Written by Eddie Ferranti Feb 23, 2012 at 08:00 PM A lot of warmth. Feelin’ of love in the air. No hassles what so ever. Smiling ’till your face hurts. Lots of hugs. Fun with a capital F. Any of that sound bad to you? Well it totally was the way it was for Rose…

Written by Eddie Ferranti Dec 08, 2011 at 12:00 AM Better Than Ezra is coming to Houston’s House of Blues on December 29, 2011. BTE has some serious fun planned for NOLA Mardi Gras with their 2nd annual ‘Krewe of Rocckus’ partiy hosted by the band. Tom Drummond, BTE’s bass player was gracious enough to answer a few…

Written by Michael Pittman Nov 28, 2011 at 06:00 PM Another icon of the Texas music scene passed away recently. Beloved husband of Kimmie Rhodes, Austin legend Joe Gracey Jr. succumbed to cancer the morning of Thursday, November 17, 2011. He was 61 years old. Joe had been in treatment at Houston’s M.D. Anderson hospital….

Written by Administrator Nov 14, 2011 at 07:54 PM The music world lost a true treasure on November 13 with the passing of Texas blues legend Doyle Bramhall. HoustonMusicReview was fortunate enough to cover a show at Warehouse Live a few years back that featured Bramhall playing drums with Indigenous. HMR pays tribute to this Texas son…

Written by Matt Matthews May 04, 2011 at 12:00 AM On May 4, 2011 Houston Music Review’s Matt Matthews caught up to Corsicana native and songwriting legend Billy Joe Shaver prior to his performance at Main Street Crossing in Tomball, TX.  The Texas music icon turns 72 in August and despite overwhelming adversity in the…

Written by Matt Matthews Apr 12, 2011 at 06:59 PM The Woodlands, TX native Hayes Carll first registered as a blip on the Houston independent music radar in June of 2002 when Compadre Records released his critically lauded debut album FLOWERS & LIQUOR. Since then the Houston Press named him the best folk act and…

  Written by Daniel Barker Oct 23, 2010 at 12:00 PM Sixteen top artists on The Texas Country Music Charts came together for a two day music festival at The Sam Houston Raceway Park on a wild and windy weekend. I had not seen many of the bands performing. I was eager for some departure…

Written by Michael Pittman Ok, if you to ask me to put one word on the festival I’d have to say WOW. In it’s 21st year we had 3 absolutely gorgeous days to gorge ourselves on 3 stages of music, food and friends and no one I know came away disappointed. I know I ran…

Written by Eddie Ferranti May 10, 2010 at 01:16 PM Our beloved Stone Coyotes made their annual 2000 mile Springtime trek from the Boston area to promote their latest album, “My Turn”, to an adoring loyal following in the H-Town area! HMR was there to cover both gigs. The family trio of Barbara “The Shredder”…

Written by Abel Carmona Nov 30, 2009 at 07:00 AM Day 1:  Friday, Oct 30th We’re here at the Voodoo Music Experience in New Orleans, LA that’s right boys and girls HMR has gone international, well maybe not international but out of Texas for a change of pace. I started day one off around 8am…