http://www.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&category=genre&genreId=196&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rssTop Texas Country Artists on Rhapsody OnlineTexas Countryen720Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:06:59 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&category=genre&genreId=196&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Top Texas Country Artists on Rhapsody Online http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.42556&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Outlaw Country Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:14:07 -0800 Top Texas Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.42556 art.42556 Willie Nelson art.42556 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.42556&variant=play&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.42556&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Red Headed Stranger. It was the hit "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" that perpetuated the then-popular image of the longhaired country boy. Willie Nelson had arrived as a country superstar. His folky, nasal inflections carried his voice through many different genres of music, including Western Swing, traditional pop, jazz, Traditional Country, Cowboy country songs, Honky-Tonk, rock 'n' roll, folk music and of course, the blues. Nelson's success lasted until the late 1980s, when some trouble with the IRS landed him in a number of stuffed-crust pizza commercials and a cameo role in the film Half Baked smoking his beloved joints. When the day is done, Nelson can easily be considered a bona fide legend. - Eric Shea]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61796&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss New Country Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:05:30 -0800 Top Texas Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.61796 art.61796 Dixie Chicks art.61796 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61796&variant=play&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61796&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Wide Open Spaces, knew that the band had already been together for almost a decade, playing the folk and bluegrass circuit. The group was started by champion fiddle player Martie Seidel and her banjo-playing sister Emily Irwin. They went through a succession of lead singers before settling on Natalie Maines in the late-1990s. Maines' country pedigree is impressive, beginning with her father Lloyd Maines, a legendary pedal steel guitarist and studio luminary who has produced and played with Uncle Tupelo, Richard Buckner and Joe Ely, among others. With Maines in place, the Chicks dropped some of their bluegrass trappings in favor of a more conventional New Country sound. The fine-tuning paid off. Wide Open Spaces rocketed to the top of the charts, as did its follow-up Fly. But 2002's aptly titled Home found the girls returning to their bluegrass roots (despite the pop-friendly cover of Stevie Nicks' "Landslide"), which was a well-timed choice considering that by then, country music fans were caught up in old-timey fever thanks to the O Brother, Where Art Thou phenomenon. Top of the World Tour: Live was released in November of 2003, perfectly capturing the unstoppable energy and undying love for country music the Dixie Chicks exude on the live stage. Unfortunately, it was overshadowed and even boycotted by many media outlets after Maines test-drove the First Amendment on a London stage when she stated: "Just so you know, we're ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas." Following the short-lived Dixie Chicks boycott, the band released "I Hope" in 2005, a hit single recorded to garner charity funds for victims of Hurricane Katrina. Their seventh studio album, Taking the Long Way, was released in late May of 2006. - Eric Shea]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2356&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Texas Country Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:14:04 -0800 Top Texas Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.2356 art.2356 Lyle Lovett art.2356 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2356&variant=play&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2356&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.42409&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Alt Country Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:19:33 -0800 Top Texas Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.42409 art.42409 Steve Earle art.42409 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.42409&variant=play&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.42409&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Guitar Town in 1986. The record combined twanging, tuneful Country Rock material with tough, unsentimental songwriting that had more in common with Bruce Springsteen than anything Nashville had going on at the time; the fact that it also yielded a couple of Top-10 hits was the icing on the cake. Earle continued to release ambitious Country Rock material, but he failed to repeat the chart success of Guitar Town, and a lifetime of substance abuse finally caught up with him. He wound up in a jail/rehab facility with an uncertain future, a dwindling fan base, and no record deal. He later emerged clean and sober, and proceeded to put out the best, most lucid work of his career -- Train a Comin', I Feel Alright, and El Corazon -- in quick succession. He also started his own record label E-Squared, on which he releases his own records and the material of other artists he admires. - Eric Shea]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.68985&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Americana Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:17:05 -0800 Top Texas Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.68985 art.68985 Robert Earl Keen art.68985 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.68985&variant=play&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.68985&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61501&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Texas Country Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:06:28 -0800 Top Texas Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.61501 art.61501 Kris Kristofferson art.61501 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61501&variant=play&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61501&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.43978&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Americana Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:06:26 -0800 Top Texas Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.43978 art.43978 Townes Van Zandt art.43978 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.43978&variant=play&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.43978&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2685&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Texas Country Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:52:25 -0800 Top Texas Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.2685 art.2685 Jerry Jeff Walker art.2685 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2685&variant=play&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2685&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Viva Terlingua was his best selling album, capturing the almost suave and twangy swagger as well as the dusty laments that Walker was born to sing. - Eric Shea]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.12740&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Country Pop/Cosmopolitan Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:27:38 -0800 Top Texas Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.12740 art.12740 Michael Martin Murphey art.12740 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.12740&variant=play&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.12740&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3587&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Country-Folk Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:51 -0800 Top Texas Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3587 art.3587 Guy Clark art.3587 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3587&variant=play&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3587&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.43354&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Outlaw Country Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:13:24 -0800 Top Texas Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.43354 art.43354 Jason Boland art.43354 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.43354&variant=play&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.43354&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.16495361&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Alt Country Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:52:40 -0800 Top Texas Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.16495361 art.16495361 Ryan Bingham art.16495361 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.16495361&variant=play&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.16495361&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7600543&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Texas Country Thu, 3 Dec 2009 22:53:08 -0800 Top Texas Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.7600543 art.7600543 Stoney Larue art.7600543 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7600543&variant=play&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7600543&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39660&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Americana Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:58:28 -0700 Top Texas Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.39660 