There is a particular sound drifting out of the open doorways along South Congress and East Sixth Street on a hot Texas night - a pedal steel guitar crying…
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A battered felt hat hanging on a wooden peg behind a country bar tells a story that stretches from the open range to the neon-lit dancehalls of Texas and…
Honky-tonk dancing has a reputation for being the reserve of seasoned regulars, but the truth is that the floor belongs to anyone willing to give it a try.…
A honky-tonk request is rarely just a demand for a particular title. It is usually a small piece of personal history: a song heard on a long drive, a…
In 2010, while mainstream radio formats were still chasing glossy pop playlists, a small group of honky-tonk devotees launched an online station from a…
The fiddle holds a singular place in Texas country music, weaving through honky-tonk bars, dancehalls, and Western swing arrangements with a voice that can…
Vintage honky-tonk merchandise carries the dust and swagger of dance halls stretching back to the postwar era, when fiddles, steel guitars, and rhinestone…
A working cowboy's hands gripping a microphone in a dim Texas roadhouse. Stetson hats tipping back as a fiddle wails through the smoke. That image has shaped…
There is a particular cry that comes off a Telecaster in a dim roadhouse bar that no other instrument quite manages, a bittersweet howl that sounds like a…
Before streaming playlists and satellite country channels, AM radio carried the sound of fiddles, steel guitar and ringing piano across huge distances. A…