“The Horses and the Hounds,” James McMurtry’s latest album, proves recording artists can improve with age. McMurtry, 60, arguably didn’t hit his creative stride until he crafted his eighth album, ...

In every song, James McMurtry aims to write about Americans’ lives, but it’s unlike anything you’ll hear on country music radio. The Texas singer-songwriter chooses down-on-their-luck ranchers, West ...

If you’re from Texas and your last name is “McMurtry,” it seems likely that you might have a way with words. Novelist Larry McMurtry, who died in March 2021 at age 84, won a huge literary following ...

It’s been six years since James McMurtry’s last album of new material, but the Texas songsmith has produced another masterpiece of musical vignettes with his new “Complicated Game.” Like almost all of ...

James McMurtry doesn’t write songs, he writes short stories, which he sets to music versus reading aloud, as a proper author would. Last night, he took the stage in his ever-present southwestern ...

Many performances are planned throughout the Grand Valley, featuring a variety of music styles — from folk to rock — between May 22-28. BAILEY’S LOUNGE No Outlet Trio will perform at Bailey’s Lounge ...

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James McMurtry returns to town for a show at 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 28, at Mesa Theater and Lounge, 538 Main St. It was bound to happen. If you were fed a steady diet of Johnny Cash and Roy Acuff ...

Droll singer James McMurtry is a complex man who turns out cutting, precise story songs yet will write himself off as a “beer salesman” because he prefers to play his music in establishments that have ...

"Up until I was about 9 years old, I didn't think about where songs came from. I thought about the singers, I didn't think about the creation of the songs." For an artist like James McMurtry, it's ...

Austin singer-songwriter James McMurtry has been praised by such talented peers as John Mellencamp and Jason Isbell. “James McMurtry is one of my very few favorite songwriters on Earth,” Americana ...