Charlie Robison News

Bubba Littrell & The Melody Mustangs have been playing dances across South Texas for decades.

Texas singer/songwriter Charlie Robison was born in Houston and raised on his family's ranch in the town of Bandera; absorbing the music he heard on the local honky tonk scene, he and brother Bruce -- later an acclaimed performer in his own right -- were also brought up on artists ranging from Black Sabbath to Gram Parsons to Bruce Springsteen.

There's a wistful, yet lighthearted self-awareness to Charlie Robison's "Middle of the Night" that echoes the tone of Texas country artists like Terry Allen and Guy Clark.

By now Cross Canadian Ragweed is so entrenched in the Texas music landscape that the band's Oklahoma roots have blurred into its current Lone Star existence.

Ruby Amanfu and Sam Brooker get a funny look sometimes when they step on stage. She's a black woman from Ghana, West Africa.

Texas-based singer-songwriter Charlie Robison, best known for quirky-'n'-catchy roots-rock songs like "Barlight" and "Walter," has been a relatively steady presence on the Texas country scene and on the periphery of the mainstream country world.

Country rocker Charlie Robison didn't have to retreat to a cabin in the hills or listen to old records to find inspiration for his new album, "Beautiful Day." He found it in his collapsing marriage to Dixie Chick Emily Robison.

Charlie Robison returns with his first album in five years, recorded in the aftermath of a divorce from Emily Robison of Dixie Chicks fame.

Country rocker Charlie Robison didn't have to retreat to a cabin in the hills or listen to old records to find inspiration for his new album, "Beautiful Day." He found it in his collapsing marriage to Dixie Chick Emily Robison.

This will be a busy week with Pat Green, Roger Creager, the Jackson Taylor Band, Charlie Robison and the Randy Rogers Band.

Looks like all those years with a Dixie Chick rubbed off on Charlie Robison . He may have divorced the Chicks' Emily Robison, but it sounds like he's married to that whole fiddle and steel and mandolin brand of music.

If there's such a thing as a happy divorce record, Charlie Robison may have recorded it.

It's been five years since fans could hear a new album from Charlie Robison. But he has a good excuse.

By the time Charlie Robison gets his well-deserved platinum single, he'll have accrued a back catalog full of timeless, should've-been hits like these.

Charlie Robison 'Beautiful Day' B+ For all the talk about this being Robison's divorce album, it's the strong singing, the tangle of guitars and the driving production, not the lyrics, that make this the Bandera native's best album to date.

Robison revitalized Mr. Dixie Chick no more, country singer releases new album By MICHAEL CORCORAN Cox Newspapers Mon.