Texas Music Scene

The Essentials – Got A Little Story For You …

In “The Essentials” series, our official blogger, singer/songwriter/journalist Mike Ethan Messick, dives into the catalog of one of the Texas Music Scene’s brightest stars or biggest legends and comes up with a handful of essential songs to recommend. Alternately he might tackle a theme, regional scene, or subgenre and list off just enough highlights and [...]

30 Albums of the Year – The Top Ten

All right here’s the big ten … not that the ones all the way down to 30 (and beyond, there were some perfectly good albums that got left off) couldn’t hold their own with these, but these were the ones that spoke to me the most and, in most cases, are differentiated by the fact [...]

30 Albums of the Year – Round 2

If you’d like another peek at the “rules” or to see who came in 21-30, please look here. Other than that, enjoy … could’ve made a good case for any of these being in the top 10, and most of them have scored in other Top 10′s (or whatever) that I’ve come across recently. The [...]

30 Albums Of The Year – Round 1

Time to wrangle the best of 2011 – which in the process of making this list I realized was a very good year indeed – and try vainly to put them in order (don’t pay too much attention to that) without leaving out anything truly great (good luck on that … I’m not a full-time [...]

BEST SONGS OF 2011 – Final Round (#1-10)

THE ESSENTIALS – BEST OF 2011 First, a few notes: Just went with one song per artist. Theoretically the best records of the year could’ve landed multiple positions but I wanted this to be a bit more inclusive. I may well have left some folks out, and with a couple exceptions it was unintentional. I’m [...]

BEST SONGS OF 2011 – Round 2 (Songs 11-20)

Three Benefits – San Marcos, Austin, College Station

Wanted to quickly let everyone know about three benefit shows coming up for folks who’d like to donate gifts to needy kids via Toys For Tots or the Blue Santa organization … directly involved in two, most likely just a fan at one, but here’s the rundown. December 4 (this Sunday!) – Cheatham Street Warehouse [...]

BEST SONGS OF 2011 – Round 1 (Songs 21-30)

First, a few notes: Just went with one song per artist. Theoretically the best records of the year could’ve landed multiple positions but I wanted this to be a bit more inclusive. I may well have left some folks out, and with a couple exceptions it was unintentional. I’m not a full-time music writer and [...]

Texas Country Career Day

Good news … the wife and I have our first kid on the way, if all goes well we’ll be sleepless and overjoyed come late May. Fun news … her obstetrician’s name is Dr. Breedlove. I guess there was a pretty fair chance that Breedlove was going to go into the business of romance and [...]

Under The Radar #18 – Coleman Wiederhold & Runnin’ Ragged

“Under The Radar” is a regular feature on the Texas Music Scene where our official blogger, singer/songwriter/journalist Mike Ethan Messick, shines the spotlight on a deserving but lesser-known artist. Some of these subjects are just getting started and might be tomorrow’s headliner (or Texas Music Scene star); some are music veterans who’ve earned admirers around [...]