The Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Competition for Emerging Songwriters is now accept submissions for the 2018 contest. Held each year at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Kerrville, Texas, this prestigious contest has long brought songwriters from across the U.S. and worldwide. Each year, as many as 800 songwriters submit 2 songs, which are listened […]
Photos by Mary Jane Farmer, with some added by Ken Maxwell and Ivonne Maxwell For all photos, click here Round Two of this year’s Rusty Wier Singer/Songwriter challenge ended just as it began — with many incredible musicians having fun, making music, making fans, and making more friends. Sponsored this and every year by Love […]
For all photos, click here Love & War in Texas (Plano location at the NE corner of U.S. 75 and Plano Parkway), annually hosts the Singer/songwriter contest named after the late and oh-so-great Rusty Wier, a Texas Hill Country-based musician who entertained countless folks for decades. Round Two of this year’s Rusty Wier singer/songwriter contest continued […]
For all photos, click here: All photos by Mary Jane Farmer, except for two, as depicted, by Ken Maxwell. Love & War in Texas (Plano location at the NE corner of U.S. 75 and Plano Parkway), annually hosts the Singer/Singwriter contest named after the late and oh-so-great Rusty Wier, a Texas Hill Country-based musician who entertained […]
Click here for all photos Sponsored by Love & War in Texas, this 7th yearly Rusty Wier singer/songwriter competition has now finished up its Round 1, with Week 3 having been completed Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017. Competing in this Week 3 were: Bryan Adam Joyner, Whitney O’Neil, J.D. Cobb, Kevin Edwards, Nick Flint, Mandalyn Mack, Larry Martin, […]
By Mary Jane Farmer for the Van Alstyne News, Scene In Town Note: An indictment is a formal charge, and not proof of guilt. Indictment A local woman Van Alstyne Police arrested February 15 went before the Grayson County Grand Jury Wednesday and that group indicted her on multiple counts of Sexual Assault of a […]
By Mary Jane Farmer for the Van Alstyne News, Scene In Town It blew into town like the winds that accompanied it, the Third Annual Van Alstyne Wine Festival. What didn’t blow in were the heavy rains and thunderstorms that preceded Saturday and which were predicted, although with less chance than the days before, to […]
Police Investigating Construction Material Thefts
By Mary Jane Farmer for the Van Alstyne News, Scene In Town Van Alstyne Police made no arrests made this past week, but are investigating another theft of construction material, reported Police Lt. Steven Hayslip. It was about 2 p.m. Friday (April 5, 2024) when officers were dispatched to 1556 Whispering Meadow in regard to […]
“Pack Up” Makes the Possibilities Possible.
Texas Nexus / Story and photos by Mary Jane Farmer It’s a 3-column list I have worked up — “PACK UP” it’s called. It’s what I have to reference and cling to when getting ready to go to all the music festivals in my life. And there’s a bunch! Me and Hippie Van head out. […]
This is a feature I wrote in 2007 and, crazily, found it on my My Space somehow. It also was printed on the Rockabilly Hall of Fame’s Website of the same name. Roy Head was inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame that year. I am excited to be able to include it now here […]
Van Alstyne is Autumn Town, too!
Story and photos by Mary Jane Farmer, Blog style, not reporting style. More photos on link at bottom, and more will be added on future Sunday drives, so please feel free to check back throughout October and November. Sundays are made for driving around, slowly, and looking at things one misses when moving so fast. […]
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