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The four-time Grammy-award-winning Nitty Gritty Dirt Band are true pioneers of country rock.

Unlikely as it seems, a 100-year-old Kentucky tobacco barn has become the vortex of Montgomery County's bustling country and Americana scene.

J erry Jeff Walker had a mature music career when the Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus were zygotes.

Because Willis Alan Ramsey has released only one album in 37 years doesn't mean he's a recluse.

Several hundred area residents basked in sunlight and sound waves Saturday during the third annual Texas City Music Fest by the Bay.

Start: Oct 23, 2009 End: Oct 23, 2009 Time: 7:00pm Price: $8 in advance and $10 at show time.

Mobile native Tyler Reeve didn't seriously start playing music until he'd left home for college.

Rusty Wier was an Austin original. He blazed a path, along with a select group of musicians, forging a "new" brand of music that came to be called "Progressive Country." A It was a label that Wier detested.

Hearing was Rusty Wier's last sense to go, so although he was almost unresponsive when surrounded by relatives and friends, including Jerry Jeff Walker, at his son Coby's house in Driftwood on Thursday night, Wier tried to raise up his head when the group sang "Amazing Grace." By the next morning, the Austin musician, who had a hit when Bonnie ...

Country singer-songwriter Rusty Weir died today, October 9, 2009. He fought cancer for two years, and passed away at the age of 65.

While often reinterpreted as "winegrower" in America, the French have a term for someone who is intimately hands-on in both tending vines and making wine: vigneron .

David Bromberg was one of the most in-demand guitarists of the 1970s. Share Share Resources DAVID BROMBERG • With: Angel Band • When: 7 p.m. Sept.

Jerry Jeff Walker is strongly associated with the progressive country scene that centered around Austin, Texas, in the 1970s and included such figures as Willie Nelson, Guy Clark, Billy Joe Shaver, the Lost Gonzo Band, Waylon Jennings,and Townes Van Zandt.

If there's one thing Austin has in spades, it's local character, be it country-music stars like Jerry Jeff Walker , renegade filmmakers like Richard Linklater and Robert Rodriguez, or even just noted nipple-torturer Mr.

A singer, songwriter and guitar-builder, Guy Clark has a name that's not as well-known as some of the stars who've sung his songs.

Deltaville Maritime Museum and Holly Point Nature Park's popular music series Groovin' in the Park continues with well-known musician Steve Keith this Saturday, August 1, from 6 to 8 p.m. With many local performances at Donk's Theater and the Sandpiper Reef in Mathews, the Mooring in Kinsale, Urbanna and other localities, Keith has a loyal ...

It isn't often that musician Bob Livingston makes it back to perform a Lubbock concert, so Saturday night promises to be special.

To say Hayes Carll is really cooking is an understatement. Since the release of "Trouble the Mind" in early 2008, Carll has seen the album cited on numerous year-end "best of" lists.