Originally published in The Paris News, Aug. 4, 2019 Mary Jane Farmer, Scene In Town Everyone has idols, people who have inspired them over the years, those who have laid a strong foundation to walk or work on, those who are not afraid to be unique. Getting to meet those idols, live and in person, […]
Mary Jane Farmer, originally written for the Van Alstyne Leader, but not published. Feel free to download any photos. The Van Alstyne Public Library continued Monday (July 8) with its series of summer programs designed to keep young minds active while not in school. Dallas musician Mark Shelton presented numerous styles of percussion instruments. Called […]
Press release Texas Songwriter U (TxSU), in collaboration with Texas singer-songwriter Jack Ingram, the Texas Heritage Songwriters’ Association and partner Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), announces its 6th Annual Texas Songwriter U discovery and development songwriting program. Texas Songwriter U is now accepting the application of all lyrical, musical genres into its 2019 competition. Songwriters have until midnight, Monday, […]
Proud to be a member of the Texas Country Music Association, and excited about its current list of Texas artists up for votes for this year’s numerous awards. The awards show will be Sunday, Sept. 22, at Billy Bob’s Texas in the Fort Worth Stockyards. The link to view the categories and their many nominees […]
Originally in June issue, Buddy Magazine Aaron Watson, Red Bandana, Big Label Records People are supposin’ why Aaron Watson chose to title his forthcoming CD Red Bandana, due out June 21. But, Watson is releasing a song or two at a time on the streaming sites, not all 20 songs included. So far, there’s five songs […]
Press release from 2911 Media with courtesy photos Baillie & the Boys gained prominence in the late 1980s as the trio (Kathie Baillie, Michael Bonagura, and Alan LeBoeuf) first found work singing harmony vocals on singles for Ed Bruce, Dan Seals, and Randy Travis. Bonagura co-wrote Marie Osmond’s single “There’s No Stopping Your Heart”. In […]
For Buddy Magazine, June 2019,story and photos by Mary Jane Farmer Texas music and Texas musicians are making waves nationwide, according to the latest CDX Nashville chart. And there are only seven Texas radio stations, of the 150 stations, reporting weekly. Eli Young Band and its “Love Ain’t” was at No. 3; Cody Johnson with […]
Photos and story by Mary Jane Farmer — Also printed in The Paris News, 5.28.19 Bob Livingston, a founding member of The Lost Gonzo Band and much-sought-after performer, is playing a house concert from 4-6 pm, Sunday, June 2, at the Harmony House Concerts, Wildscape Acres in the Ravenna/Bonham area. Harmony House hostess Faye Wedell […]
Strike, Shake.Scrape to make music.
Mary Jane Farmer, originally written for the Van Alstyne Leader, but not published. Feel free to download any photos. The Van Alstyne Public Library continued Monday (July 8) with its series of summer programs designed to keep young minds active while not in school. Dallas musician Mark Shelton presented numerous styles of percussion instruments. Called […]
Story and photo by Mary Jane Farmer Van Alstyne Mayor Steve Riley opened the first of several meetings Tuesday night (May 14, 2019) with the City Council, acting as the Zoning Board of Adjustments, voting on a request for variance. A resident asked to allow for a residential back yard to be less than five […]
Casey Baker at Music in the Park
Story by Mary Jane Farmer, Courtesy photo UPDATE: If it rains, the concert will move indoors to The Roost, on South Main across from the government building.. Tuesday night brings the second of the 2019 Music in the Park series to Dorothy Fielder Park in downtown Van Alstyne, presenting Denison songwriter and singer Casey Baker […]
Photography is… No. 2 stimulates imagination
C\ Click here, on this link, to see a few more of my “challenge” photos. No. 2 — Photography requires imagination Each year, lately, I have gone on my own photographic journey, calling it my “Challenge.” I’ll pick a topic and do what I can to photograph items, people, […]
Photography is… No. 1-Immortality
First in a series about photography and why I (Mary Jane Farmer) love it so much. Some of this is ‘borrowed’ from another source, most is uniquely my own. Photography creates immortality — Every Thanksgiving, my family is at my house. It’s tradition. The grandkids take out the old photo albums and go through them, again […]
Kinky Freidman — Still The Kinkster
Lately, I’ve been listening to Kinky Freidman’s newest CD in about, oh, say, 40-ish years. It’s called Circus of Life and is due out in about three weeks, or July 3 to be more specific. And, believe or trust me, it’s well worth the money. The Texas Jewboy has not lost his touch, not at […]
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