Category: News
Find out the latest happenings in the Texas and Red Dirt music scene!
Live Music Shutdown Series: Kimberly Brian
Welcome to Week Three of our Live Music Shutdown Series! This week we are debuting writing from Kimberly Brian, Marketing and Media Director for OhWook!…
Live Music Shutdown Series: Terran Flusche
Welcome back! This week debuts writing from our second Texas music industry professional Terran Flusche, Director of Marketing at Billy Bob’s Texas and Manager for…
Live Music Shutdown Series: Ben Hussey
Over the past year, we have seen musicians and Texas Country/Red Dirt industry personnel make diamonds from the pandemic dust left after live music was…
Texas Music Pickers’ New Format for 2021
We’re excited to announce that due to the growing success of our Spotify show format (30K starts since 10/24), this will become the main platform…
Pat Green Teams Up with Texas Music Pickers for “Green in the Scene”
Join us Wednesday, August 9th for “Green in the Scene” hosted by Texas/Red Dirt legend Pat Green! Pat will be showcasing some of the scene’s…
Texas Music Pickers Songwriter Competition: Final Round
Wow, what a great Round 1! There’s a lot of talent emerging from this scene, and have no doubt a big portion of that is…
Spotify Hits Play on Texas Music Rewind
Five years ago, when I first wrote about the oncoming change music streaming, and Spotify specifically, would provide for the Texas music scene it probably…
Texas Talent Search: Nominate New Artists
Texas Music Picker Taylor Ashlynn is looking to showcase Texas Country, Red Dirt, and Americana singer/songwriters from 12 cities across the state of Texas. With…
Texas Music Pickers Now on Apple Music
Texas Music Pickers is excited to announce the launch of our official playlist on Apple Music. Head Curator, Jodi Cockrell, and Co-Curator Chris Fox will…
Texas/Red Dirt Streaming Calendar
With the current decline of live music performances, there has been a huge increase in online performances. Since there are so many, we’ve decided to…
Your Spring Festival Lineup & Spotify Playlist Guide
Here’s your Spring Texas/Red Festival Guide and corresponding Spotify playlist! (Covers major festivals through the rest of the Spring Semester) Mardi Gras Texas Style…
Entry Window for Jam Session at Texas Music Seminar 2020 closes on 2/4
The deadline to throw your name in the hat for the Texas Music Seminar 2020 will close on Tuesday, February 4th at midnight. If you’d…
LJT Fest Camping On Sale Now!
Open Camping is now on sale for LJT! Open camping means that all campsites not pre-reserved are now open to the general public! Camping available online or…
Casey Donahew Announced as Keynote Artist for Texas Music Seminar
We’re excited to announce that Casey Donahew will be the keynote artist at our Texas Music Seminar! Donahew and Chris from Texas Music Pickers will…
Reckless Kelly Announce Two New Albums Set For A May Release
Austin, TX-based country rock band Reckless Kelly just announced two new full-length albums, American Girls and American Jackpot, to be released on May 22 via…
