<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Galleywinter]]></title><description><![CDATA[We've been supporting the music we love for over 20 years - Texas, Red Dirt, Americana and anything that gets our attention. ]]></description><link>https://galleywinterlive.wixsite.com/galleywinter/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 10:24:31 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://galleywinterlive.wixsite.com/galleywinter/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Relisten: Reckless Kelly - Under the Table and Above the Sun]]></title><description><![CDATA[It wasn't the first Reckless Kelly record. It wasn't the one that introduced most people to the band. And it probably isn't the album that gets mentioned first when fans start debating their favorite. But somewhere along the way, it became the one many of us keep coming back to. Maybe that's because it's the sound of a band figuring out exactly who they were. By this point, the Braun brothers had already spent years honing their craft. The songwriting was sharper. The musicianship was...]]></description><link>https://galleywinterlive.wixsite.com/galleywinter/post/the-relisten-reckless-kelly-under-the-table-and-above-the-sun</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a64c67b1050e573218909ea</guid><category><![CDATA[The Relisten]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:00:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24f78d_1710a657af9f482680c5dcd4125395b2~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_447,h_447,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brad Beheler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Open Eyes, Broken Heart: Uncle Lucius Chooses the Honest Road]]></title><description><![CDATA[A lot of bands would have taken the Yellowstone bump, marched straight back into the studio and tried to write “Keep the Wolves Away” six more times. That would have been the easy move. Probably the smart business move, too. Uncle Lucius has never seemed all that interested in the easy move. The first time I saw Uncle Lucius was somewhere around 2009 at the Horseshoe Saloon in Austin during SXSW. That was a long time and a whole lot of miles ago. Since then, I have had the privilege of...]]></description><link>https://galleywinterlive.wixsite.com/galleywinter/post/open-eyes-broken-heart-uncle-lucius-chooses-the-honest-road</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a723fb9277d47c355d0de16</guid><category><![CDATA[Album Reviews]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 18:02:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b77743_1abea9e6580f477b9705b950f21e84bf~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_860,h_860,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jon Paul &quot;JP&quot; Long</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[25 in '26: Bob Schneider - Lonelyland]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some albums quietly redraw boundaries. When Bob Schneider released Lonelyland in 2001, Texas Music was largely defined by singer-songwriters with roots in country, folk, and Americana. Schneider arrived from Austin with something that refused to fit neatly into any of those boxes. Rock. Pop. Jazz. Funk. Folk. The tuba, bagpipe and kitchen sink. Sometimes all in the same song.  It was unmistakably Texan, but it didn't sound like what most people expected Texas Music to be. That was the point....]]></description><link>https://galleywinterlive.wixsite.com/galleywinter/post/25-in-26-bob-schneider-lonelyland</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a64c2e71050e5732188ffbb</guid><category><![CDATA[25in26]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 05:00:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24f78d_adb7623128ee4e26ad47459058b41d50~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_449,h_445,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brad Beheler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brad's Corner: August 2026: The Cycle]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the questions I've been asked the most while talking about Still Here has been surprisingly simple. "How does Texas Music continue to evolve and still feel so vital after all these years?" I've thought about it a lot.  And the the easy answer is the songs. The real answer is the people. Every generation in this scene reaches back with one hand while pulling the next generation forward with the other. That's always been the way. Willie Nelson and Jerry Jeff Walker didn't just write...]]></description><link>https://galleywinterlive.wixsite.com/galleywinter/post/brad-s-corner-august-2026-the-cycle</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a56546eaa2c7341eb4b0d25</guid><category><![CDATA[Brad's Corner]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 05:15:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24f78d_e4630f1f0d494df29c6ab9a25aa7dcd0~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_347,h_353,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brad Beheler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ten: August 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[The ten biggest songs in our world for the month of August 2026.  Accompanying playlist available on Spotify and Apple.]]></description><link>https://galleywinterlive.wixsite.com/galleywinter/post/the-ten-august-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a64c8ed532301fe59fbcb5a</guid><category><![CDATA[The Ten]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 05:00:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24f78d_624ed368108c4f56981df9beb3d7d1f9~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Galleywinter Live</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tristan Graves Burns the Boats]]></title><description><![CDATA[“He who chases two rabbits catches neither.” For the past several years, Tristan Graves has quietly built something meaningful in Lubbock. He’s become a familiar face at the Blue Light, earned the respect of fellow songwriters, and carved out a place in one of Texas Music’s most important proving grounds. Plenty of artists would be content to keep building right where they are. Instead, he’s choosing to start over. This week, Graves announced that he and his dog, Susan, have packed everything...]]></description><link>https://galleywinterlive.wixsite.com/galleywinter/post/tristan-graves-burns-the-boats</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a616b1ccb8bbd79dba7e22b</guid><category><![CDATA[Face The Music]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 01:21:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eb466c_5a8a94901cf844d897949a0a7d32ab3a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brad Beheler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[25 in '26: Cross Canadian Ragweed - Highway 377]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Cross Canadian Ragweed released Highway 377 in 2001, they weren't yet the institution we know today. They were still grinding out shows across Oklahoma and Texas, building an audience one smoky bar at a time. But 377 was the album that took everything they had been becoming and introduced it to a much wider audience. The first thing that jumps out isn't a song. It's the sound. Country radio at the turn of the century was polished. Nashville had become slick. Meanwhile, Highway 377...]]