VA - The Oxford American Southern Music Issue 2014: Texas (2014)

Last year the music issue featured the state of Tennessee which, it goes without saying, is a treasure trove of great music. This year’s music issue features the music of Texas. First, Southerners debate whether Texas is really Southern. They certainly have the backward politics to matriculate in the club. But Texas has always trumpeted both its “Westernness” and its independence (as in "nation"). Talking about Texas music is as difficult, I would think, as talking about anything else in Texas if you aren’t FROM Texas.