If you’re not familiar with Townes Van Zandt, let me catch you up. Often considered the best singer-songwriter to come out of Texas, Van Zandt’s material has been covered by the veritable royalty of ...

“The myth” is introduced early in What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, the new authorized biography of the late, great roots musician by journalist and Rolling Stone senior research editor Jonathan ...

One of the first things an artist reckons with during a breakout moment is where next to look for inspiration. “It used to be fishing,” Leon Majcen tells me. “Recently, that has transitioned into ...

Fittingly enough, Galveston's newest festival comes pre-haunted. During the Old Quarter Songwriter Festival, which brings 30 artists to four downtown stages between Thursday and Saturday, it will be ...

Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe in Galveston will host its first Songwriters Festival. Credit: Joel Mora The Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe has been a staple in Galveston since 1996. Owner Joel Mora, who took ...

Galveston feels a lot duller today. Rex Bell, a beloved holdover from a wilder, more poetic era of Texas music-and a subterranean saint in folk and Americana music circles-died over the weekend at age ...

Stevie Van Zandt is known for many things. He’s a musician, a longtime member of the E Street Band with Bruce Springsteen, and an actor, notably for his role on “The Sopranos.” Now, he wants to be ...

Today, Steven Van Zandt held his Party at the Pony, a benefit in support of his nonprofit music education organization TeachRock. The star-studded event promised “special appearances from some of ...

This story originally appeared in the Asbury Park Press on April 7, 2002. Steven Van Zandt had so much fun hosting his "Cavestomp!" concert series in New York that he's ready to take on the nation, ...

Closing the festival will be the current frontrunner for Best Picture, HAMNET, starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley and directed by Academy Award winner Chloe Zhao (Nomadland). Serving as the ...

This one's for the Asbury Park kids. The Hard Rock Presents Stevie Van Zandt’s Party at the Pony on Sunday, Oct 26, will benefit Van Zandt's TeachRock teacher's aid, which uses music and the arts to ...