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June-July 2026 Issue

Literature and Love in McMurtryland

Story and Photos by Austin Keith As the son of a bull-rider, I grew up on a healthy diet of Western literature, film, art, and...
June-July 2026 Issue

Heir to the Troubadours: Remembering Todd Snider (1966-2025)

By Diana Finlay Hendricks Editor’s Note:Through the 1980s and ’90s, Kent Finlay and Diana Finlay Hendricks had a revolving door of hungry songwriters staying out...
June-July 2026 Issue

POETRY: David Bray publishes poetry collection Boss Hogs Kill Firedogs

Boss Hogs Kill Firedogs Austin-based poet David Bray has published his collection of poems, Boss Hogs Kill Firedogs: Rhythm & Rhyme of Texas and Beyond....
June-July 2026 Issue

POETRY: I. Boss Hogs Kill Firedogs

David Bray Armadillo World HQ – long before my Mueller arrival –In the Cosmic Cowboy and Seventies convivial,Had before it closed opening Eighty-One an A-list...
June-July 2026 Issue

POETRY: VII. A waltz without

David Bray Dirt burnt-orange viewed from the skySouth o’er stacked lakes river by river,Or cattle hide-burnt-orange? IWondered on approach to Mueller.Whether the source, now it’s...
June-July 2026 Issue

POETRY: Crazy/To Be Alive in Such a Strange World

CRAZY/TO BE ALIVE IN SUCH A STRANGE/WORLD--Lawrence Ferlinghetti Denise Duhamel with The Lunatics playing classic rock ...
June-July 2026 Issue

BOOK REVIEW: Poets and Dreamers – My Life in Americana Music

POETS AND DREAMERS:MY LIFE IN AMERICANA MUSICTamara SavianoTexas A&M University Press304 pages Poets and Dreamers: My Life in Americana Music is one of those rare...
June-July 2026 Issue

RECOMMENDED NEW BOOKS

Click each cover pic to order it, read more about it or visit the author’s website. Dirt PusherDaisy CashinFrom Hub City Press: “In the wake...
June-July 2026 Issue

MUSIC REVIEW: Pass That Jug! Freddie Steady Krc

PASS THAT JUG!Freddie Steady KrcSteadyBoy Records Pass That Jug! doesn’t come charging out of the gate. It settles in easy, like a band already halfway...
June-July 2026 Issue

RECOMMENDED NEW MUSIC

Click on each cover pic to watch a video or hear an audio cut. HalleyAnna FinlayStorms Like ThisHalleyAnna hails from real-deal Texas music royalty. For...

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