Townes Van Zandt's name conjures tales of drug and alcohol abuse, gambling, rambling and mental illness. That mythic life sometimes overshadows his music, which was often as perfect as his life was ...

The well-worn grave marker in a remote cemetery near Eagle Mountain Lake draws thousands of visitors. They leave liquor, or cigarettes, or charcoal or crayons from gravestone rubbings. “To Live’s To ...

Earlier this year, Amenra, Marissa Nadler, and Cave In teamed up for a three-way split Songs Of Townes Van Zandt, a Townes Van Zandt tribute album with three covers from each artist. One of Amenra’s ...

On this day in 1997, singer/songwriter Townes Van Zandt died in his Smyrna, Tennessee home at the age of 52. Van Zandt was among a group of elite Texas troubadours that included Guy Clark, Jerry Jeff ...

It is a rather redundant and undeniable truth that Bob Dylan‘s lyrics are among the most influential of all time. However, take his lyrics out of the equation, and one is still left with a highly ...

This tribute concert to legendary troubadour Townes Van Zandt was held three days prior to what would have been his 73rd birthday. Sadly, Van Zandt didn’t even make it to age 53, dying of cardiac ...

Last year, Grizzly Bear co-leader Daniel Rossen released his solo album You Belong There. This year, Rossen and his Grizzly Bear bandmate Christopher Bear scored Past Lives, maybe the year’s most ...

Steve Earle first heard Townes Van Zandt as a teenage high school dropout in Texas, then met him for the first time in 1972 when Van Zandt heckled Earle during a performance at The Old Quarter in ...

You’ve probably heard someone, maybe a friend, say something like this: “I like every type of music except for country music.” It’s all about beer, trucks and girls, they might say. Or it’s for inbred ...

Bob Dylan includes several Texans in his new book about 66 twentieth-century, mostly American pop songs that he likes. He clearly appreciates Townes Van Zandt, observing that “One way to measure a ...