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This Week in Texas Music History: Al Stricklin

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll celebrate a jazz musician who gained fame playing country music.

This Week in Texas Music History: Gene Austin

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll meet one of the most successful yet least well-known musicians ever to come from the Lone Star State.

Afternoon Delight: Gross Meets Colbert

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Did you catch Terry Gross on The Colbert Report Wednesday night? If not, here’s your chance to right that wrong.

This Week in Texas Music History: Lead Belly

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll honor one of the most influential artists in American music.

Afternoon Delight: Joyce Yang

2005 Cliburn Competition silver medalist Joyce Yang returns to Fort Worth tonight for a recital. To get your prepped, enjoy this segment of the KERA-produced Encore! with James Conlon featuring Yang.

This Week in Texas Music History: Jimmy Day

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll remember a man who helped make others famous while avoiding the spotlight himself.

This Week in Texas Music History: Miriam Gordon Landrum

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll learn about a music teacher who helped launch dozens of successful careers.

This Week in Texas Music History: Cedric Haywood

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll celebrate one of the state’s most versatile and prolific jazz musicians.

This Week in Texas Music History: John Hardee

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll remember a talented musician who traded in the nightclubs for the classroom.

Margo Jones – ‘Sweet Tornado’ on KERA TV Tonight

KERA is re-broadcasting the documentary, Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater, tonight at 10 p.m. in honor of the theater legend’s 100th birthday. If you’ve not seen it, you need to catch up with one of the great women in theater — who died tragically before the movement she espoused really came into being.

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