When Guse “stumbled across” the band Asleep at the Wheel, led by Ray Benson, “that kind of busted everything open” for him ...

Once upon a time, deep in the heart of Texas, siblings Hulda, Sophia and Grace Quebe all decided to pick up the violin and take lessons together at the behest of their mother, who wanted the girls to ...

The sounds of western swing bands from across the country will fill VFW Post 3838 today and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. for the sixth annual Western Swing Music Society of the Southwest Showcase.

TEHACHAPI, Calif. (KERO) — The Western Swing Out, a four-day festival featuring 17 bands, returns to Tehachapi for the Memorial Day Weekend. Staff for the Western Swing Out transforms the Tehachapi ...

“Sunbonnet Sue,” the first track on the new four-CD boxed set, “Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys: Legends of Country Music,” pretty much gives the whole game away. “Sunbonnet Sue” is played by the ...

The Abilene Philharmonic is trading tuxedos for Texas swing with a high-energy concert that blends Western tradition with symphonic flair.

I always say that the best part of playing music is the people you meet along the way. It might be fans who become friends or venue owners whose clubs you ending up rooting for and try to help remain ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joshua Hedley’s new album ‘All Hat’ unites him with Asleep at the Wheel’s Ray Benson, who produced the Western swing project. - ...

When many people think of the rich music scene of Portland, Oregon, they may think of bands like Dandy Warhols, Poison Idea, and Wipers – all seminal and genre-defining in their own way, but also just ...

Asleep at the Wheel has been a driving force behind the resurrection of Western swing for a little more than 50 years, and the iconic band is now bringing its timeless music to Alma's Skokos ...

Being inducted into a hall of fame takes some doing, no matter what the hall's size. In music, guitar grinders and powerful vocalists are regularly received in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in ...

Smokey Hormel’s hat is at least five gallons, and it looms larger as the guitarist leans into the old-fashioned microphone he’s set up in the middle of the barroom floor at Sunny’s and leads his ...