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,... more »

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,... more »

Before moving forward with new shows in 2010, we look back at 12 years of music television production across Texas . As always, we continue with our original mission: To boldly go where commercial radio and television fear to tread, providing exposure for emerging artists, archiving all styles of... more »

Paul Concillio II (center) passed away November 1st, 2009. He was father of Paul Concillio III (Video Director/TMC) and a friend and mentor to The Texas Music Cafe®. Paul was an audio genius who gladly shared his vast knowledge of microphones and recording technique with our staff of budding... more »

A Pre release version of January's PBS release of Texas Music Cafe's > "Class of 87" documentary was submitted to the 2009 Telly Awards and > received a bronze award. The 60 min. program is one program in a 13 part > series of "Texas Music Cafe". This is TMC's... more »

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Two Years in the making, the "Too Smooth " rocumentary is finished and NOW AVAILABLE!!! Click "Store" on this page to visit our new Store. NOW!! Also on sale at Hastings Records in Waco, Texas. North Vally Mills Location. Interviews with band members past and present, industry... more »

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WACO, TEXAS (January 12, 2009) - The Texas Music Café, a live music program that has been aired both nationally and abroad on PBS since 1997, is launching it's eighth season of taping live concert series for 11 consecutive Saturday nights at Hog Creek Ice House in Waco, Texas, beginning... more »

What a night for the first taping of Texas Music Cafe's 8th Season. (Added 1-18-2009) We all had a blast at our new venue, the Hog Creek Ice House in Waco, Texas. On the menu was Waco's own "Pride And Joy" and the flavor was a very spicy... more »

The Texas Music Cafe is proud to introduce Jill Blaha. The Texas Music Cafe live show host. She is a graduate of Abbot High School and is currently attending McLennan Community College's Commercial Music Dept. with a full vocal scholarship. Jill is an extremely talented and bright young girl who... more »

Special Thanks to Kent Finlay: Season 7 tapings (Monte Montgomery, Joel Guzman and Joe Ely, Band of Heathens, Billy Joe Shaver, Randy Rogers Band, and more) would not have been a reality without the help of Kent Finlay and The Cheatham Street Warehouse. Kent ’s reputation for helping songwriters... more »

Help from Friends: In 2008, Chris Ermoian and Gary Hartman, Director of the Center for Texas Music History at Texas State University-San Marcos, agreed to begin collaborating on the Texas Music Café series. While the Texas Music Café will continue to feature live musical performances, the Center for Texas... more »

Texas Music Cafe ON-LOCATION: We are very pleased to be working with Dickson Productions to film two episodes of the Texas Music Café at The MusicFest in beautiful Steamboat Springs, Colorado, in January 2009. Currently we are scheduled to film one performance by Robert Earl Keen and another... more »

On opening day in 1997, the City of Waco inspected TMC’s new recording facility expecting to find a full commercial kitchen and greasy fryer vats… instead they found Waco’s only 10,000 square foot TV recording facility. Today, the food, beer, and music facility becomes a reality as we launch season... more »