Texas Hill Country music.

Bri Bagwell

Country

Texas Female Artist of the Decade and nine-time Female Vocalist of the Year with fifteen #1 singles on Texas Country Radio. Moved to Austin to attend UT, picked up guitar, and immersed herself in the city's music scene. Known for fearless authenticity and deep Texas roots.

Cody Canada

Country

Co-founded Cross Canadian Ragweed in 1994 and has been instrumental in the Red Dirt music movement. Asked for a guitar after attending a George Strait concert at age four. Now performs as Cody Canada & The Departed.

Mason Lively

Country

Midland

Country

Country trio of Mark Wystrach, Jess Carson, and Cameron Duddy formed in 2014. Known for 5x Platinum hit 'Drinkin' Problem' and a sound rooted in traditional country. Sold out the Houston Rodeo and Livestock Show.

Parker McCollum

Country

Won New Male Artist of the Year at the 2022 ACM Awards. Blends Texas country, Americana, blues, and folk rock. Scored his first #1 country hit with 'Pretty Heart' in 2020 and has become one of country's biggest touring acts.

Robert Earl Keen

Country

Aaron Lacombe

Americana

Andi Holleman

Ben B Beckendorf

Blues

Ben Beckendorf is a Bluesman. He sings the Blues, he plays the Blues, he's lived the Blues. Ben has been a staple of the Texas Music scene for over 45 years and still continues to be a driving force of the Blues in the Texas Hill Country. He has dedicated his life to playing the music he loves and believes in.

Ben Kweller

Indie rock / power pop

Ben Kweller makes highly melodic, often irreverent indie rock that moves between power pop, folk-rock and punk. His career started in his teenage years with the Texas '90s post-grunge band Radish, and he broke out as a solo artist in 2002 with Sha Sha; his second album, 2004's On My Way, was his first to enter the Billboard 200. His seventh studio album, Cover the Mirrors (2025), was recorded entirely at his home studio and barn in Texas and is shaped by the loss of his teenage son, Dorian.

Billy Garza

Americana

Billy Lister

Country / pop-rock / indie-pop

Billy Lister is a genre-bending singer-songwriter from Boerne, Texas. Born in San Antonio in 1990 and raised in Boerne, he is the grandson of Big Bill Lister, a Grand Ole Opry regular and former opener for Hank Williams Sr. By the age of eleven he had picked up the bass guitar and was performing alongside his father and grandfather, three generations on the same stage, before he began writing songs of his own. His music blends country, rock and indie-pop textures, pairing raw emotion with cinematic detail.

Black Hoodie Ensemble

Folk / indie rock

Black Hoodie Ensemble is the amorphous musical project of Jet Jobob Rodel. His album *Ruffled* (out Jan 9, 2026) is a clear-eyed, acoustic-centered reflection on aging, change, and the slow shaping force of time. Written and recorded largely in solitude at Dup Studios in Burnet, TX, *Ruffled* finds the Marble Falls songwriter turning toward stillness, with folk songs built around unadorned guitar and voice. Inspired by the lyrical guitars of Joni Mitchell and Riley Walker, Rodel leans into the power of restraint.

Black Pumas

Soul

Black Pumas are a Grammy-nominated psychedelic soul band based in Austin, Texas, led by vocalist Eric Burton and guitarist/producer Adrian Quesada. Known for their breakout hit “Colors,” the band blends classic soul, funk, and rock into a modern sound that has earned national acclaim.

Brandon Alan

Country / Southern rock / Americana

Brandon Alan is a Texas recording artist whose music fuses country grit with Southern rock soul and Americana depth. With 30+ years of guitar in his hands, he is known for mesmerizing guitar work and is equally fluent on slide, dobro, mandolin and banjo. He spent time in Nashville recording his self-titled album in 2013, featuring a collaboration with Texas country artist Bart Crow on "Through The Cracks," and after returning to Texas from Nashville in 2017 he rebelled against the pressure of making his sound fit into a trendy industry box.

