C.P. “Buck” Sloan began performing Western swing music as a teenager in the 1930s and is still at it. Buck Sloan and The Buck Shots play every Saturday night in a building behind his house near ...

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 ...

The Pawhuska Western Swing Festival honors country music legend Hank Thompson’s 100th birthday with performances by local and international artists, celebrating Oklahoma’s rich Western swing heritage.

NYC eclectic jazz artist Sweet Megg (Megg Farrell) introduces her new Western Swing album, entitled My Window Faces the South, out on September 16, 2022 on Turtle Bay Records. The album consists of 11 ...

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

Forty years ago, Ray Benson and a group of other guys with a passion for roots music were struggling to come up with the right name for their band. Benson thought of the Lower 40. "But that didn't ...

Rudy Martin has seen some of the great ones: Patsy Cline, Bob Wills, even Elvis. Martin, of Enid, was inducted into the Western Swing Music Society of the Southwest Hall of Fame July 16. He also was ...

Bob Wills was one of the earliest stars of country music in Texas just as radio became popular. Wills was one of the pioneers of western swing and inspired generations of country music artists. James ...

The record was produced by Ray Benson of Asleep at the Wheel and features 11 songs, 10 of them originals, recorded at Benson’s studio in Austin, Texas (Hedley co-wrote one track with Brennen Leigh).

The Western Swing Music Society of the Southwest will present its sixth annual Western Swing Music Showcase from Thursday to Saturday at VFW Post 3838 in Cape Girardeau. Music will be performed by the ...

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 ...