texas on November 10, 1983. East Texas — the pine forests, the small cities with big church cultures and complicated histories — built her directness. Her parents were private investigators who ran a women's shelter. Miranda grew […]
Pop-punk band State Champs plays The Echo Lounge and Music Hall in the Dallas Design District on Tuesday, November 10, with tickets starting at $35. Formed in Albany, New York, in 2010, State Champs became one of the 2010s pop-punk revival’s most consistent touring acts, building a following on hook-heavy albums including “The Finer Things” […]