Britt Ballenger

Cameron Allbright

Americana / Texas country

Cameron Allbright is a singer-songwriter from New Braunfels, Texas. Drawing from influences like Ryan Adams and John Mayer, and taking notes from artists in the Texas country and red dirt genres, Cameron is driven by a passion for creating unique original songs. With the release of his debut record, Any Part of Life, a heartfelt collection that showcases his soulful voice and gift for storytelling, Cameron is taking his artistry to exciting new heights while touring around the U.S. and sharing his music with new audiences.

Candace Hastings

Americana / country

Candace Hastings is an Americana singer-songwriter, both Indigenous and cowgirl, whose small songs about big things blend rough-cut beauty, sharp observation, and a lifelong search for hope and home. Adopted, and often on the outside looking in, she learned to study the world from the edges, capturing in words what people carry. Her album Soft Place to Land (June 2026) has received accolades from the Bluegrass Situation, No Depression, and Americana Highways.

Casey Donahew

Country

Chaparelle

Country / alt-country / indie pop

Blending harmonies with an ethereal sound that falls somewhere between alt-country and indie pop, Chaparelle is a roots music group fronted by vocalists Zella Day and Jesse Woods. The band recalls the classic male-female country vocal teams, while its songwriting and production add a modern sensibility. The group came together in Texas in 2023, and in 2025 it delivered its debut album, Western Pleasure.

Cody Johnson

Country

CMA Album of the Year winner (Leather, 2024) with nearly 7.5 billion global streams and 47 RIAA certifications. Former rodeo bull rider who committed full-time to music at 19. One of the biggest names in modern country music.

Colin Boutwell

Country

Colleen Michelle Miller

Country

Collie Miller is a south Texas native with a real knack for performance and songwriting. In a state filled to the brim with country and folk talent, her powerful voice and thoughtful lyrics make her stand out among the fray.

Cory Morrow

Country

Texas Country singer-songwriter who, along with Pat Green, popularized 'Texas Music' in the 1990s. Has sold over 200,000 albums independently. Underwent personal transformation, getting sober and becoming a Christian in 2012.

Courtney Eoff

Country

Courtney Eoff is a graduate from Texas A&M University. Music has always been a part of her life, and her family claims that she was humming melodies before she could even talk! Courtney grew up in a musical family, and they have made a tremendous impact on her. Her favorite genres are traditional country and Texas country. Some of her favorites are Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Stevie Nicks, John Conlee, and Randy Rogers Band. These musicians have been the soundtrack to her upbringing and have inspired her to learn more about music and write songs.

Dallas Burrow

Americana

Danny Brooks

Southern soul / blues / roots

Danny Brooks & Lil Miss Debi left Milton, Ontario, Canada in December 2010 and have resided in Llano, Texas since January 2011, touring extensively throughout North America. Their music is a blend of southern soul, rock, blues and Americana, with a little reggae, gospel, Cajun and mountain music in the mix. Danny grew up on Hank Williams, Solomon Burke, Taj Mahal, John Lee Hooker and the Allman Brothers, and his older brother Greg's recordings of Sam & Dave, Otis Redding and Sam Cooke added to his musical blend. He has worked with producers including Jim Dickinson and Capricorn Records' Johnny Sandlin, who brought him to Decatur, Alabama to record No Easy Way Out with the Muscle Shoals musicians.

Drew Kennedy

Country

Dylan Tanner Hink

Singer-songwriter / acoustic folk-pop

Dylan Tanner Hink is an award-winning singer-songwriter from Bandera, Texas. Born in San Antonio in 1991, he moved with his family as a child to the Hill Country of Lakehills, where he started playing drums at 10 and spent eight years behind the kit before picking up a guitar at 18 and writing more than 20 original songs before learning a single cover. He studied audio engineering in Austin, working out of Arlyn Studios and Ray Benson's Bismeaux Studios, and was voted Best Singer Songwriter at the 2015 San Antonio Music Awards. He and his wife, Kristian, host the annual Hink House Concerts at their home in Lakehills.

