Songwriter News

Tuesday, June 30, 9 p.m. Jackie Greene does it all; a vocalist, songwriter, guitarist, and keyboardist, he can rock the stage solo or with a full band.

A former U.S. Army captain who turned to songwriting and helped rejuvenate the country-and-western scene in the late 1960s and early 1970s with songs like "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down," "Help Me Make It Through the.... A former U.S. Army captain who turned to songwriting and helped rejuvenate the country-and-western scene in the late 1960s and early ...

Merle Haggard , Jamey Johnson and Lee Ann Womack were among the country artists at a surprise party for songwriter Hank Cochran at Nashville's BMI offices on Monday .

If the world no longer seems filled with stupid politicians and highly placed miscreants, maybe your subscription has expired.

"You know the funny thing about the blues?" Bonnie Raitt prefaced "Thing Called Love" at the Bass Concert Hall on Sunday night.

Writer Edwin "Bud" Shrake, who passed away last week after a battle with cancer , was celebrated locally and nationally for his fiction and nonfiction.

The Austin music scene is now minus one of its greatest talents. Singer/Songwriter Stephen Bruton lost a valiant fight against cancer today.

"My father told me that birth is real, death is real, and all between is a game.

Guitarist and songwriter Stephen Bruton has died in Los Angeles at 60. Bruton, who with Kris Kristofferson for nearly 40 years, had songs recorded by Bonnie Raitt, Willie Nelson, Jimmy Buffett and others.

The word has spread like grief fire through Austin that Stephen Bruton, a triple threat as guitarist, producer and songwriter, lost his battle with cancer.

The film stars Jeff Bridges , Maggie Gyllenhaal , Colin Farrell and Robert Duvall .

Stephen Bruton, the recording artist, producer, songwriter, guitarist and actor who spent nearly two decades as "the baby" of Kris Kristofferson's touring band, died Saturday in Los Angeles.

The Austin music community is mourning the loss of a capital city legend this Saturday.

The Fort Worth native began in sports journalism. Along with Dan Jenkins , he eventually shaped American sports magazine writing with colorful yarns for Sports Illustrated - after having worked for the Dallas Times Herald and then the Dallas Morning News .

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Singer/songwriter Billy Yates will honor one of his musical heroes, the recently-deceased Vern Gosdin, on the Opry Country Classics show at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, April 30, at 7 p.m. The theme of the show was changed after Vern passed away, April 28.

Adventureland , which our critic Scott Foundas likes a lot , features two songs by Civilian Fun Group.

Warner Bros. Records Artist John Rich, one-half of multi-platinum duo Big & Rich, will release his highly anticipated solo album, Son Of A Preacher Man On Tuesday, March 24 .

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Some of the biggest names in Texas music are going to be honored in Austin this weekend.