Once upon a time, deep in the heart of Texas, siblings Hulda, Sophia and Grace Quebe all decided to pick up the violin and take lessons together at the behest of their mother, who wanted the girls to ...

Only Merle Haggard. Never one who was shy or too scared to speak his mind, Merle was good friends with Ray Benson, frontman of Western swing band Asleep at the Wheel, who recalled a great story about ...

Fans of western swing knew Bobby Flores was the real deal. Flores, who played with the likes of Willie Nelson, Ray Price and Johnny Bush, was just as much at home playing his fiddle for dancers at ...

The sounds of western swing bands from across the country will fill VFW Post 3838 today and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. for the sixth annual Western Swing Music Society of the Southwest Showcase.

TURKEY, Texas (NEWS RELEASE) - For 50 years, the official music of Texas Western Swing has been filling the air in Turkey, Texas on the last Saturday in April in honor of the King of Western Swing, ...

TEHACHAPI, Calif. (KERO) — The Western Swing Out, a four-day festival featuring 17 bands, returns to Tehachapi for the Memorial Day Weekend. Staff for the Western Swing Out transforms the Tehachapi ...

GOSHEN — The Quebe Sisters perform an Earth Day concert at 7:30 p.m. April 22 at Ignition Music Garage, 120 E. Washington St. With its mix of originals, instrumentals and covers, the Dallas-based ...

“Sunbonnet Sue,” the first track on the new four-CD boxed set, “Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys: Legends of Country Music,” pretty much gives the whole game away. “Sunbonnet Sue” is played by the ...

The Western Swing Music Society of the Southwest will host its second annual showcase at the Cape Girardeau VFW hall this Thursday through Saturday. Western swing bands will be on hand for ...

The record was produced by Ray Benson of Asleep at the Wheel and features 11 songs, 10 of them originals, recorded at Benson’s studio in Austin, Texas (Hedley co-wrote one track with Brennen Leigh).

When many people think of the rich music scene of Portland, Oregon, they may think of bands like Dandy Warhols, Poison Idea, and Wipers – all seminal and genre-defining in their own way, but also just ...

Smokey Hormel’s hat is at least five gallons, and it looms larger as the guitarist leans into the old-fashioned microphone he’s set up in the middle of the barroom floor at Sunny’s and leads his ...