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Texas Pickers Strum Germans to Set Recordnew
On an August afternoon hotter than Jerry Jeff Walker's temper, two extraordinary things transpired: I played two songs with 1,867 other guitar pickers to set a Guinness world record. And I rekindled a subliminal inner joy buried for years.
The Texas Observer |
Robert McCorkle |
09-23-2009 |
Music
Tear Down the Wallnew
The border-busting banda sound of Dallas' Las Palmas de Durango.
The Texas Observer |
Michael Hoinski |
03-10-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Las Palmas de Durango
Willie Nelson: Alive and Singing the Truthnew
Willie's daughter Amy co-wrote "A Peaceful Solution" with him last year -- the song declares that the real war we all need to be fighting is the war to reclaim our own country.
The Texas Observer |
Thomas Palaima |
01-14-2008 |
Music
Tags: Willie Nelson
Preserving Black Gospel's Golden Agenew
The Black Gospel Music Restoration Project hopes to identify and acquire black gospel recordings, primarily from the music's mid-20th-century golden age, and digitize them to create a virtual encyclopedia of a musical style unparalleled in its religious zeal.
The Texas Observer |
Michael Hoinski |
11-19-2007 |
Music
The Boys With the Bandsnew
South By Southwest, which started 20 years ago as a "cool idea," has grown into the biggest music convention in the world, a film festival and an interactive conference.
The Texas Observer |
Joe Nick Patoski |
03-15-2006 |
Music
