Once upon a time in Texas, there was a peace-loving, fight-picking, guitar-strumming, fire-breathing, easygoing, ornery country song of a man who built a fine career out of not quite making it big.

Americana artist Robert Earl Keen brings old and new songs to Charleston Music Hall with special guest Gritty Flyright. “I’ve been playing with [my band] for so long. They needed to be showcased — add ...

Some 20 miles outside Kerrville, Robert Earl Keen’s Rosetta Ranch spreads serenely across the West Texas landscape. There’s little movement or activity on the 500 acres these days, just deer skipping ...

Years before he recorded a note of music, Texas singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett bought two copies of "How to Make and Sell Your Own Recording." He gave one to a friend, another writer with good songs ...

When Robert Earl Keen and Lyle Lovett hit the stage at Tarrytown Music Hall on Sunday, it will hardly be the first time the pair have shared a stage. Friends and collaborators since their time as ...

Americana adventurer Robert Earl Keen isn't interested in your normal holiday show. A "Jingle Bells" singalong? Nope. "Silent Night" with a country twang? Not a chance. A little tongue-in-cheek charm ...

When: 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show, Wednesday, Feb. 1 Tickets: $28.50 in advance (general admission floor) and $40 in advance (general admission balcony). Door price TBA. Rap stars seem to have perfected ...

It is difficult to envision the moment playing out any other way. Robert Earl Keen, seated onstage at Floore’s Country Store in Helotes, Texas, had been playing for 3,000 people for nearly ...

It doesn't get more Texan than country music singer Robert Earl Keen teaming up with Buc-ee's to put on a star-studded benefit show for the victims of the Fourth of July weekend floods. The native ...

More than any of his recent albums, Farm Fresh Onions represents the new Robert Earl Keen. The meticulously detailed Texana is gone and the vibrant character portraits once so easily recognizable and ...