/tags/country-music Country Music en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Mon, 03 Mar 2025 17:43:14 GMT /austin/2025-03-03/willie-nelson-4th-of-july-picnic-austin-tx-texas The concert, which began in Dripping Springs in 1973, is often (but not always) held in Texas. Last year, it took place in Camden, New Jersey. Mon, 03 Mar 2025 17:43:14 GMT /austin/2025-03-03/willie-nelson-4th-of-july-picnic-austin-tx-texas Chelsey Zhu /texasstandard/2024-09-30/kris-kristofferson-dies-obituary-texas-highwaymen-country-singer-actor He was a songwriter, a singer and an actor, known to many Texans for his part in the “outlaw country� movement of the �70s and �80s. Mon, 30 Sep 2024 18:07:19 GMT /texasstandard/2024-09-30/kris-kristofferson-dies-obituary-texas-highwaymen-country-singer-actor Shelly Brisbin /life-arts/2023-03-28/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-cmt-awards-in-austin-this-weekend From a block party to the red carpet and live music, the weekend will be packed. Tue, 28 Mar 2023 18:51:30 GMT /life-arts/2023-03-28/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-cmt-awards-in-austin-this-weekend Haya Panjwani /news/2020-12-13/charley-pride-country-musics-first-major-black-star-dies-at-86 Pride died Saturday from complications of COVID-19 in Dallas. The baritone-voiced singer was the first Black man inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Sun, 13 Dec 2020 15:52:30 GMT /news/2020-12-13/charley-pride-country-musics-first-major-black-star-dies-at-86 Jason Slotkin /texas/2020-03-23/remembering-houston-native-kenny-rogers From Texas Standard:He was a Texas native, but wasn't really known as a Texas musician. He was "country," but he was also a big part of the pop music� Mon, 23 Mar 2020 18:07:15 GMT /texas/2020-03-23/remembering-houston-native-kenny-rogers Rhonda Fanning /texas/2020-02-10/santiago-jimenez-jr-is-a-proud-guardian-of-old-school-conjunto From Texas Standard:Santiago Jiménez Jr. has conjunto music in his blood.The son of legendary accordion player Don Santiago Jiménez, he has carried the� Mon, 10 Feb 2020 23:23:49 GMT /texas/2020-02-10/santiago-jimenez-jr-is-a-proud-guardian-of-old-school-conjunto Michael Marks /texas/2020-01-27/why-texas-music-legend-terry-allen-calls-his-new-album-just-like-moby-dick From Texas Standard:In the 1970s, Lubbock-born singer-songwriter and conceptual artist Terry Allen turned conventional country music on its head. Albums� Mon, 27 Jan 2020 22:41:08 GMT /texas/2020-01-27/why-texas-music-legend-terry-allen-calls-his-new-album-just-like-moby-dick Leah Scarpelli /texas/2019-09-13/ken-burns-country-music-takes-on-the-history-of-an-american-art-form From Texas Standard:The American South has long been the backdrop for stories about country music. But a new series by a team led by veteran documentary� Fri, 13 Sep 2019 18:35:56 GMT /texas/2019-09-13/ken-burns-country-music-takes-on-the-history-of-an-american-art-form Rhonda Fanning, Kristen Cabrera /texas/2019-09-11/theyre-nobodys-tomatoes-the-highwomen-aim-to-close-country-musics-gender-gap From Texas Standard:Country music's newest supergroup, the Highwomen, just released a self-titled album of songs written by women, performed by women and� Wed, 11 Sep 2019 19:30:15 GMT /texas/2019-09-11/theyre-nobodys-tomatoes-the-highwomen-aim-to-close-country-musics-gender-gap Michael Marks /texas/2019-06-07/musician-charley-crockett-is-no-cookie-cutter-cowboy From Texas Standard:Charley Crockett is no cookie-cutter cowboy. He grew up in the Rio Grande Valley as the son of a single mother, and he lived on the� Fri, 07 Jun 2019 19:47:20 GMT /texas/2019-06-07/musician-charley-crockett-is-no-cookie-cutter-cowboy Leah Scarpelli