AV Club

Various Artists: Swing West!: Western Swing

Nashville may be the indisputable home of the country-music industry, but that hasn't always been the case. Of course, any country fan can tell you that being home to the industry isn't the same as ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1965, We Lost an Architect of Western Swing and Renowned Nashville Musician Who Worked With the Likes of Patsy Cline and Roy Orbison

Cecil Brower, who brought classical jazz violin to Western swing, died unexpectedly on this day in 1965. He was 50 years old.
Westword

Western Swing Band the Quebe Sisters Taking “Undetermined Hiatus”

Once upon a time, deep in the heart of Texas, siblings Hulda, Sophia and Grace Quebe all decided to pick up the violin and take lessons together at the behest of their mother, who wanted the girls to ...
The State Journal

9-time Grammy winner Asleep at the Wheel making stop at Grand Theatre

The Grand Theatre is excited that Asleep at the Wheel will return to the Grand to bring Western Swing to our stage. Ray ...
Rolling Stone

Colter Wall Previews New Album ‘Western Swing & Waltzes’ With Punchy Title Track

Colter Wall, the Canadian cowboy singer who has made a career out of folky, old-timey Western songs, will release his third album late this summer. Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs ...
Taste of Country on MSN

Will Alex Miller Head up the Most Popular Videos of the Week?

Alex Miller is bringing a traditional slant to Christmas this year with his new video, and he’s looking for votes as we decide the most popular clips in country music this week. Miller has just ...
Reuters

Asleep at the Wheel marks 40 years of western swing

NASHVILLE (Billboard) - When Asleep at the Wheel frontman Ray Benson started a band in Paw Paw, West Virginia, in 1970, he had no idea that 40 years later he would still be at the helm of one of ...
Yahoo

Asleep at the Wheel Still Have That Texas Swing

When Asleep at the Wheel decided to record a record of Texas-centric songs to commemorate the Western swing outfit spending 50 of its 55 years in the Lone Star State, Ray Benson had a simple request: ...
NPR

Western Music Expert Doug Green Revisits The Era Of The Singing Cowboy

Green wrote a book on singing cowboys and is featured in Ken Burns' new PBS series about country music. He says he fell in love with Western music from an early age: "It completely entranced me." This ...
PBS

Honky-tonk

During World War Two, a new sound sprang up in the darkened taverns and barrooms around the oil fields of Texas and Oklahoma, spread to California and then the industrial cities of the North. The beer ...
KERO-TV

Music, dancing and more at Western-themed festival in Tehachapi

TEHACHAPI, Calif. (KERO) — The Western Swing Out, a four-day festival featuring 17 bands, returns to Tehachapi for the Memorial Day Weekend. Staff for the Western Swing Out transforms the Tehachapi ...