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Last week during her concert at Texas' Majestic Theatre Kacey Musgraves shared a new snippet of an unreleased song. The tune was inspired by her run-in with a panty thief. It just so happened that this girl — when I first moved to Nashville, she stole a bunch of s–t from me and was dumb enough to post all these pictures of herself in my clothes on Facebook,”  “… Anyway, I caught her...

If you’re a Willie Nelson fan, and who isn't, you will want to make plans to visit the Texas Hill Country this fall!

It has been several weeks since this year's Memorial Day Weekend floods ravaged the small town of Wimberley, Texas, but the Texas/Red Dirt music scene hasn't forgotten about those Central Texas families who are still trying to rebuild their community.

After FIVE consecutive No. 1 singles from his "Luck and Desire" record, Josh Grider is back with brand new music!

Since Texas Country's biggest bromance-besties, Randy Rogers and Wade Bowen, released their new duet album in April, fans have been raving about how much they love it. And I couldn't agree more. This album hasn't found its way out of my CD player, since I got it...

Many artists keep what my momma called a "whatnot" on stage during their shows. Something to bring the good luck. Well, sometimes, thanks to over zealous fans, these special trinkets end up missing.

Zane Williams wrote a country song about a woman. And it doesn't have a single thing to do with her making him a sandwich, while she is wearing Daisy Duke shorts and dancing in the back of his pickup truck's bed... that is parked in a field.

I won't lie. I don't cook. As much as it breaks my momma's heart, I am a TERRIBLE cook. I can barely even make a bag of microwave popcorn without burning down the house.

I was piddling around on YouTube today, and I ran across a video on the Music Audience Exchange channel, and thought "Hey! This is totally share-worthy!"

He is the pride of Maypearl, Texas; and one of the nicest, hardest working singer/songwriter/dad's (in my own humble opinion, and I am rarely wrong) in the Texas-Red Dirt Music Scene. And this summer Bart Crow will be making his Grand Ole Opry debut.

The July 2015 issue of Texas Monthly Magazine hits newsstands Monday, with two very talented Texans on the front cover - Robert Earl Keen and Lyle Lovett. This month's cover story is dedicated to "secrets behind some of your favorite Texas songs," and includes the back story of songs written by Willie Nelson, Selena, Kacey Musgraves and the Dixie Chicks.

Do you ever get the feeling that you've forgotten something? Your mom's birthday? A doctor's appointment? Basic gun safety rules during a photo shoot? To turn off the iron before you leave the house?