This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll learn about a singer who conquered Nashville on her own terms.

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll celebrate a pioneer of soul music who also enjoyed singing country songs.

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll meet a singer who found a silver lining behind the rain clouds.

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll remember a baseball player who turned out to be a real gentleman.

This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman honors the state’s most successful female songwriter.

This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman discusses a Dallas city ordinance that banned “freak” dancing.

This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman remembers one of the pioneers of Chicano Soul.

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll remember a singer whose song about a bird “flew” up the charts not once, but twice.

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll recall two brothers whose musical skills helped take a popular genre of folk music to a whole new level.

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll visit a dance hall that was built to help celebrate an important African-American holiday.