Texas Highways Magazine

Texas Highways, the official travel magazine of Texas, encourages recreational travel within Texas and tells the Texas story to readers around the world. Renowned for its photography, statewide events coverage, top weekend excursions, off-the-beaten path discoveries, and scenic destinations, Texas Highways helps readers discover the treasures of the Lone Star State.

Turn It Up

Texas Highways Magazine

Texas, Our Texas

MERGE

ROADMAP

Texas Music Café

Echo Location • Near-perfect acoustics and 100-ticket shows make Echo Bridge unlike any other venue

In Tune • Texas’ landscape and lore have inspired its music since before it was a state

PANORAMA

Perfect Harmony • Music of all genres is the soundtrack of this college town on the river

POSTCARDS

LONG LIVE THE QUEEN • A MEXICO CITY NATIVE’S TRIP TO THE SELENA MUSEUM TURNS INTO A WAKE FOR HIS MOTHER

BEHIND THE MIC • MEDIA FIXTURE ANDY LANGER HAS COVERED TEXAS MUSIC FOR 35 YEARS

ON THE RECORD • FROM FIELD RECORDINGS TO STUDIO SESSIONS, A HISTORY OF DOCUMENTING TEXAS SOUND

ROAM AS WE WANTED • RIDING HORSES AT MEDWAY RANCH TAUGHT ME WHAT IT MEANS TO BE COUNTRY

SOMEWHERE DOWN IN TEXAS • INSIDE THE LEGENDARY DANCE HALL, ROCK CLUBS, AND BARS WITH LEGACIES AS BIG AS THE LONE STAR STATE

A BRIEF GUIDE

SOUND FOUNDERS • COUNTRY, SOUL, ROCK, AMERICANA, TEJANO—IN TEXAS, WE PLAY IT ALL, AND WE PLAY IT OUR OWN WAY. MEET THE NEW GENERATION OF ARTISTS PUSHING MUSICAL BOUNDARIES

Miles AND MILES OF Music • Discover the regional sounds that have made Texas a key player in American music

Best of the Far West • FROM BIG BEND TO EL PASO, THE CHIHUAHUAN DESERT HAS MOTIVATED MUSICIANS FOR GENERATIONS

Deep in the Heart • HILL COUNTRY OUTLAWS AND AUSTIN ICONS TYPIFY THE CENTRAL TEXAS SCENE

Notes from the North • THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA HAS ALWAYS PACKED STAR POWER

Beyond the Pines • CROONERS AND COUNTRY DARLINGS DEFINE THIS LOUISIANA-INFLUENCED REGION OF THE STATE

Highway to the High Plains • THE PANHANDLE WINDS HAVE CARRIED THE REGION’S TUNES ACROSS THE DECADES

South Texas Serenade • WITH ROOTS THAT REACH ACROSS THE MEXICAN BORDER, SOUTH TEXAS MUSIC REFLECTS ITS MULTICULTURALISM

FUEL

The Royal Treatment • A musical mainstay in Dallas turns her attention to the culinary stage

Pineapple of My Eye • Texas’ latest crush is a fermented drink that dates to the Mayans

CALENDAR • THIS SEPTEMBER IN TEXAS: EVENTS, FESTIVALS, ARTS, AND CULTURE

Pride and Joy