Author: Brad Beheler

Slade Coulter is yet another fantastic songwriter cut from the cloth of time spent in Lubbock, TX. He is quickly amassing a following of fans who have found his personal, yet relatable songwriting to be one of the true bright lights in a crowd of mediocrity. Coulter is part of the next generation of Texas singer/songwriters belonging to a class that includes peers such as Kat Hasy and Kolby Cooper. It’s a generation that is doing things their own way and making music on their own terms. The brass rings they chase are theirs alone. Coulter is cutting his own

Mike Stanley may be the hardest worker in a music scene full of them.  It’s rare that he’s not gigging.  If the day ends in Y, he’s got a guitar in his hands on a stage singing his blues laden spin on Texas Music.  A serious artist with serious chops who is respected by his peers for his songwriting ability and affable nature, Stanley is growing his fanbase one night a time. He’s logged hours in just about every hub of the larger music scene you can imagine, but currently resides in central Texas…which makes reaching those 7 night a

Sprouting from the deserts of Arizona is an Americana powerhouse of a band co-fronted by Texan Shane Britt. Britt is joined by TJ Taylor at the forefront of the roots rock project which borrows as much from Red Dirt as it does the larger sonic sounds of Tom Petty and Foo Fighters. Speaking of the Foos, the Trains debut record, Lucky Stars, was recorded with Cody Canada at Dave Grohl’s Studio 606 in Los Angeles. This is a band on the come-up that has been touched with greatness and is paying it forward. We don’t get bands from Arizona torching

Thieving Birds are a rock band at their heart and a country band in the soul.  Heavy riffs mix with heartfelt lyrics that grab your attention and hold it.  Lead vocalist Ace Crayton is an able and adept singer that twists his octaves into all manner of emotional ranges.  Their songs range from ballads to foot-stomping bangers.  Thieving Birds are a band that is based in Texas, but has found acclaim nationwide.  If you like bands like Whiskey Myers and Lynyrd Skynyrd, then you will love Thieving Birds too.  Come jam the river with them on Sat July 31 at