KUTX » This Week in Texas Music History
Summary: Each week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes us on a brief journey in time, exploring the legends and stories behind what makes Texas music known the world over.
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This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll resin up the bow with one of Western swing’s jazziest fiddlers.
This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll learn about one of the state’s first African-American folklorists.
This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll meet the original “Gangster of Love.”
This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll learn about a musical pioneer who drew inspiration from a barroom brawl.
This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll visit a place that puts the official state seal on the sounds of Texas.
By the time of A.O. Babel’s death in 1896, his reputation as a piano playing cowboy had spread throughout North America and across Europe.
This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll learn about what happened when some imported Pistols went off in a Texas dance hall.
Ventura Alonzo was honored in 1996 with a mural in Houston’s Magnolia Park, a testament to her important role in the city’s Mexican-American music scene.
Although Sarg Records never earned much money, it helped document and preserve a broad range of musical styles found in Texas.
From 1964 to 1981, Domingo Peña's Show was one of the most popular television programs in South Texas.
In 1947, UNT became the first university in the country to offer a degree in jazz.