></description><link>https://galleywinterlive.wixsite.com/galleywinter/post/25-in-26-cross-canadian-ragweed-highway-377</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a43e00969b2dfbbf12bcb9e</guid><category><![CDATA[25in26]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 02:37:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24f78d_301ca84ad9274f17bbcc92ede456e66b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_225,h_225,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brad Beheler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Texas Sized Legacy of Brian Burns]]></title><description><![CDATA[Texas and Texas Music lost more than a songwriter this week. It lost one of its great storytellers. Brian Burns built a career that was never one thing. He was a songwriter, guitarist, author, poet, historian, educator, and a student of Texas itself. His songs drew from the state’s people, landscapes, and traditions, while his writing and school presentations helped preserve those stories for future generations. He believed Texas wasn’t just a place. It was a culture worth saving, protecting...]]></description><link>https://galleywinterlive.wixsite.com/galleywinter/post/the-texas-sized-legacy-of-brian-burns</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4e752360786c331eeefe5e</guid><category><![CDATA[Face The Music]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 16:17:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eb466c_264b9bc7640a468bb4d0e7e6909f5d11~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_600,h_796,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brad Beheler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[July 2026: It Just Means More]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every summer, somebody asks me what makes River Jam different. It's a fair question. There are bigger festivals. Festivals with bigger budgets, bigger stages, bigger names and a lot more marketing dollars behind them. You can find events with fireworks, carnival rides, VIP lounges and attendance figures that dwarf anything we'll ever do. But that's never really been what we're about or chasing.  For the fans, by the fans isn't just a catchphrase.  It's our guiding light.  We are grassroots to...]]></description><link>https://galleywinterlive.wixsite.com/galleywinter/post/july-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a43dba9af85721015737fd7</guid><category><![CDATA[Brad's Corner]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 01:36:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24f78d_e9fd4e531f9c4f51bafa62670d5e55b3~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_350,h_355,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brad Beheler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ten: July 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[The top ten songs moving in our world right now.  We had a lot of turnover this month and several River Jam 2026 artists are in the list.  Available on Spotify/Apple.]]></description><link>https://galleywinterlive.wixsite.com/galleywinter/post/the-ten-july-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a43d866de1908b1cec75caf</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:00:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24f78d_e0463c514cb74c5aa2ed80727c148d5f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Galleywinter Live</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Relisten: Charlie Robison - Life of the Party]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before Texas Music ever became loud, Charlie Robison was quiet. That doesn't mean he wasn't powerful. Quite the opposite. His presence and greatness came from restraint. When Life of the Party arrived in 1998, Texas/Red Dirt Music was still in the process of becoming the phenomenon it would turn into. Robert Earl Keen had already shown artists there was another path. Pat Green was beginning to turn dance halls into destinations. The Great Divide, Jack Ingram, Cory Morrow, Roger Creager and...]]></description><link>https://galleywinterlive.wixsite.com/galleywinter/post/the-relisten-charlie-robison-life-of-the-party</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a43cebf2481452f72d9cbbd</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:30:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24f78d_b22cd4855ac24dcb80cdca2a9413b582~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_225,h_225,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brad Beheler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Exclusive Excerpt from Still Here: Chapter 7 - The Compound]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I started writing Still Here, I assumed I was writing a memoir about Texas Music. Somewhere along the way I realized I was really writing about other people, different places and songs. Places where songs became friendships. Places where strangers became family. Places that looked ordinary until enough time passed to realize they had quietly become history. One of those places was simply known as "The Compound." It wasn't a venue. It wasn't on a map. It was just a dusty patch of ground...]]></description><link>https://galleywinterlive.wixsite.com/galleywinter/post/an-exclusive-excerpt-from-still-here-chapter-7-the-compound</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3fd01af69fbd60c76c2c45</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 13:44:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24f78d_a64b3056ed554fd6ae5022059c64b65d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brad Beheler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[25 in '26: Robert Earl Keen - Gravitational Forces]]></title><description><![CDATA[There’s a stretch in the middle of Robert Earl Keen’s catalog that sometimes gets overshadowed by the mythology. The rowdy glory of No. 2 Live Dinner. The songwriting masterclass of A Bigger Piece of Sky. The singalong permanence of songs like “Feelin’ Good Again” and “The Road Goes On Forever.” And then there’s Gravitational Forces. Released in August 2001, the album arrived during a transitional period for Keen (and a month later the entire world).  He was no longer just the cult Texas...]]></description><link>https://galleywinterlive.wixsite.com/galleywinter/post/25-in-26-robert-earl-keen-gravitational-forces</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a11f2e4b883334b04e5ef84</guid><category><![CDATA[25in26]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 05:15:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24f78d_e8766f8ed1874a0188c98d6b3518862a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_225,h_225,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brad Beheler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[June 2026: The Book I Didn't Mean to Write]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the better part of the last year, I've spent a lot of early mornings, late nights and stolen moments working on something I never really set out to do. I wrote a book. Even now, that feels strange to type.  