Ted Franklin Belue, Musician and Writer A Western Writers of America’s Spur Award-winner, Ted Franklin Belue solved Boone’s “lost grave” mystery in...
What History Has Taught Me: Ted Franklin Belue
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Western Music
Western Roundup
April 2020
JUNI FISHER
Juni Fisher’s evocative songwriting, soulful singing and dedication to Western cowboy music earned her the highest accolade of her peers in 2011,...
DON CUSIC
This premier historian of Country music is the editor of The Western Way Magazine, published by the Western Music Association And an author (his...
CHARLIE SEEMANN
The executive director of the Western Folklife Center in Elko, Nevada, which hosts the prestigious National Cowboy Poetry Gathering every January....
CARIN MARI
The lead singer for Carin Mari & Pony Express, Carin Mari was featured on Michael Martin Murphey’s album Tall Grass & Cool Water. South...
PAUL ANDREW HUTTON
The Distinguished Professor of History at the University of New Mexico, Paul Andrew Hutton is also True West’s Historical Consultant. Best...
Boot Stompin’, Guitar Pickin’ and Soul Searchin’ Western Roadhouse Country Blues
From the Bucket of Blood Saloon in Virginia City, Nevada, to the Sons of Hermann Hall in Dallas, Texas, to stages at festivals like the Lincoln...
Our Favorite Western Music of 2011
True West editors pick their favorite Western music. DON EDWARDSThe Western Music Association (WMA) honored the great Don Edwards with the Best...
Honky-Tonk Days In Arizona
Gone are the “bulls messing with the heifers” at Sarg’s Cow Town, Abel Hall, the Matador, Chester’s, Riverside Park Ballroom, JD’s and Mr. Lucky’s....
Music That Ain’t Country (Let Alone Western)
You’re more likely to find me listening to an audiobook or tuning in to National Public Radio than dialing in a Country-Western station, but not too...
Music That Ain’t Country (Let Alone Western)
You’re more likely to find me listening to an audiobook or tuning in to National Public Radio than dialing in a Country-Western station, but not too...