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Larry Joe Taylor's (LJT) self titled 25th Annual Texas Music Festival is coming to the Melody Mountain Ranch April 23rd through April 27th. The Melody Mountain Ranch has become a hot spot for Texas Music and the springboard for many a Texas Music artist's career. Texas music lovers have another common love, chili. How the two ever got hitched up we may never know, but one thing is for certain you will find both at Larry Joe Taylor's big shindig this April in Stephenville Texas.

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Texas music is loaded with hard-working singer/songwriters who are currently in the stage of their career where they are trying to be heard. Getting the word out about their music can be a long, uphill climb for these artists. Scott Sturgeon is currently on that climb, and stopped by for a visit.

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Reckless Kelly have been one of the highlights of the Texas music scene for over 15 years, and it seems like every song that RK releases to Texas radio can be penciled in to the Top 5 of the charts. And with good reason; this is one of the coolest, most talented bands you're going to come across. Their latest single, 'She Likes Money, He Likes Love' from the album 'Good Luck & True Love' shows off both of these attributes.

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The first announcements were just released as to who is up for what in the Texas Regional Radio (TRR) Music Awards. Texas music newcomer Roy Solis kicked off his new year with some unexpected great news. He was just nominated for New Male Vocalist in the first round of voting. Solis said he was taken completely by surprise when he first learned of he announcement. Solis said “I’m overwhelmed and honored to be a nominee. I am grateful to my fans, my peers and radio for this honor. This is a great way to start my New Year!”

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Since the release of their album, "Diamonds & Gasoline" early in 2011, The Turnpike Troubadours have been steadily expanding the business. Lead singer/songwriter Evan Felker and the rest of the band are playing more shows in more places all the time, including several recent appearances in Abilene. With the release of their latest CD "Goodbye Normal Street", expect more growth from this unique group of guys.

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Mark Allan Atwood is a classic hard working, hard playing Texas artist. He's been plugging away, playing anywhere that will let him, doing what he loves for he better part of three decades. Along with his band, Brimstone, Atwood serves up a unique sound to the Texas music landscape with the release of "Burned At The Crossroads".

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For the record I really like Mark McKinney, I believe he's got what it takes to be a superstar in the music business, a voice, talent, songwriting skills and the looks. Now McKinney goes off and proves my point by penning a new Christmas tune. This one will have all the other artists covering it in the years to come. So it's Merry Christmas to all of us from Mark McKinney with his new song 'Love The Holidays.'

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I had a pleasant surprise today, when Texas music artist Creed Fisher dropped by the KEAN 105 studios for a visit. Seems Creed was just passing through on I-20 and decided to come by to say hi and bring me his new C.D. Some time ago Fisher was at KEAN and promised that when the project was completed he would personally bring us a copy. He's a man of his word.

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Randy Brown has been doing what he loves for years, and it's all starting to pay off for him. His newest CD, 'The High Cost of Low Livin'' has helped Randy start receiving much deserved notoriety outside the Dallas/Ft. Worth music scene. I got a chance to catch up with the honky tonk singer when he stopped by for a visit to the KEAN 105 studios.

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Fall is coming and too means that all the music festivals are coming! This is the 10th year for the ZiegenBock Music Festival coming up October 6th. It's a great line-up of all your favorite Texas music artists. If you get your tickets before September 3rd you're going to save some money.

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It's hard to think of an accomplishment Wade Bowen has not achieved on the Texas music scene. He's won the awards, sells out his shows, plays all the big festivals, and has recorded a "Live at Billy Bob's Texas" CD. It's been a road of steady progress since Wade's 2002 debut album "Try Not To Listen". Like with any musician, this requires some luck, but credit Bowen's work ethic, talent, and the fact that he is a really good guy for most of his career success.

Now, with the release of "The Given", Bowen has made the next logical step in growing his music and signed with Nashville label BNA.

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A few days ago, I asked who you believe is the best Texas music artist of all time. We had great response to this question, and got into some very spirited and intelligent conversation on the radio and online. Thanks to everyone who shared their opinions and the reasoning behind them.

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