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Texas Music

Texas Music is an entertainment magazine published in Austin, Texas. Since its launch in January 2000, Texas Music has covered hundreds of the state's musicians and bands, representing all styles of music, in addition to writing about the venues and events that contribute to the state's music scene. Launched in January 2000, the magazine was formed out of an idea for an MBA school project by publisher Stewart Ramser.

Texas Music includes compilation CDs featuring Texas artists inside some issues. More than 300 artists have appeared on these CDs since 2005.

The magazine also hosts reader appreciation parties featuring performances by Texas artists.

The editor of Texas Music is Tom Buckley, a University of Texas faculty member. The art director is Martha Gazella-Taylor, who won a design award — the Charles E. Green Award for Excellence in Journalism — in 2005 for her work on the magazine. Associate editors are Coy Prather and Jeremy Ray Burchard, and Madison Searle edits the book review section. Frequent contributors include Richard Skanse, Geoff Himes, Darryl Smyers and Mike Ethan Messick. The copy editor is Kirstin Cutts.

The magazine celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2010.

The magazine celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2020. For a time, the magazine was operated by Open Sky Media in Austin, Texas, but was reacquired by Stewart Ramser, the magazine's original publisher, in 2024.

Covers

Cover subjects:<br> No. 01 (Winter 2000) – Lyle Lovett<br> No. 02 (Spring 2000) – The Flatlanders<br> No. 03 (Summer 2000) – Fastball<br> No. 04 (Fall 2000) – Dixie Chicks<br> No. 05 (Winter 2001) – Destiny's Child<br> No. 06 (Spring 2001) – Charlie Robison<br> No. 07 (Summer 2001) – Bob Schneider<br> No. 08 (Fall 2001) – Robert Earl Keen<br> No. 09 (Winter 2002) – Spotlight Spectacular<br> No. 10 (Spring 2002) – Pat Green<br> No. 11 (Summer 2002) – Janis Joplin<br> No. 12 (Fall 2002) – Lee Ann Womack<br> No. 13 (Winter 2003) – Norah Jones<br> No. 14 (Spring 2003) – Willie Nelson<br> No. 15 (Summer 2003) – Ray Wylie Hubbard<br> No. 16 (Fall 2003) – ZZ Top<br> No. 17 (Winter 2004) – Jessica Simpson<br> No. 18 (Spring 2004) – Jerry Jeff and Django Walker<br> No. 19 (Summer 2004) – The Polyphonic Spree<br> No. 20 (Fall 2004) – Stevie Ray Vaughan<br> No. 21 (Winter 2005) – Los Lonely Boys<br> No. 22 (Spring 2005) – Spoon<br> No. 23 (Summer 2005) – Willie Nelson<br> No. 24 (Fall 2005) – Miranda Lambert<br> No. 25 (Winter 2006) – Mike Jones<br> No. 26 (Spring 2006) – Kinky Friedman<br> No. 27 (Summer 2006) – Austin City Limits Music Festival<br> No. 28 (Fall 2006) – Guy Clark<br> No. 29 (Winter 2007) – Jack Ingram<br> No. 30 (Spring 2007) – Patty Griffin<br> No. 31 (Summer 2007) – Charlie Robison and Kevin Fowler<br> No. 32 (Fall 2007) – Terri Hendrix<br> No. 33 (Winter 2008) – Ghostland Observatory<br> No. 34 (Spring 2008) – Willie Nelson<br> No. 35 (Summer 2008) – Old 97's<br> No. 36 (Fall 2008) – The Randy Rogers Band<br> No. 37 (Winter 2009) – Buddy Holly<br> No. 38 (Spring 2009) – Ray Benson<br> No. 39 (Summer 2009) – St. Vincent<br> No. 40 (Fall 2009) – Cross Canadian Ragweed<br> No. 41 (Winter 2010) – 10th Anniversary<br> No. 42 (Spring 2010) – Roky Erickson<br> No. 43 (Summer 2010) – Billy Joe Shaver<br> No. 44 (Fall 2010) – Kathy Valentine<br> No. 45 (Winter 2011) – Ryan Bingham<br> No. 46 (Spring 2011) – Roy Orbison<br> No. 47 (Summer 2011) – Steve Earle<br> No. 48 (Fall 2011) – Dale Watson<br> No. 49 (Winter 2012) – Amanda Shires<br> No. 50 (Spring 2012) – Top 50 Classic Texas Songs<br> No. 51 (Summer 2012) – Bob Schneider<br> No. 52 (Fall 2012) - Armadillo World Headquarters<br> No. 53 (Winter 2013) - Kelly and Bruce Robison<br> No. 54 (Spring 2013) - Willie Nelson<br> No. 55 (Summer 2013) - Soul Track Mind<br> No. 56 (Fall 2013) - Reckless Kelly<br> No. 57 (Winter 2014) - Kacey Musgraves<br> No. 58 (Spring 2014) - Bob Wills<br> No. 59 (Summer 2014) - Billy Joe Shaver<br> No. 60 (Fall 2014) - Shakey Graves<br> No. 61 (Winter 2015) - 15-Year Anniversary<br> No. 62 (Spring 2015) - Stevie Ray Vaughan<br> No. 63 (Summer 2015) - Shinyribs<br> No. 64 (Fall 2015) - Gary Clark Jr.<br> No. 65 (Winter 2016) - Carrie Rodriguez<br> No. 66 (Spring 2016) - Trish Murphy<br> No. 67 (Summer 2016) - Los Lonely Boys<br> No. 68 (Fall 2016) - Cody Johnson<br> No. 69 (Winter 2017) - Townes Van Zandt<br> No. 70 (Spring 2017) - Aaron Watson<br> No. 71 (Summer 2017) - Peterson Brothers<br> No. 72 (Fall 2017) - Willie Nelson (Hurricane Relief)<br> No. 73 (Winter 2018) - Whitney Rose<br> No. 74 (Spring 2018) – Rodney Crowell<br> No. 75 (Summer 2018) – Leon Bridges<br> No. 76 (Fall 2018) – Savannah Welch<br> No. 77 (Winter 2019) – Miranda Lambert<br> No. 78 (Spring 2019) – George Strait<br> No. 79 (Summer 2019) – Cody Canada<br> No. 80 (Fall 2019) – 20th Anniversary Issue<br> No. 81 (Spring 2021) – Jackie Venson/Texas Artists on the Rise<br> No. 82 (Fall 2021) – 25 Greatest Album Covers in Texas Music History<br> No. 83 (Spring 2022) – Ray Wylie Hubbard<br> No. 84 (Fall 2022) – Randy Rogers Band<br> No. 85 (Spring 2023) – Wille Nelson at 90<br> No. 86 (Fall 2023) – Black Pumas

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