I've been listening to Texicana music for about ten years now.  Actually, I've listened to some of it almost all my life...guys like Jerry Jeff Walker, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson.  They started this type of music back in the 70's.  It was called "progressive country".  Now it's rising in popularity again with many great new Texas artists like Robert Earl Keen, Charlie Robison and Jack Ingram.  Ever heard of Max Stalling, Ed Burleson, Davin James, Mark David Manders, Brian Burns or Cooder Graw?  They are all excellent musicians from Texas that are considered Americana (or Texicana) musicians..  And they are all worth a listen or two.  I seldom listen to anything else.  These are the true country artists of today and the future.

I have always loved music but became bored with what Nashville calls country these days.  I started looking for an alternative to the "NashVegas" pseudo pop country with all its glitz and found the Americana format.  It's a mix of country, rockabilly, honky tonk, western, swing, and even the blues...but it's different.  It's music from the heart that usually tells a story, some true, some not so true... some funny and some not so funny.  Most are written from some experience in life that touched them in some way...that inspired them to create a song about it and tell the story.  It's called Americana, or "hard country" or "real country" or "no depression".   But because the movement of this music is so alive in Texas, I have decided to call it "Texicana", as have some others who follow this genre.  There are excellent artists and musicians who are not from Texas that play this kind of music, but you won't find any more in quantity or any better in quality than the selection that Texas has of offer.  We don't limit ourselves to just Texas music, but we try to feature as many Texas artists as we can.

I spend a lot of time designing this site and enjoy every minute of it.  It's great to be involved in the family that follows this music so faithfully.  I have met many wonderful people because of this music.  I feel genuinely blessed to be a part of the OKOM (our kind of music) family, and I appreciate their support of what I try to do to promote the music.  Everything we have done so far on this site has been for the love of the music. The writers who review do so for no money, but in an effort to promote the music we love.  We are not professional writers, just lovers of the music that like to spread the gospel of what our kind of music is all about.

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Miss Lana