Peter Blackstock

Our live music picks for Nov. 10-16 in the Austin area include

Brené Brown sent a text and got Austin on Bono's tour for his new memoir, "Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story."

The Paramount unveils a star on the sidewalk for Gospel-blues-Americana artist Ruthie Foster. Latin Grammy winners Grupo Firme play the Moody.

Austin’s El Patio was on the brink of closing in 2019 until some extended relatives stepped in and took the business to grocery shelves.

Snoop Dogg, the Chicks, Keith Richards, George Strait, and many more came together for a two-day birthday party the likes of which the world has never seen.

The compilation cover album Texas Wild, which includes pairings such as Adrian Quesada and “Say My Name,” was curated by a mad Texan genius.

Fresh off Sunday’s CBS prime-time telecast of Willie Nelson’s ninetieth birthday celebration at the Hollywood Bowl earlier this year, the four-part documentary series Willie Nelson & Family premieres Thursday on Paramount Plus. Featuring dozens of interviews with musicians, family members, bandmates, and Nelson experts (a disclaimer: Texas Monthly senior editor John Spong is among them), the series condenses nine decades of biography into two hundred fast-moving minutes.

"Austin City Limits" taped its first episode with renegade country music singer Willie Nelson in 1974. 50 years later the show is still going strong.

Acrisure Arena, Palm Desert, California, Saturday August 24

Digging into new releases worth keeping, from Milo Binder, Johnny Irion, Rhonda Vincent, L.C. Franke, Continental Drifters, and America.