People have been telling me to do it for years and years.  I finally listened. I've spent most of my life writing in one form or another. School assignments. Newspaper stories. Magazine features. Blog posts. Social media captions. Thousands and thousands of words scattered across...]]></description><link>https://galleywinterlive.wixsite.com/galleywinter/post/june-2026-the-book-i-didn-t-mean-to-write</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a217de514f1bdc71961bd76</guid><category><![CDATA[Brad's Corner]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:39:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24f78d_06b8132a8bb5424a97b7fdd77fb253d9~mv2.avif/v1/fit/w_167,h_302,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brad Beheler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Relisten: Roger Creager - Having Fun All Wrong]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the late ‘90s, the Texas Music scene felt less like an industry and more like a rolling tailgate party with amplifiers. The stages were smaller, the crowds were rowdier, and every college town from San Marcos to Lubbock had somebody swearing they’d just seen the next big thing at a dancehall on a Thursday night. Into that world walked Roger Creager with 1998’s Having Fun All Wrong. Another Lloyd Maines production that treaded similar ground to Pat and Cory sonically while allowing Roger to...]]></description><link>https://galleywinterlive.wixsite.com/galleywinter/post/the-relisten-roger-creager-having-fun-all-wrong</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a11ef92a2438924d10f7dd8</guid><category><![CDATA[The Relisten]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 05:15:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24f78d_a15a2ebf376449719bafb464a62e6ec3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_226,h_223,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brad Beheler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ten: June 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new number one for June as Shelby Stone claims the top spot.  Former multi-month number one Cameron Allbright falls to 8.  Two new entries charge up high, Wade Bowen's "Rain" and Red Shahan's "High Side".]]></description><link>https://galleywinterlive.wixsite.com/galleywinter/post/the-ten-june-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a11f642960e8ad900942696</guid><category><![CDATA[The Ten]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 05:15:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24f78d_4fbede26fba1490888f3797f5b67d748~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Galleywinter Live</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[RIVER JAM 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[RIVER JAM 2026 July 10 – Cheatham Street Warehouse (San Marcos) Cameron Allbright, Ashton Naylor, Hank Weaver, Gatlin Johnson July 11 – Happy Cow (New Braunfels) Presley Haile, Race Ricketts, Nick Brumley, Nyles, The Smokin' Oaks July 12 – Lone Star Float House (New Braunfels) Lucas Jagneaux, Drew Kennedy, Reed Bros, Graycie York Tristan Graves, Cooper Mohrmann, Garrett Talamantes, Kerri Lick Meredith Crawford, Zach Maberry, David Percy, Kyle Sinkule Zoe Allan, Ian Kocourek, Jonathan Garcia]]></description><link>https://galleywinterlive.wixsite.com/galleywinter/post/river-jam-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a14d8fcf3bc0136e51beddf</guid><category><![CDATA[River Jam]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 23:26:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24f78d_b837481def6d42fd890240fafb8e2b64~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Galleywinter Live</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ACMs Finally Caught Up]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s hard to think of a bigger single night of overall industry recognition for artists connected to our music scene.]]></description><link>https://galleywinterlive.wixsite.com/galleywinter/post/the-acms-finally-caught-up</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0aee19ff1c06f8d4a740a3</guid><category><![CDATA[Face The Music]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 10:58:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eb466c_223fa961f3914009977c847a46504d53~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brad Beheler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[25 in 26: Bleu Edmondson - Southland]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bleu Edmondson’s Southland didn’t walk into 2001 trying to quietly introduce itself. By the time of its release that year, these songs had already been living, breathing, and road tested across Texas for a while. They had been played in bars where the phrase dive was actually complement, in college towns where word of mouth mattered more than radio, and in rooms where if a song didn’t connect, you knew it immediately. That matters. Southland doesn’t feel like a studio creation. It feels like...]]></description><link>https://galleywinterlive.wixsite.com/galleywinter/post/25-in-26-bleu-edmondson-southland</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69efaa3324f9d3e5cd6ddf6f</guid><category><![CDATA[25in26]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 10:00:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24f78d_cb13cb35a9134a1d888b0db48195be50~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_225,h_225,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brad Beheler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Relisten: Wade Bowen - The Blue Light Live]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wade Bowen had already stepped into the studio before The Blue Light Live, but this is the record that broke him. Not in a flash of overnight success, but in the way Texas Music has always worked when it is at its best. This one spread the right way. Recorded at The Blue Light in Lubbock, the album does more than capture a performance. It captures a place and a moment in time.  That place and time was becoming something bigger than a bar. It was turning into a proving ground, a haven for...]]></description><link>https://galleywinterlive.wixsite.com/galleywinter/post/the-relisten-wade-bowen-the-blue-light-live</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69efadbe15d16921748d99e0</guid><category><![CDATA[The Relisten]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 10:01:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24f78d_20975cc09df24737ad373df979a52e5f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_225,h_225,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brad Beheler</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>