Gladys Fuentes

Sometimes you have to go through hell and back to make it on the other side. Nashville based artist India Ramey knows this journey well and wrote the road map for it on her latest album, Baptized By The Blaze. India Ramey will perform in Houston on Tuesday, October 1...

In the small town of Louisa in eastern Kentucky, there are a pair of highschool sweethearts who will soon celebrate not only their 41st wedding anniversary, but also their long earned retirement from teaching. It would be a safe assumption that the loving pair would find a hobby or a...

People are quick to want to place Garrett T. Capps and his NASA Country band in a box labeled “Texas Cowboys” but the truth is, their collective sound cannot be confined as it is a blend of hippie, dreamy, intergalactic rock and roll, with a little country in it. A...

Rosie Flores has been punk rock since before punk rock was even a thing. Born in San Antonio and raised in California, Flores has been making music since she was just a little girl with her daddy recording her on the kitchen table. Flores, who started playing as a teenager in 1966,...

Sometimes people benefit from stepping back a little and taking some time to gain a new perspective and strength before tackling a new endeavor. For Houston artist Sara Van Buskirk, taking that time for their new project has been essential. “I think I've been pretty hermity in my working style...

It can be hard to stay still long enough to pick up on the signs and accept when the end is near in a range of situations; businesses, relationships, physical structures and oftentimes, bands. For X, formed 47 years ago in Los Angeles, all four original members knew it was...

Live albums are a great way to create a sort of time capsule where listeners at home can be transported back to a show and given the ability to relive the night over and over again. Many notable live album recordings have come from Houston including Townes Van Zandt, The...

Houston, we have a record plant. For the first time since Houston Records closed more than 30 years ago, artists can have their own albums pressed on vinyl right here in town. In June of this year, Houstonian Joel Hoyle opened 610 Record Manufacturing and already he’s been a busy...

In the history of modern music most roads lead to living legend Herb Alpert. He is one of the most identifiable instrumentalists and music producers in the world with his trumpet playing made famous by his hit “The Lonely Bull” in which he and his Tijuana Brass Band took the...

Nick Lowe is the coolest. He would probably disagree with that statement with a sort of self deprecating, light hearted joke only proving further the point at hand. Since the late ‘70s Lowe has been writing songs that have become sort of anthems of rock and roll like “So It...