San Antonio native Rosie Flores has been playing the famous South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Festival in Austin since 1988 and she'll be featured again this year, promoting a new record, “Girl of the Century." Although she's lived in California and Nashville, she's permanently a resident of Texas.
While most songwriters are avid readers, James McMurtry didn’t spend much time with his nose in a book when he was growing up.
Although she's been recognized for her ability to sing the blues, Texas-born, Louisiana raised songwriter Marcia Ball's music is infused with a Cajun kick and a lot of joy.
When Lyle Lovett was touring in support of his new CD, “Natural Forces,” he opened the show with “Sun and Moon and Stars,” a song written early in the career of Texan Vince Bell. Lovett said he recorded the song as a tribute to Bell, one of his mentors. For audience members familiar with Bell’s story, it was a particularly touching moment.
