Happy Birthday Rod Kennedy!

The Center for Texas Music History Presents: Rod Kennedy's 80th Birthday Tribute ! The TMC was created as a way to showcase songwriters. We learned this lesson from Rod. He has been promoting Texas artists since the 1950"s. Thanks Rod for all you have done for Texas music, opening your festival to TMC, for visiting the TMC live, and for inspiring us with your words of wisdom. Photos provided courtesy of Jim Dirden and Susan Roads.

July Update

Howdy Y’all, TMC is gaining ground with a total of 27 stations airing episodes as we release them. WBCC-TV PBS. The University of Central Florida has been our best supporter giving TMC three slots a week in Orlando, Florida. WBCC is home to the largest college campus in the Florida. Thanks Bill Dotson (Program Director) for being such a huge supporter! Bill is no longer a Texas resident but obviously misses his Texas Music…   Here is a TMC status update as to what we are currently working on:   Best of TMC 1997-2007 is now complete and available online “Class of 87” Cheatham Street Warehouse Part 1 - is awaiting a few final mixes from Gary Hickinbotham (Instructor - Sound Recording Technology Program at Texas State University) Gary is the Chief Audio Engineer for TMC’s Season 7 shows. Additional thanks go to Mark Erickson (Director of Texas State’s Recording Arts Program) for allowing students the time to help TMC artists get national attention on PBS! Billy Joe Shaver Live at Cheatham Street Warehouse - is finished and in the hands of Greg Henry at Austin Universal Entertainment . The show is...

Ruthie Foster Nominated for GRAMMY Award!

As a fellow student at McLennan Community college in 1987, Ruthie captured our hearts with song, voice, and her down home personality. "We all just fell in love with her and knew that if any of us had a shot at THE BIG TIME, it was her! - C. Ermoian, Producer TMC. You Go Girl! You are already a winner in our eyes. Thanks for playing the TMC (4X)!

Season 7 premiers on PBS on March 6

The “Texas Music Café”® TV program , (TMC) launches on PBS on Saturday March 6th on KAMU College Station, TX. The TMC will broadcast alongside Austin City Limits and Soundstage during the Saturday evening “Music Block” during KAMU’s 2009 Pledge Drive. TMC is made available FREE OF CHARGE to all 300 PBS stations. TMC’s Affiliate Relations Staff began contacting stations last week about the availability of the program.   Stations that have just signed on to air the program include: KAMU – College Station, TX. KETA/KOED/KOET/KWET  – Covering the entire state of Oklahoma KNCT –  Belton , Temple, Killeen, TX. METV  –  Austin ’s only 24Hr Music Channel KMBH – KMBH-TV60 and KMBH-DT38 serve a population of 900,000 people, from Brownsville and South Padre Island to Raymondville , from Harlingen to Rio Grande City , from Hidalgo to San Manuel . Four counties in the Rio Grande Valley: Cameron, Willacy, Hidalgo, Starr. On the Mexican side of the border, our signal on the air covers the northern part of the state of Tamaulipas . Our signal is carried by Cable companies serving the families of the Valley as well as those in the area of Matamoros and Reynosa ....