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January 2022 – Living With the Music

January 23, 2022January 24, 2022 Brad Beheler

At the risk of sounding like old man yelling at cloud…which is a risk I’m more than okay with as we slide into 2022…remember when we truly lived with albums? It was common from all genres for you to keep a CD in rotation for months. You’d play that son of a gun until it was worn, scratched and faded. Your CaseLogic cd holder had a permanent spot missing where the likes of Rollercoaster, Diamonds and Gasoline or #2 Dinner originally had a home. The convenience of streaming has pushed that mode of listening to a distant memory. Sure, vinyl

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November 2021 – Gratitude

November 23, 2021November 23, 2021 Brad Beheler

I’m thankful for music. I’ve been blessed quite a bit in life, but nothing quite competes with music for my fanciful wanderlust and attention. It’s my chief hobby. Sure, I’ll hunt and fish and I’m a diehard sports fan for my squads…but music consumes me in a way like no other entity. If there’s a free spot on my calendar, I’m looking for a show. And, there’s still nothing quite like the thrill that I get when I hear a song that resonates with me for the first time. Music isn’t just good for the soul, it’s essential. For many

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October 2021: Drafting the Biz

September 22, 2021January 21, 2022 Brad Beheler

The Texas Music scene in 2021 is kind of like your favorite sports team that hasn’t won a title in a couple years. The roster is aging, the fanbase is satisfied but restless and everyone is waiting for the draft pick, coaching change or free agent signing that’s going to turn things back to a championship level. This is not to mean that the squad isn’t scoring victories, because we’re racking up dubs with Cody Johnson selling out arenas nationwide, Koe Wetzel packing baseball stadiums, Parker McCollum playing the Opry, stalwarts like Randy Rogers Band and Wade Bowen keeping things

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Aug 2021 – It Lives in Here

August 15, 2021January 15, 2022 Brad Beheler

Andy Dufresne had just spent two weeks in solitary confinement, better known as the hole, when he emerged bemused and seemingly even more confident than when he had gone in. His mess hall buddies were confused and still roaring with laughter about the stunt that put Andy in the hole in the first place. Andy had leveraged his position as prison librarian to obtain a shipment of LP’s and books. One of the records was an Italian opera. “Le Nozze di Figaro,” specifically the Duettino “Sull’aria to be exact. Andy barricaded himself in the wardens office and blared the recording

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June 2021: Circles and Cycles

June 8, 2021January 21, 2022 Brad Beheler

Here at Galleywinter World Headquarters we receive all manner of artist promo emails, packages and assortments. Most recently, this included a very cool package from the Reckless Kelly crew re-issuing their fine double record from 2020. As cool as that was, another recent message stoked my motivation for this month’s corner. It was an email from a publicist (not normally connected to the Texas scene or anything we really cover around here) asking for coverage of a new client of hers. It was in reference to a young female artist who had scored “multiple chart hits in Texas!” I listened

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November 2022: Thankful for the Musical Feast

November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 Brad Beheler

November is traditionally for feasting. Normally that means some overrated food and sale items that aren’t really that great, but in 2022 it also means with regard to music. We are in the midst of the most fertile and explosive release calendar I can ever recall for this kind of music. 2022 as a whole has been a boon. A bountiful flood of quality releases have dotted the calendar dating back to January. But, this August through October stretch has been particularly heavy-hitting. New albums from scene heavy weights Wade Bowen, Randy Rogers Band, Adam Hood and Pat Green; new

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