Robert Earl Keen will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the recording of one of the best Texas/Red Dirt and Americana albums ever: No. 2 Live Dinner.
REK and his band will return to the venue where they made their iconic recording in 1995...
Rolling Stone released their list of 30 Great Country Albums of 2015 That You Probably Didn't Hear. You should definitely check out the full list, but we wanted to focus on the Texas & Red Dirt and Americana artists that were mentioned.
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Robert Earl Keen is unequivocally, and without a single doubt one of the best entertainers of our time. His songs are stories, his stories are real, and they both just seem so effortless. At the 20th Annual Key West Songwriters Festival Keen offered up advice on how you can write a song. Pencil and paper time, boys and girls.
The July 2015 issue of Texas Monthly Magazine hits newsstands Monday, with two very talented Texans on the front cover - Robert Earl Keen and Lyle Lovett. This month's cover story is dedicated to "secrets behind some of your favorite Texas songs," and includes the back story of songs written by Willie Nelson, Selena, Kacey Musgraves and the Dixie Chicks.
If you're like me and never catch Imus in the Morning, then you definitely missed this. Last week Robert Earl Keen, who is out promoting his new Blue-Grass album, "Happy Prisoner," took his Texas staple, 'The Road Goes on Forever,' to the controversial radio / TV host's show.
Robert Earl Keen is rolling out a bluegrass album on Tuesday. Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions will hit store shelves and the Internet on February 10th. The Texas troubadour explains how he came up with the name for the album:
"My wife and my family used to wear these crazy pajamas that had horizontal stripes, and we called them the 'happy prisoners,'" Keen tells the Nashville Sc
Say what you want (Lord knows Natalie Maines does), but the Dixie Chicks are one of the best bands of-all-time; and may be the best female band ever. Country or not. And everyone loves 'em some Robert Earl Keen. Today the Wall Street Journal posted a new duet from former Dixie Chick, Natalie Maines and Keen, called Wayfaring Stranger.