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On the Scene: Country music minus the frills
You can get listings anywhere, but you'll only get the story here. KEEN MUSICAL INSIGHT: Robert Earl Keen isn't a music industry insider.
As an instrumental virtuoso with a wildly curious nature, the 47-year-old songwriter, banjo player, and guitarist is known for genre cross-pollination: He has played bluegrass with Austin band the Bad Livers, jazz with Bill Frisell, and country with Robert Earl Keen.
Bon Jovi Taps Hit-Making Formula for New CD "The Circle"
Bon Jovi, "The Circle" . 3 stars. Carrie Underwood, "Play On" . 3.5 stars. Wolfmother, "Cosmic Egg" . 4 stars.
"The Road Goes On Forever" is a song that twangy Texas singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen wrote 20 years ago and knows he will never outrun.
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Lyle Lovett brings his Texas twang to Boston
If there's one guy who has become almost synonymous with Texas, it's Lyle Lovett.
Trio of Texas songwriters ride into town
It was fellow Texan Steve Earle who talked Robert Earl Keen into moving to Nashville to become an important songwriter in the '80s, back when Texans were all the rage.
Lone Star Scorecard: All Robert Earl Keen Edition
There are a lot of songs about Texas out there, and Rocks Off wouldn't be doing our duty if we sent you off into the world without properly informing you about their veracity.
Porch played a big role in accomplished musicians early days
Robert Earl Keen and Lyle Lovett have been friends since their days in college together at Texas A&M in the early 1980s.
Cult country artist Robert Earl Keen reflects on his career and new album, 'The Rose Hotel.'
ROBERT EARL KEEN is more a legend than a celebrity. For more than 25 years, the Houston native has been writing smart, plucky songs about misfits and barflies and has recorded a string of well-received albums, including the landmark " A Bigger Piece of Sky " in 1993 and " Picnic " in 1997.
New BREW festival to unlock the mystery of good beer
For Mike Nealy, there's nothing like drinking a nice cold one at the end of the day, but don't expect to see him sipping the kind of brewski you pick up at the corner store or bar.
Miranda Lambert's Revolution Seizes the Album Summit
As universally anticipated, Miranda Lambert 's Revolution debuts at No. 1 this week on Billboard 's country album chart.
Check into Keen's 'Rose Hotel'
The unofficial king of today's crop of prolific Texas singer/songwriters, Robert Earl Keen doesn't have to write another word to help him book every available date he wants to play for the rest of his life.
Live Review: Robert Earl Keen in West Hollywood, CA
In a few instances--"The Road Goes on Forever," for example--celebration and observation are synchronized and the party's chronicler becomes the man in charge of getting the shebang started.
Review: 'The Rose Hotel,' Robert Earl Keen
Robert Earl Keen Jr. hit the Texas songwriter scene in 1984 with the LP No Kinda Dancer, story-driven songs, funny and serious, and a gregarious, just-one-of-the-guys delivery.
After checking into The Rose Hotel , Robert Earl Keen 's brand-new batch of country-fried folk, you can check out the Texas troubadour hisself, as he visits House of Blues with our own Americana surf cat Alex Woodard .... Anthology celebrates ex-Waterboy and gushing "green" guy Karl Wallinger's World Party tonight.
After recession, Virginia will eat Maryland's lunch
But for government, the party is clearly over as tax revenues plummet across the country.
Robert Earl Keen Live Tuesday @ 2pm
At this point in Texas musical history, Robert Earl Keen is an indelible figure.
7 show is country-alternative, fan-favorite Robert Earl Keen. Keena s humorous songwriting lends itself to both rollicking fun and storytelling tunes.
Labor Day concert at Deer Valley
The 2009 St. Regis Big Stars, Bright Nights concert series comes to a close with the seasoned, funny, poignant and "alternative" music of three singer-songwriters: Robert Earl Keen, Jill Sobule and John Doe.
John Goodspeed: One last splash of summer
Labor Day weekend traditionally is the last splash of summer, and the hottest tickets are right in line they're all near the water.
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