Explore Tulsa’s Cain’s Ballroom, where Western swing and Red Dirt music took shape and generations of artists say the music ...
Cape Girardeau is an outpost in the world of Western swing music, far removed from the genre's base in the Southwestern United States. Yet this weekend hundreds have made the trek here from their ...
Ten-time Grammy Award-winning band Asleep at the Wheel is bringing Western swing music to the islands this month. Ray Benson, front man of the band for over 50 years, and his latest collection of ...
KEARNEY — Carolyn Martin’s music combines a heady mix of jazz, country, blues, polka, Latino and more. “There’s a little bit of everything in there,” the singer said while traveling through Texas at ...
Multi-generational Western swing band Asleep at the Wheel turned 55 this year. The band celebrated with the release of their new album “Riding High in Texas” Friday. The collection features 10 songs ...
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, ...
In the 1930s some young musicians blended country, polka and Western with the popular swing music of the time. The musical mix would later become known as Western swing. Western swing still holds its ...
The last time Dave Alexander played for a Broken Arrow audience, it was 1974 -- and he wasn't even in Broken Arrow. "That was the first time Broken Arrow had its high school graduation at ORU," he ...