Photos by Mary Jane Farmer — Click on the link below for more photos Neal McCoy and his fabulous band played Thursday night, (Sept. 22, 2016) at the Four Rivers Outreach fundraising banquet, held at the Hilton Garden Inn in Sherman/Denison. Now, there’s many performers who bring a powerful and perfect concert every time they […]
Mary Jane Farmer, Scene In Town — This article first appeared in Buddy Magazine, September 2016 issue. Growing up in Whitewright, Texas, The Time Jumpers’ and Nashville studio fiddler Larry Franklin said the only music he heard was fiddle music and it was just natural he was hit with the music bug. Larry is the […]
Press Release Governor Greg Abbott takes firm position on behalf of Texas songwriters Governor Abbott sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch last week, urging her to reconsider The United States’ Department of Justice’s proposed changes to the Performance Rights Organization (PRO) licensing model. In 2015, the Department of Justice announced they would require PROs such […]
Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood, and Hillary Scott — the trio that is Lady Antebellum. Photos (click on link below) and short story by Mary Jane Farmer Now in their 9th year together, this Nashville-based group called Lady Antebellum has established themselves as a leader in great music. Whether it’s called “country” or “pop” or “pinochle” […]
Press Release NOTE; The Buffalo Ruckus will be performing at Fall der All, September 24, on the Rail Car stage, downtown Van Alstyne. No cover charge for this afternoon performance. The Buffalo Ruckus announces the release of its new single, “Hills And Valleys,” on Shiner Records, to Texas/Red Dirt/Americana radio and iTunes. “Hills And Valleys” is the […]
Aaron Einhouse will be playing at the Barbay at Marina del Rey, Kingston, Okla., on Friday, Sept. 2, and there’s no cover charge. Story by Mary Jane Farmer, Courtesy photos It Ain’t Pretty is not just a CD title, it’s also the title of one of the 10 songs on this May release from Austin […]
Click here for photos Pam Tillis played on August 20, 2016, at the Grand Theater, sharing billing with classic country artist John Anderson (whose photos are in another equally short story. It was an acoustic set, featuring her on guitar, and her two sidekicks on keyboards and fiddle.
This was first in Buddy Magazine, August 2016 issue. People ask me a lot — why am I in the music business? OK, I’ll share the secret – it was a guy who got me into all this. While teaching school in El Paso, I met another teacher, a musician, out there and that chance meeting and […]
This was first in Buddy Magazine, August 2016 issue. People ask me a lot — why am I in the music business? OK, I’ll share the secret – it was a guy who got me into all this. While teaching school in El Paso, I met another teacher, a musician, out there and that chance meeting and […]
(I’m sorry, but we got absolutely NO photos of these people.) Ake Pecha — I was told this means “Start fresh, my friend.” It was probably around 1982 when Kerrville Festival Producer Rod Kennedy took a trip to the southeast, where he met a group of travelers from the Scandinavian countries. This was the “International School […]
Three things to think about before quitting.
This took a lot of prayer and thanksgiving for me to write and publish. This was one changing quote in my life… From the movie “Mozart,” this statement by composer Salleri: “Why?… implant the desire (for music)… like a lust in my body? And then deny me the talent?” Early on, I could not figure out myself […]
I (this is Mary Jane here) think I will do a daily blog similar to what I could do at Larry Joe Taylor Fest. Blog being ‘I’m included’ compared with Website being ‘It’s all about the other person.’ The staff orientation is tonight (Wednesday, May 20), but it isn’t by any chance the beginning of happenings […]
I wrote this for the newspaper with which I worked for 14 years, in Sherman. Wrote it in September 2004. It could have been written yesterday, as the feelings I wrote then were exactly what I felt on my recent weekend at Kerrville Folk Festival. The color of the day was tie-dye; people stood […]
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