Gary P. Nunn

Country

George Ensle

Texas folk / story-song

During the 1960s Houston folk music scene, George Ensle shared stories, songs and stages with Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark and Billy Joe Shaver, and after more than five decades he still maintains the essence of that folk tradition, the story song. He has released 15 albums in the US and Europe and was inducted into the Houston Folk Music Archives, the Corpus Christi Songwriters Hall of Fame and the South Austin Pop Culture Museum. A member of the Texas Commission on the Arts Touring Roster, he conducts songwriting workshops and performs for schools, libraries and the special needs community.

George Strait

Country

The 'King of Country Music' raised in Pearsall, TX. Revolutionized touring with 360-degree concert configurations. Never relocated to Nashville, remaining faithful to his Texas country roots throughout his legendary career.

Gunnar Latham

Country

Gunnar Latham was born into a church-going and country music-loving family in San Marcos, Texas. Growing up around horses and cattle most of his life, Gunnar’s first love was rodeo. He participated in steer wrestling, team roping, and tie-down in high school, college, and even professionally. Gunnar also discovered a passion for performing and singing at an early age. First in his father’s church, then around the horse trailers after rodeos, and eventually in the honky-tonks of central Texas.

Gus Clark & The Least of His Problems

Country / honky tonk / western swing

For over seven years, Central Texas–based musician Gus Clark has been fronting his own band, The Least of His Problems, as a vocalist, songwriter, band leader, and multi-instrumentalist. After spending his youth riding freight trains and hitchhiking across the country and making his living busking, he returned to his family trade of woodworking before pursuing music full time. He pays homage to golden-era American music traditions, blending 1950s and 60s honky tonk and classic country with Tex-Mex, Western Swing, pre-WWII blues, Zydeco and R&B. Although born and raised in Eastern Washington, he currently resides in the Hill Country of Texas.

Hayes Carll

Country

Hill Country Honeys

Him & Her

Holly Tucker

Country

Hudson Westbrook

Israel Nash

Rock / cosmic Americana

Originally from the Ozarks of Missouri, Israel Nash has made his home in Dripping Springs, Texas, where he built his own Quonset-hut studio, Plum Creek Sound, on a ranch with sweeping views of the Texas Hill Country. He began his career in New York in the late 2000s, blending rock and country with gentle psychedelia and undercurrents of rural folk, and his 2014 album Rain Plans became his critical breakout in the U.S. After settling in the Hill Country, his music took an increasingly cerebral and psychedelic turn on records like Silver Season (2015) and the home-recorded Topaz (2021).

Jack Ingram

Country

Jade Marie Patek

Country soul / Southern rock / Americana

Jade Marie Patek is a native Texan who grew up in Shiner and Rockport and has lived in New Braunfels for ten years, starting out at spots like Phoenix Saloon and PourHaus. She describes her sound as a blend of Texas Soul and Southern Rock, with influences from Sheryl Crow, Janis Joplin, Marcus King, Chris Stapleton, and Aretha Franklin, and she has been a Texas Country Music Association member since she began sending singles to radio.

Jamie Lin Wilson

Americana

Jerry David DeCicca

Americana / alt-folk / avant-country

Jerry David DeCicca is a songwriter, record-maker and producer who lives in Bulverde, Texas. He has produced records for artists including Larry Jon Wilson, Bob Martin, Ed Askew, Chris Gantry, Will Beeley and Ralph White, and his former band, The Black Swans, released records and toured between 2004 and 2011. His sixth solo album, Cardiac Country (2025), was cut mostly live at Blue Cat Studios in San Antonio, with legendary steel guitarist BJ Cole playing on eight of its ten folk-country songs.

Jerry Jeff Walker

Country

Legendary singer-songwriter (1942-2020) best known for writing 'Mr. Bojangles' (1968). Settled in Austin in the 1970s and became a leading figure in progressive and outlaw country music. Founded Tried & True Music in 1986.

Jesse Stratton Band

Americana

The Jesse Stratton Band is a home-grown Hill Country favorite, blending Americana, alt-country, and rock influences to create a sound that's uniquely their own. With heartfelt lyrics, soulful melodies, and skilled musicianship, they bring a fresh, indie twist to their Southern roots, and are known for the captivating performances and raw energy they bring to the stage.

