Once upon a time, deep in the heart of Texas, siblings Hulda, Sophia and Grace Quebe all decided to pick up the violin and take lessons together at the behest of their mother, who wanted the girls to ...
Music has always been a way not only for humans to connect with their own homes and histories, but to share them with others ...
Notice that Benson said jazz and not country. Western swing, which both Gimble and Asleep at the Wheel have kept alive over the years, is considered a form of country music, but both men declare that, ...
Fans of western swing knew Bobby Flores was the real deal. Flores, who played with the likes of Willie Nelson, Ray Price and Johnny Bush, was just as much at home playing his fiddle for dancers at ...
When it comes to western swing, The Quebe Sisters aren’t trying to reinvent the wheel. But, the Dallas-based trio knows that adding some fresh tread to the tires can’t hurt. The band’s ongoing ...
The Quebe Sisters, a progressive Western swing trio made up of Dallas-based siblings Grace, Sophia and Hulda Quebe, will perform classic and original music — featuring authentic triple fiddle and ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joshua Hedley’s new album ‘All Hat’ unites him with Asleep at the Wheel’s Ray Benson, who produced the Western swing project. - ...
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Tommy Hancock, renowned fiddle-player, songwriter and an inspiration to decades of west Texas artists, passed away Wednesday evening at 90 years-old. Hancock was born and ...
The Old Tyme Fiddlers will be the first to play on Sunday afternoon at the Fall Fiddle Festival in Beach Lake. Organizer Steve Jacobi expects other participants will bring bluegrass, Celtic, western ...
Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Western swing music, played by Open Range & the Swing Stampede, will come alive in Big Sky 2 p.m.
On Nov. 21, 1965, Brower played his last show ever with country music singer Jimmy Dean at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Suffering from a perforated ulcer, the prolific session musician died ...
The Quebe Sisters grew up in Burleson, Texas near Dallas-Fort Worth. Grace, Sophia, and Hulda were homeschooled and largely sheltered from the outside world. At a young age, their attention moved from ...