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December 21, 2025
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  • February 3, 2026

    Justin Upshaw Returns to the Redbird Listening Room

    Justin Upshaw Returns to the Redbird Listening Room

    “Ive got a couple more songs and then I’ll release you from the prison,” Upshaw joked. Of course nobody wanted to leave. 

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  • January 24, 2026

    Jonathan Bernstein Speaks About ‘What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome: The Authorized Biography of Justin Townes Earle’

    Jonathan Bernstein Speaks About ‘What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome: The Authorized Biography of Justin Townes Earle’

    It’s hard to put into words how much this man ment to my life, and thankfully Bernstein has done the work for us.

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  • December 21, 2025

    Robert Earl Keen Remembers Todd Snider

    Robert Earl Keen Remembers Todd Snider

    “Todd had a way of making the world feel a little lighter — a lot funnier and all the more honest,” Keen said.

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  • December 3, 2025

    Super Heroes of Song Vol. 3 – The Legend of Al Barlow

    Super Heroes of Song Vol. 3 – The Legend of Al Barlow

    “Al Barlow has created much more music than the many songs he has written, played, and sang for us for so many years. If there were ever a super hero of song, Al is it.”

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  • September 22, 2025

    Folk Tales Vol. 2 – The Drives of Jimmy Joe Natoli

    Folk Tales Vol. 2 – The Drives of Jimmy Joe Natoli

    “I had a passenger named Ellen. She was the only passenger on my bus for three or four years.  … So. it was like we were in a parallel universe. We made up magical animals and places that we would encounter,” Natoli said.

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  • August 15, 2025

    Remembering Texas Icon Flaco Jiménez

    Remembering Texas Icon Flaco Jiménez

    The Jiménez family forever shaped music in the Southwest, and their influence will continue to ring out in the dancehalls across the Lone Star State for years to come.

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  • July 9, 2025

    Building the First Hostel in Terlingua: A Conversation with Mike Minnick

    Building the First Hostel in Terlingua: A Conversation with Mike Minnick

    “I’ve always kind of struggled with doing what I think is responsible and more following my heart and doing what’s fun,” Minnick said.

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  • July 1, 2025

    Love and Theft Vol. 2 – The House of the Rising Sun, Dave Van Ronk, and Bob Dylan

    Love and Theft Vol. 2 – The House of the Rising Sun, Dave Van Ronk, and Bob Dylan

    “It’s hard to imagine at this late date, House of the Rising Sun sounding any different from the common version defined in the popular culture by the Animals’ 1964 recording of the song, but in it’s long history, there is very little precedent for the jazz inspired chord progression and bluesy vocal phrasing most performers…

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  • June 17, 2025

    Folk Tales Vol. 1 – Kerrville

    Folk Tales Vol. 1 – Kerrville

    “If New Folk is any indication, the route ahead for acoustic original music feels smooth and fast. The train’s leaving from Kerrville—all aboard!”

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  • June 6, 2025

    Super Heroes of Song Vol. 2 – Mustard

    Super Heroes of Song Vol. 2 – Mustard

    “I felt like I wanted to reinvent music from my own point of view,” Mustard said. “I think people should just do the music that is coming out of them.”

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