# Texas Music

Texas Music is an entertainment magazine published in Austin, Texas. Since its launch in January 2000, Texas Music has covered hundreds of the state's musicians and bands, representing all styles of music, in addition to writing about the venues and events that contribute to the state's music scene. Launched in January 2000, the magazine was formed out of an idea for an MBA school project by publisher Stewart Ramser.
Texas Music includes compilation CDs featuring Texas artists inside some issues. More than 300 artists have appeared on these CDs since 2005.
The magazine also hosts reader appreciation parties featuring performances by Texas artists.
The editor of Texas Music is Tom Buckley, a University of Texas faculty member. The art director is Martha Gazella-Taylor, who won a design award — the Charles E. Green Award for Excellence in Journalism — in 2005 for her work on the magazine. Associate editors are Coy Prather and Jeremy Ray Burchard, and Madison Searle edits the book review section. Frequent contributors include Richard Skanse, Geoff Himes, Darryl Smyers and Mike Ethan Messick. The copy editor is Kirstin Cutts.
The magazine celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2010.
The magazine celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2020. For a time, the magazine was operated by Open Sky Media in Austin, Texas, but was reacquired by Stewart Ramser, the magazine's original publisher, in 2024.

## Covers

Cover subjects: No. 01 (Winter 2000) – Lyle Lovett No. 02 (Spring 2000) – The Flatlanders No. 03 (Summer 2000) – Fastball No. 04 (Fall 2000) – Dixie Chicks No. 05 (Winter 2001) – Destiny's Child No. 06 (Spring 2001) – Charlie Robison No. 07 (Summer 2001) – Bob Schneider No. 08 (Fall 2001) – Robert Earl Keen No. 09 (Winter 2002) – Spotlight Spectacular No. 10 (Spring 2002) – Pat Green No. 11 (Summer 2002) – Janis Joplin No. 12 (Fall 2002) – Lee Ann Womack No. 13 (Winter 2003) – Norah Jones No. 14 (Spring 2003) – Willie Nelson No. 15 (Summer 2003) – Ray Wylie Hubbard No. 16 (Fall 2003) – ZZ Top No. 17 (Winter 2004) – Jessica Simpson No. 18 (Spring 2004) – Jerry Jeff and Django Walker No. 19 (Summer 2004) – The Polyphonic Spree No. 20 (Fall 2004) – Stevie Ray Vaughan No. 21 (Winter 2005) – Los Lonely Boys No. 22 (Spring 2005) – Spoon No. 23 (Summer 2005) – Willie Nelson No. 24 (Fall 2005) – Miranda Lambert No. 25 (Winter 2006) – Mike Jones No. 26 (Spring 2006) – Kinky Friedman No. 27 (Summer 2006) – Austin City Limits Music Festival No. 28 (Fall 2006) – Guy Clark No. 29 (Winter 2007) – Jack Ingram No. 30 (Spring 2007) – Patty Griffin No. 31 (Summer 2007) – Charlie Robison and Kevin Fowler No. 32 (Fall 2007) – Terri Hendrix No. 33 (Winter 2008) – Ghostland Observatory No. 34 (Spring 2008) – Willie Nelson No. 35 (Summer 2008) – Old 97's No. 36 (Fall 2008) – The Randy Rogers Band No. 37 (Winter 2009) – Buddy Holly No. 38 (Spring 2009) – Ray Benson No. 39 (Summer 2009) – St. Vincent No. 40 (Fall 2009) – Cross Canadian Ragweed No. 41 (Winter 2010) – 10th Anniversary No. 42 (Spring 2010) – Roky Erickson No. 43 (Summer 2010) – Billy Joe Shaver No. 44 (Fall 2010) – Kathy Valentine No. 45 (Winter 2011) – Ryan Bingham No. 46 (Spring 2011) – Roy Orbison No. 47 (Summer 2011) – Steve Earle No. 48 (Fall 2011) – Dale Watson No. 49 (Winter 2012) – Amanda Shires No. 50 (Spring 2012) – Top 50 Classic Texas Songs No. 51 (Summer 2012) – Bob Schneider No. 52 (Fall 2012) - Armadillo World Headquarters No. 53 (Winter 2013) - Kelly and Bruce Robison No. 54 (Spring 2013) - Willie Nelson No. 55 (Summer 2013) - Soul Track Mind No. 56 (Fall 2013) - Reckless Kelly No. 57 (Winter 2014) - Kacey Musgraves No. 58 (Spring 2014) - Bob Wills No. 59 (Summer 2014) - Billy Joe Shaver No. 60 (Fall 2014) - Shakey Graves No. 61 (Winter 2015) - 15-Year Anniversary No. 62 (Spring 2015) - Stevie Ray Vaughan No. 63 (Summer 2015) - Shinyribs No. 64 (Fall 2015) - Gary Clark Jr. No. 65 (Winter 2016) - Carrie Rodriguez No. 66 (Spring 2016) - Trish Murphy No. 67 (Summer 2016) - Los Lonely Boys No. 68 (Fall 2016) - Cody Johnson No. 69 (Winter 2017) - Townes Van Zandt No. 70 (Spring 2017) - Aaron Watson No. 71 (Summer 2017) - Peterson Brothers No. 72 (Fall 2017) - Willie Nelson (Hurricane Relief) No. 73 (Winter 2018) - Whitney Rose No. 74 (Spring 2018) – Rodney Crowell No. 75 (Summer 2018) – Leon Bridges No. 76 (Fall 2018) – Savannah Welch No. 77 (Winter 2019) – Miranda Lambert No. 78 (Spring 2019) – George Strait No. 79 (Summer 2019) – Cody Canada No. 80 (Fall 2019) – 20th Anniversary Issue No. 81 (Spring 2021) – Jackie Venson/Texas Artists on the Rise No. 82 (Fall 2021) – 25 Greatest Album Covers in Texas Music History No. 83 (Spring 2022) – Ray Wylie Hubbard No. 84 (Fall 2022) – Randy Rogers Band No. 85 (Spring 2023) – Wille Nelson at 90 No. 86 (Fall 2023) – Black Pumas