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Get More: Look, before anyone says anything about this blog post -- I know. Save it.  Blah-Blah-Blah. Texas/Red Dirt music fans have been loving them some Beaver, Ryan Beaver....long before he was a CMT "Discovery" artist, but that doesn't mean we can't enjoy his growing popularity outside of our state lines...

// "Then Sings My Soul… Songs for my Mother” is available for pre-order now. Originally, this record was not going to be... Posted by Wade Bowen on Friday, March 4, 2016 That one time Wade Bowen made his momma a special birthday present and we all got to enjoy it...

This year’s Larry Joe Taylor’s Texas Music Festival, welcoming an estimated 50,000 people through the gates over 6 days, will feature music on three stages from over 50 bands at the Melody Mountain Ranch in Stephenville, TX. The fun kicks off on Monday, April 18th at wraps up on Saturday, April 23rd...

What were the Texas Music “Scene-lebrities” up to last week? Drinking their Starbucks, complaining about their fast food orders, and riding unicorns. See, they really ARE just like us! Check out what some of your favorites were up to this week — at least the ones that actually appear to be tweeting for themselves...

From flying their meat, to celebrating Presidents' Day, to spending quality daddy time with the kids, here are just a few things our "scene-lebrities" shared with the Twitterverse last week. Last week was a great week for Texas music...congrats to my buddy @GrangerSmith on his National #1 song ...

Heads up! This sign was found being sold in a major western wear chain. (It's now pulled off the shelves) but it, along with SO MANY other countless items with my song lyrics are being illegally manufactured and sold in not only major chains but in smaller retailers too... Read More ...

From recording new tunes to listening to John Mayer to spending quality daddy time with the kids, here are just a few things our "scene-lebrities" shared with the Twitterverse last week. Baby girl wants to go for a walk! Gonna go throw rocks in the creek ...

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...

Do you love Paul Thorn? Do you love Christmas music? Do you love FREE stuff?  How about all three of those things? If so, today is your lucky day. Paul Thorn is giving his original Christmas song "That's Not Why We're Here" absolutely free...

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.