Robert Ellis, the Texas-bred singer-songwriter known for his sharp, literate songwriting, plays Sons of Hermann Hall in Dallas on October 24. Raised in Lake Jackson, Texas and long based in Houston and Nashville, Ellis has built a career blending traditional country songwriting with wry, self-aware lyricism that draws comparisons to both classic Texas troubadours and […]
Stockholm-based indie folk singer-songwriter Hazlett plays The Kessler Theater in Oak Cliff on October 28.
Today is the birthday of Narciso Martínez. He would be 115 today. Narciso Martínez built the sound of modern conjunto from a farmhouse near San Benito, Texas. He crossed the border from Reynosa as a small child, and Texas raised him. The Rio Grande Valley, not his birthplace, shaped the music he made. In 1935, […]
One of West Texas's most exciting country rock acts, Treaty Oak Revival brings their electric live show to Concrete Street Amphitheatre in Corpus Christi on October 29, 2026. Tickets are available from $71 — a chance to see a band on the rise at one of the Gulf Coast's most beloved outdoor venues. Treaty Oak […]
Texas rock legend Alejandro Escovedo brings decades of songwriting to The Kessler Theater on October 29.
Today is the birthday of Illinois Jacquet. He would be 104 today. Illinois Jacquet played one saxophone solo that basically invented rock and roll's attitude. His family moved to Houston, Texas when he was still an infant. Illinois Jacquet's Houston, Texas upbringing filled his ears with blues, church, and street parades. He learned tenor saxophone […]
Texas outlaw-country godfather Ray Wylie Hubbard returns to his old Dallas neighborhood for a show at the Granada Theater on Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. Tickets start at $81. Hubbard grew up in Oak Cliff, the South Dallas neighborhood his family moved to when he was eight, and he graduated from W.H. Adamson High School alongside […]
PJ Morton brings his “Saturday Night Sunday Morning Tour” to Bayou Music Center in Houston on October 30, with the show starting at 8 PM. The New Orleans-born singer, songwriter, and keyboardist has spent more than two decades building parallel careers as a solo R&B artist and as a longtime member of Maroon 5, a […]
East LA Chicano soul band Thee Sinseers play a Halloween night show at The Kessler Theater on October 31.
Today is the birthday of Sippie Wallace. She would be 128 today. Beulah Thomas was born in Houston, Texas on November 1, 1898. She grew up in the Third Ward singing in the Shiloh Baptist Church, the same gospel current that ran through the Texas blues tradition from the beginning. She moved to New Orleans, […]
Today is the birthday of Lyle Lovett. He is 69 today. Lyle Pearce Lovett was born in Klein, Texas on November 1, 1957 — a small community north of Houston that was settled by his ancestor Adam Klein in the 1840s. Lovett grew up on his family's land. He studied journalism at Texas A&M and […]
Disney's "Moana" comes to life with a full orchestral score performed live to picture at The Long Center for the Performing Arts in Austin on Sunday, November 1, 2026, at 6:00 PM. Tickets start at $178 for a family-friendly evening pairing the beloved animated film with a live symphony. "Moana," with music by Mark Mancina, […]