Jimmie Dale Gilmore

Country

Joe Ely

Country

John M. Greenberg

Americana

Johnny Fury

Blues

Johnny Fury is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist who embodies the spirit of Texas music while carving out his own sound. Inspired by the searing guitar of Stevie Ray Vaughan, the grooves of funk pioneer Sly Stone, and the soul-drenched artistry of Gary Clark Jr., Fury blends blues, rock, and soul into a style that’s both timeless and fiercely original.

Abby Hankins Band

Candy Coburn

Country / Southern rock

Candy Coburn has been a touring, national recording singer-songwriter and worship leader for over two decades, playing thousands of live events across the country, and loves being based in Austin, Texas. She has written, co-produced and brought to market seven albums, and co-wrote “Pink Warrior,” which became the official anthem for Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Candy’s sound is a blend of sweet Kentucky gospel roots and some Texas grit soulfully infused into her southern rock heart, and she has shared stages with the Marshall Tucker Band, Zac Brown Band, Blake Shelton and Eric Church.

Dallas Moore

Outlaw country

Dallas Moore is a multi-award-winning singer-songwriter and entertainer based out of San Antonio, Texas, who has earned a reputation as “The Hardest Working Man In Honky Tonk” by taking his raucous and rowdy live show on the road over 300 dates a year. With a career spanning over 30 years and 18 albums, Moore has garnered the reverence of multiple generations who consider him the torchbearer for the Outlaw Country flame, having toured and performed with Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, David Allan Coe, Merle Haggard and Lynyrd Skynyrd, among others.

Josh Meloy

Red Dirt country

From the plains of Oklahoma, Josh Meloy has built his career brick by brick. A storyteller at heart, Meloy will capture your imagination with every song. From wearing out the dive bars of Oklahoma to more recently playing the historic Ryman Auditorium, Meloy has finally captured a national audience. With his album Where You Came From, released in June 2024, he shows no signs of slowing down.

Michael Monroe Goodman

Country

From Buck to Johnny, to Waylon and Willie, to Merle and Lefty, the very best country music has shown the rich complexity of life. Steel backbones and breaking hearts. The true grit that helps people survive every difficult day. And those qualities haven’t been forgotten. They’re there in every word and note of Michael Monroe Goodman’s second album, The Flag, the Bible, and Bill Monroe (released November, 2015). It’s the sound of Kentucky calling.

Red Iron Push

Country

The Red Iron Push is a high energy Country/Americana band delivering an electrifying sound that keeps audiences coming back for more

Scott Allison

Country

Shane Smith & The Saints

Country / Texas Red Dirt roots-rock

Shane Smith and the Saints offer up a hard-hitting version of American roots music that’s influenced by country, folk, and roadhouse rock & roll. Smith grew up in Terrell, Texas, before launching the band in Austin, and the Saints spent a decade on tour, building a cult audience with each gig. Those years have paid off with headlining concerts at venues like Red Rocks Amphitheater, which the group sold out in 36 hours, and the Ryman Auditorium, and an appearance on Yellowstone, where the Saints premiered “Fire in the Ocean” with an onscreen performance.

Ted Russell Kamp

Country / roots / Americana

Ted Russell Kamp is an LA-based singer/songwriter, producer and two-time Grammy-winning bass player. He writes, records and travels the world performing his own country/roots/Americana music from his fourteen critically acclaimed albums, and often works out of his home studio, The Den. Kamp has been a friend, collaborator and member of Shooter Jennings’ band for most of the last 20 years, and has held down the bottom end for artists as diverse as Jessi Colter, Duff McKagan, Dallas Moore, Wilson Phillips and Wanda Jackson.

The SteelDrivers

Bluegrass

Specializing in a unique mix of what might be called bluegrass soul, The SteelDrivers have become one of the biggest names in progressive bluegrass since making their debut in 2005. The band has earned five Grammy nominations, including a 2025 nomination for Best Bluegrass Album, and The Muscle Shoals Recordings earned the band a Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album. The quintet signed with Sun Records in 2025 and released Outrun to widespread critical acclaim. The SteelDrivers are Richard Bailey, Tammy Rogers, Mike Fleming, Brent Truitt, and Matt Dame.