This week in Texas music history, we honor a Texan who was a Rhodes scholar, a janitor, and a helicopter pilot before becoming an award winning songwriter and movie star.

This week in Texas music history, we’ll look at a trailblazing singer whom many have called “the original rhinestone cowgirl.”

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll remember a singer who narrowly escaped death before going on to become a Texas music icon.

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll look at a popular Texas ballad based on an actual gunfight.

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll remember a pioneering musician who helped open doors for other female artists in country music.

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll honor a musician who is known by many as “the dancing cowboy.”

This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman looks at the the country’s longest continuously-running singer-songwriter festival.

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll learn about the unlikely origins of one of the state’s best-known songs.

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll recall an often overlooked musician who helped lay the foundation for Western swing.

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll celebrate a famous ballad singer who also blended honky-tonk with early rockabilly.