art.39660 Junior Brown art.39660 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39660&variant=play&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39660&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.69047&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Texas Country Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:55 -0800 Top Texas Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.69047 art.69047 Ray Wylie Hubbard art.69047 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.69047&variant=play&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.69047&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Viva Terlingua record, securing Hubbard's fate as a cult artist. After disappearing from the music scene for a lengthy period of time, he re-emerged with not only his stellar songwriting intact, but also a distinctly inventive fingering and bottleneck style. - Tom Heyman]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2482&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Texas Country Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:56 -0800 Top Texas Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.2482 art.2482 Joe Ely art.2482 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2482&variant=play&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2482&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2208&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Outlaw Country Sun, 6 Dec 2009 09:55:48 -0800 Top Texas Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.2208 art.2208 Johnny Rodriguez art.2208 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2208&variant=play&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2208&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Adam 12 and yet another member of the country music pantheon who's done time, Johnny Rodriguez flourished in the mid-'70s and well into the '80s playing traditionally-flavored cowboy country. With a nasal, barely-there rasp and lush, mid-tempo backing, he falls somewhere between the smooth Honky-Tonk of Lefty Frizzel and the homegrown Outlaw Country of Willie Nelson. - Mike McGuirk]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.18153&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Texas Country Fri, 3 Jul 2009 13:34:51 -0700 Top Texas Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.18153 art.18153 Terry Allen art.18153 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.18153&variant=play&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.18153&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.35286&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Texas Country Sun, 4 Oct 2009 09:42:36 -0700 Top Texas Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.35286 art.35286 Flatlanders art.35286 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.35286&variant=play&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.35286&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6699&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Texas Country Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:30:50 -0700 Top Texas Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6699 art.6699 Kinky Friedman art.6699 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6699&variant=play&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6699&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3658&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Americana Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:46:34 -0700 Top Texas Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3658 art.3658 Doug Sahm art.3658 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3658&variant=play&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3658&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2220&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Honky-Tonk Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:39:25 -0800 Top Texas Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.2220 art.2220 Johnny Bush art.2220 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2220&variant=play&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2220&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.13689488&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Honky-Tonk Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:43:20 -0700 Top Texas Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.13689488 art.13689488 Sunny Sweeney art.13689488 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.13689488&variant=play&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.13689488&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss shouldn't be an anomaly in her field, but she's one of the only modern-day country singers playing twangy, timeless roadhouse songs. She grew up in a Texas town called Longview, where absorbing the songs of Kitty Wells, Buck Owens, George Jones and other country legends came as easy as breathing air. Having a stepfather and a grandfather who are country musicians surely helped influence her as well. Before singing country music, Sweeney lived in New York City and worked with a comedy improv group. Every time a skit required her to sing, the folks in her troupe encouraged Sweeney to pursue her more obvious gift. So she moved back home to cut an album. Heartbreaker's Hall of Fame showcased her as a brassy and soulful singer as well as a songwriter who puts her living into the narratives of her compositions. But it also reveals a woman who knows her country music so well that she can pick songs not only to cover, but to make her own (dig her life-size version of Audry Auld's "Next Big Nothing"). - Eric Shea]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.26060&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Texas Country Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:57 -0700 Top Texas Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.26060 art.26060 Little Joe (Tejano) art.26060 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.26060&variant=play&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.26060&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9785&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Yodeling Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:23:07 -0800 Top Texas Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.9785 art.9785 Don Walser art.9785 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9785&variant=play&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9785&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.19893&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Texas Country Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:56 -0700 Top Texas Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.19893 art.19893 Ed Burleson art.19893 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.19893&variant=play&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.19893&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5018&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Texas Country Mon, 9 Feb 2009 10:20:26 -0800 Top Texas Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5018 art.5018 Beaver Nelson art.5018 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5018&variant=play&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5018&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.12151&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Texas Country Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:06:28 -0800 Top Texas Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.12151 art.12151 Mickey Newbury art.12151 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.12151&variant=play&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.12151&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.40837&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss New Traditional Thu, 6 Nov 2008 10:15:00 -0800 Top Texas Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.40837 art.40837 Rodney Hayden art.40837 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.40837&variant=play&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.40837&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5196350&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Tex Mex Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:59:17 -0700 Top Texas Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5196350 art.5196350 Patricia Vonne art.5196350 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5196350&variant=play&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5196350&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.38187&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Texas Country Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:32:31 -0700 Top Texas Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.38187 art.38187 Butch Hancock art.38187 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.38187&variant=play&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.38187&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.8799680&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Country Rock Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:39:39 -0700 Top Texas Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.8799680 art.8799680 Darryl Lee Rush art.8799680 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.8799680&variant=play&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.8799680&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39151&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Texas Country Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:25:08 -0700 Top Texas Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.39151 art.39151 Benny Thomasson art.39151 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39151&variant=play&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39151&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftexas-country%2Fartist-chart.rss