Fans of western swing knew Bobby Flores was the real deal. Flores, who played with the likes of Willie Nelson, Ray Price and Johnny Bush, was just as much at home playing his fiddle for dancers at ...

Once upon a time, deep in the heart of Texas, siblings Hulda, Sophia and Grace Quebe all decided to pick up the violin and take lessons together at the behest of their mother, who wanted the girls to ...

When it comes to western swing, The Quebe Sisters aren’t trying to reinvent the wheel. But, the Dallas-based trio knows that adding some fresh tread to the tires can’t hurt. The band’s ongoing ...

Oct. 18—Greenville is poised and ready to greet November with the lively, charming sound of fiddle-driven Western swing music at its 10th annual Bob Wills Fiddle Festival and Contest. Combining ...

Notice that Benson said jazz and not country. Western swing, which both Gimble and Asleep at the Wheel have kept alive over the years, is considered a form of country music, but both men declare that, ...

The Society of the Southwest hosted the Sixth Annual Western Swing Showcase and Dance at V.F.W. Post #3838 in Cape Girardeau, Mo., on Thursday, May 13, 2010. The Society of the Southwest hosted the ...

The Quebe Sisters grew up in Burleson, Texas near Dallas-Fort Worth. Grace, Sophia, and Hulda were homeschooled and largely sheltered from the outside world. At a young age, their attention moved from ...

On this day (December 17) in 1910, Donnell “Spade” Cooley was born in Grand, Oklahoma. He was an in-demand fiddle player who became a prominent figure in the western swing scene of California in the ...

The sounds of western swing bands from across the country will fill VFW Post 3838 today and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. for the sixth annual Western Swing Music Society of the Southwest Showcase.