Gary Clark Jr. grew up on Austin's East Side, teaching himself guitar from library books and absorbing the Stevie Ray Vaughan tradition that defined his hometown.
Gary Clark Jr. came of age at Antone's in Austin, where mentor Clifford Antone gave him a stage alongside blues legend Jimmie Vaughan.
Sarah Jarosz has appeared multiple times on Austin City Limits, the landmark PBS series that has defined Texas music on television since 1976.
As a teenage prodigy from Wimberley, Sarah Jarosz played the Hill Country festival circuit, sharing stages with Guy Clark and Tim O'Brien at Fischer Fest.
Sarah Jarosz grew up in Wimberley, Texas — where Friday night bluegrass jams sparked her music and inspired her Grammy-winning album World on the Ground.
Norah Jones studied jazz piano at the University of North Texas in Denton before moving to New York and recording Come Away With Me in 2002, which won five Grammys.
At Dallas's Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Norah Jones won back-to-back Down Beat Student Music Awards for Best Jazz Vocalist and Best Original Composition.
Norah Jones grew up in Grapevine, Texas after moving from New York with her mother, singing in church choirs and playing saxophone before discovering jazz piano.
The real Animal World & Snake Farm Zoo on I-35 in New Braunfels inspired Ray Wylie Hubbard's beloved 2006 song — written in just 15 minutes after passing the sign.
Named by Beyoncé as a Houston favorite in Essence magazine, The Breakfast Klub has served legendary Wings & Waffles and Katfish & Grits in Midtown since 2001.
A Third Ward institution since 1969, Frenchy's Chicken is Beyoncé's childhood comfort food — namechecked in "I Been On" and featured in her Renaissance documentary.
Alejandro Escovedo made the Continental Club his home stage in Austin, recording live albums and releasing Street Songs of Love in 2010.