I had barely taken a bite of breakfast when the interrogation began. I’d ordered myself a sausage, egg, and cheese taco at Round Top Coffee Shop, housed in a quaint green cabin right off the main drag, the older of the town’s dedicated coffeehouses. I jus... See more
We were a few hours out from the live stream, and Ryan Bingham and the Texas Gentlemen were on stage, still trying to work out “London Homesick Blues.” It was three o’clock in the afternoon on April 21, the day of Bingham’s second taping of Austin City Li... See more
When Meredith Walker was working as head of talent at Saturday Night Live, in the early aughts, she and her female coworkers—including Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, and Rachel Dratch—bonded over their respective middle school experiences. It’s a ruthless per... See more
“This is Texas at its best,” Kacey Musgraves told the crowd, to thunderous applause. It was Sunday evening, and the 37-year-old was in the middle of her set at the historic Gruene Hall—the first of a three-night stint to celebrate the May 1 release of her... See more
Well, that’s unusual,” said the music supervisor. It was a late morning on a Tuesday in early February, and we were standing outside BLT Studios, a rentable soundstage in the middle of Hollywood. The nondescript building’s drab cinder block exterior paire... See more
