Colter Wall, the Canadian cowboy singer who has made a career out of folky, old-timey Western songs, will release his third album late this summer. Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs ...

Country singer Brennen Leigh is gearing up to release her seventh album, Obsessed with the West, which she made with western swing veterans Asleep At The Wheel — a band she’s been listening to since ...

If you hear ghostly shouts of Bob Wills’ signature cry “Ah haaaa!” this weekend, don’t be surprised. The fifth annual Cowtown Birthplace of Western Swing Festival will call downbeat at noon Nov. 6, ...

Joshua Hedley is back with a new sound. After exploring mid-century countrypolitan on his debut Mr. Jukebox and Nineties roadhouse country on Neon Blue, the singer-songwriter and walking country music ...

On this day (December 17) in 1910, Donnell “Spade” Cooley was born in Grand, Oklahoma. He was an in-demand fiddle player who became a prominent figure in the western swing scene of California in the ...

If you're not from Texas and you imagine what it's like, this is the Texas you think of: horses, cattle, rolling grassland that finally meets an endless blue sky at the far horizon. In Goree, Texas -- ...

The Abilene Philharmonic is trading tuxedos for Texas swing with a high-energy concert that blends Western tradition with symphonic flair. “From Saddle to Symphony Hall,” featuring Dave Alexander and ...

Nashville-based singer-guitarist Carolyn Martin is a die-hard tradition bearer, one dedicated to country music’s wild little cousin, Western swing. While the jazz-informed style has largely fallen ...

Western Swing is a musical genre wonderfully described by its leading historian Cary Ginell as "a bastard child that neither country nor jazz is willing to accept into their own house. In my opinion ...

The Legends of Western Swing Music Festival began in Canton, Texas, in 1987 on a single stage. Boy has it grown ever since, said producer Gloria Miers. “We’ve been going a long time, and we are sort ...

It is Bob Wills Day at the Oklahoma State Capitol. The “King of Western Swing” passed away nearly 50 years ago, but bands today keep his sound alive. Over the weekend the Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys led ...