In an interview in June Lyle Lovett mused on the tendency of critics, music industry types and even some fans to label him a country artist, when there's really no accurate categorization for the stylistically borderless music the Houston native creates.

You can get listings anywhere, but you'll only get the story here. KEEN MUSICAL INSIGHT: Robert Earl Keen isn't a music industry insider.

As an instrumental virtuoso with a wildly curious nature, the 47-year-old songwriter, banjo player, and guitarist is known for genre cross-pollination: He has played bluegrass with Austin band the Bad Livers, jazz with Bill Frisell, and country with Robert Earl Keen.

Bon Jovi, "The Circle" . 3 stars. Carrie Underwood, "Play On" . 3.5 stars. Wolfmother, "Cosmic Egg" . 4 stars.

"The Road Goes On Forever" is a song that twangy Texas singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen wrote 20 years ago and knows he will never outrun.

If there's one guy who has become almost synonymous with Texas, it's Lyle Lovett.

It was fellow Texan Steve Earle who talked Robert Earl Keen into moving to Nashville to become an important songwriter in the '80s, back when Texans were all the rage.

There are a lot of songs about Texas out there, and Rocks Off wouldn't be doing our duty if we sent you off into the world without properly informing you about their veracity.

Robert Earl Keen and Lyle Lovett have been friends since their days in college together at Texas A&M in the early 1980s.

ROBERT EARL KEEN is more a legend than a celebrity. For more than 25 years, the Houston native has been writing smart, plucky songs about misfits and barflies and has recorded a string of well-received albums, including the landmark " A Bigger Piece of Sky " in 1993 and " Picnic " in 1997.

For Mike Nealy, there's nothing like drinking a nice cold one at the end of the day, but don't expect to see him sipping the kind of brewski you pick up at the corner store or bar.

As universally anticipated, Miranda Lambert 's Revolution debuts at No. 1 this week on Billboard 's country album chart.

The unofficial king of today's crop of prolific Texas singer/songwriters, Robert Earl Keen doesn't have to write another word to help him book every available date he wants to play for the rest of his life.

In a few instances--"The Road Goes on Forever," for example--celebration and observation are synchronized and the party's chronicler becomes the man in charge of getting the shebang started.

Robert Earl Keen Jr. hit the Texas songwriter scene in 1984 with the LP No Kinda Dancer, story-driven songs, funny and serious, and a gregarious, just-one-of-the-guys delivery.

After checking into The Rose Hotel , Robert Earl Keen 's brand-new batch of country-fried folk, you can check out the Texas troubadour hisself, as he visits House of Blues with our own Americana surf cat Alex Woodard .... Anthology celebrates ex-Waterboy and gushing "green" guy Karl Wallinger's World Party tonight.

But for government, the party is clearly over as tax revenues plummet across the country.

At this point in Texas musical history, Robert Earl Keen is an indelible figure.

7 show is country-alternative, fan-favorite Robert Earl Keen. Keena s humorous songwriting lends itself to both rollicking fun and storytelling tunes.

The 2009 St. Regis Big Stars, Bright Nights concert series comes to a close with the seasoned, funny, poignant and "alternative" music of three singer-songwriters: Robert Earl Keen, Jill Sobule and John Doe.