Local lovers of superlative songwriting have much to celebrate this June. The award-winning Texas troubadour James McMurtry is releasing his first album in four years, The Black Dog and the Wandering ...

Though James McMurtry has been releasing albums consistently for three and a half decades, his tenth record, The Horses and the Hounds (2021), introduced the Texas musician to a new group of fans when ...

Today (June 20), James McMurtry released his highly anticipated new album, The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy. As longtime fans have come to expect, the celebrated songwriter paints vivid pictures ...

Rising pop artist, Benson Boone serves up his sophomore album, American Heart ; rock band Haim, composed of the three Haim sisters, delivers I quit ; folk rock/americana singer-songwriter, James ...

According to the one-sentence bio on James McMurtry’s Facebook page, he’s been “Steadily Shedding Fans Since 1989.” Actually, he hasn’t. The Texas singer-songwriter, whose blue-collar anthems like “We ...

Give credit to the songwriters who can look beyond obvious song topics and find inspiration in surprising places. For James McMurtry, one of the best songwriters of this era, even a traffic jam can ...