Texas Music

Musician and film star Kris Kristofferson has died at age 88. His hit songs include "Me and Bobby McGee" and he starred in dozens of films, including A Star Is Born, opposite Barbra Streisand.

In 1973, Willie Nelson held his first 4th of July picnic. There were some problems. The locals said it was "moral pollution" and Nelson was fined $1,000 for violating the Texas Mass Gatherings Act. But that didn’t stop Willie from doing it again and again. Dave Dalton Thomas is the picnic historian and has written a book about this Texas tradition.

The blues guitarist and singer found himself seeking genuine, unfiltered connections.

Listen to a preview of Crockett's new album, Live from the Ryman.

Robison died Sunday at a San Antonio hospital after suffering cardiac arrest and other complications, just nine days after his Sept. 1 birthday, according to multiple media reports,

The first single of the album reimagines the classic track “(Hey Baby) Que Pasó.”

We asked for your favorite memories of Willie through the years as we celebrate his 90th birthday Saturday. As one of you perhaps put it best, "Even in a time of overuse of this word, he is truly an icon."

In his vintage Stetson, the Texas troubadour performed a set of songs that find new meaning in familiar country, folk and blues forms.

Recorded live at the Lonesome Lounge, Hayden Pedigo's music evokes the Panhandle plains where he grew up.