This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman looks at a Texan who drew from Hispanic, Anglo and African-American influences to become one of the most well-respected jazz musicians of the 1940s and 1950s.

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll look at a classic Texas dance hall that has become a world famous tourist destination.

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll remember an eclectic Texas musician who continues to defy categorization.

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll celebrate a woman who wrote the state’s first known English-language song.

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll look at an accomplished songwriter who is probably best remembered for his more humorous compositions.

This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman looks at the life of Little Joe Hernández, the son of a sharecropper who began playing professionally at 16.

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll honor a popular artist who stopped making records in order to protest the unfair treatment of his fellow black musicians.

This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman looks at the life and career of Gene Autry, the owner of the first gold album in country music history.

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll honor a Texan who performed in both churches and bordellos before becoming one of the most prolific and influential blues musicians of all time.

Art&Seek presents This Week in Texas Music History. Every week, we’ll spotlight a different moment and the musician who made it. For the week of Sept. 12, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman looks back at an event that pushed the Texas punk scene into the national spotlight.