Texas dance halls and saloons have a special place in state history, and some of the musicians they've helped produce have had an impact on music. Dance halls are the focal point of the nightlife and ...

As you get ready for work this morning, you feel a tickle in your throat. Someone in the house has been down with the flu, and you're probably just catching the germs now. But no worries; you'll just ...

As 2025 draws down, we at The Texas Tribune are reflecting on yet another wild and turbulent year of news in this state. From a redistricting effort that set off a battle between blue and red states ...

Texas country music legend Joe Ely died Monday from complications of Lewy Body Dementia and pneumonia, according to a statement posted to his official Facebook account. The acclaimed singer-songwriter ...

In 1972, West Texas singer-songwriter Joe Ely and two bandmates traveled to Nashville to record their first album under the name Jimmie Dale & The Flatlanders. The sound, however, didn’t fit with ...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — In Austin this winter, the quickest way out of town isn’t I-35 or the airport. It’s the Texas Longhorns’ running back room. Players are leaving faster than some of the folks could ...

Beloved in Texas, Ely left enough of a national footprint that Rolling Stone eulogized him as a "progressive Texas country legend" and Variety as a "Texas country-rock hero," accurate if somewhat ...

Thanks to his eclectic style and tireless touring, he was among the most influential artists in the early days of Americana and alt-country music. By Clay Risen Joe Ely, a singer and songwriter from ...

Mike Elko is pretty much an open book on most topics in the college football world. The second-year head coach will happily give an open-ended answer on NIL talks, the stadium environment on Kyle ...

Texas authorities have released dashcam video showing the last confirmed sighting of missing 19-year-old Camila Mendoza Olmos, who has been unaccounted for since the morning of Christmas Eve and is ...