PITTSTON TWP. — Back in October 1980, Jumpin’ Jeff Walker packed everything he owned in a 1969 Chevelle and headed to Northeast Pennsylvania to help launch a new radio station, 98.5 KRZ. All these ...

When Texas Standard first spoke with Bob Livingston about his new memoir, “Gypsy Alibi: A Gonzo Memoir,” it was before news about the passing of Texas music legend Joe Ely had become widespread. In ...

Joe Ely performs during his birthday bash at the Paramount Theatre in 2017. Among friends in a neighborhood park Monday night, trying to drum up optimism and holiday cheer, my mind was elsewhere. I ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In October 2012, Todd Snider performed a show in Austin at the Moody Theater, backed by Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell. The up-and ...

John Prine. Jerry Jeff Walker. Jimmy Buffett. Billy Joe Shaver. Neal Casal. Jeff Austin. Col. Bruce Hampton. Peter Cooper. Some of these important personages and master musicians died of natural old ...

The musician died weeks after he was hospitalized. By Lexi Carson Associate Editor Todd Snider, a singer-songwriter known for blending music genres folk, country, rock and blues, has died. He was 59. ...

Todd Snider, a singer, songwriter, and raconteur who helped shape the alt-country and Americana music movements, died Friday. He was 59. Rolling Stone confirmed Snider’s death, with Snider’s ...

Mentored by the likes of Jimmy Buffett and John Prine, his big-hearted ballads told of heartache even as his humor revealed a steadfast optimism. By Derrick Bryson Taylor Todd Snider, the folk singer ...

Country musician Pat Green is set to make Texas music history. The San Antonio-born singer-songwriter is about to becomes the second artist ever — after outlaw country legend Jerry Jeff Walker — to ...

"It was one of those things that I listened to it so much that I knew every word to every song," said Green, who eventually became close friends with Walker. "I was a teenager when I first started ...