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Introducing Viva Tejano - Trailer
Season 5 Episode 10
Introducing the latest podcast from Texas Monthly, "Viva Tejano.” Latin music is ascending in the U.S., and, in some surprising ways, much of the sto…
1 year, 10 months ago
Lucinda Williams on “Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground”
Season 5 Episode 10
This week, one of America’s greatest living poets, singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams, celebrates the easy beauty of one of Willie’s most cherished s…
2 years, 5 months ago
Lana Nelson on “Red Headed Stranger”
Season 5 Episode 9
This week, Willie’s first-born, daughter Lana Nelson, talks about one of the songs her dad used to sing to her at bedtime, “Red Headed Stranger,” cal…
2 years, 5 months ago
Wade Bowen on “Me and Paul”
Season 5 Episode 8
This week, one of the brightest stars of the Texas Country/Red Dirt scene, singer-songwriter Wade Bowen, examines “Me and Paul,” Willie’s 1971 chroni…
2 years, 5 months ago
John Leventhal on “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain”
Season 5 Episode 7
This week, six-time Grammy-winning producer, songwriter, and virtuoso guitarist John Leventhal—see Shawn Colvin’s A Few Small Repairs; his wife, Rosa…
2 years, 5 months ago
Susan Tedeschi on “Somebody Pick Up My Pieces”
Season 5 Episode 6
This week, one of Willie’s longtime tour mates, Grammy-winning blues singer and guitarist Susan Tedeschi, talks about a deep cut off his 1998 album w…
2 years, 6 months ago
Bruce Robison on “Walkin’”
Season 5 Episode 5
Singer-songwriter Bruce Robison is famous for writing highly intelligent, richly detailed country songs—that happen also to be incredibly sad. (See “…
2 years, 6 months ago
Lawrence Wright on “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die”
Season 5 Episode 4
This week, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright talks about a Willie hit of recent vintage, 2011’s “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die.” Tha…
2 years, 6 months ago
Booker T Jones on "Georgia on My Mind"
Season 5 Episode 3
Booker T. Jones is one of the true geniuses of American music, a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer as a keyboardist, composer, and bandleader (see “Green O…
2 years, 6 months ago
Whoopi Goldberg on "Stardust"
Season 5 Episode 2
In addition to being one the few artists to earn an EGOT—i.e. win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony—Whoopi Goldberg also happens to be a big-time musi…
2 years, 7 months ago