Austin City Limits is thrilled to announce the host of the 2019 ACL Hall of Fame: legendary Texas singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen. This year’s celebration, to be held October 24th.

“Creativity begets beauty,” wrote Americana singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen in a recent email to us.

Keen should know. He’s now 30 years and 19 albums into a career that grew from a self-funded and -produced debut album into an acclaimed run of songwriting that’s begotten plenty of beauty. Of course, no one’s story goes as planned.

By: Justin Cober-Lake, The Daily Progress

In case you missed it, REK's song, "I Gotta Go" was featured on the CBS series, SEAL Team, March 20th! You can still stream it. The song starts at mark 36:53

STREAM EPISODE HERE

By Mark Engleson Parklife DC (DC's top blog for live concert reviews)

REK’s off-the-beaten-path, sophisticated, and witty songwriting puts him more in the Americana stripe than it does anything like today’s commercial country.

By: Robert Crawford Rolling Stone

The Unknown Fighter

Texas troubadour premieres “The Unknown Fighter” and “Silver Spurs and Gold Tequila”

By: Jeff Gage, Rolling Stone

This wasn’t our first Rodeo Houston, and it won’t be our last. The unforgettable 2019 season might be over, but it definitely went out with a bang — to the tune of a record-shattering 80,108 fans at Sunday night’s concert finale.

By: Anne Gallay at Paper City.

By: Rick Moore, American Songwriter

The Internet abounds with theories about what the lyric really means, so American Songwriter asked the author himself what was on his mind when he penned this classic. 

Students across Kerrville received a special visit from Robert Earl Keen on Friday as he handed out awards for this year’s “What Does Music Look Like?”

Robert Earl Keen was inducted into The Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame, on January 17, 2019, during a ceremony at the World’s Largest Honky-Tonk, Billy Bob’s Texas in Fort Worth, Texas.

By: Jeff Gage, Rolling Stone

Texas country singers take on the personas of two make-believe prisoners for ‘Burn Band’ album

The Mysterious Stryker Brothers Revealed to Be Robert Earl Keen & Randy Rogers (Exclusive) Robert Earl Keen and Randy Rogers want to come clean about their fictional identities: They're The Stryker Brothers.

By: Glenn Peoples, billboardbiz

NEWS RELEASE: The Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame announced today their 2019 Hall of Fame inductees: Dr. Glenn Blodgett, The Cavender Family, Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo, King Ranch and 2019 Rick Smith Spirit of Texas Award Honoree - Robert Earl Keen.

Ten Aggies have been selected to receive the 2018 Distinguished Alumnus Award — the highest honor bestowed upon a former student of Texas A&M University. Texas A&M University and The Association of Former Students are proud to welcome the Distinguished Alumni:

The two Texas songwriting legends share a forty-year friendship. This fall, they’ll also be sharing the stage. When fellow Texans Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen go on tour together this fall, it’ll be the latest chapter in a friendship that began when they were students at Texas A&M University. Back then, they’d sit on the porch of the house Keen rented and trade songs, just as they’ll be doing on stages around the country beginning in October.

Mark your calendars! Americana music's biggest night is scheduled for 6:30 PM (CDT) next Wednesday, September 12 at Nashville’s historically cool Ryman Auditorium. You'll be able to catch once-in-a-lifetime performances by legendary mainstays and trailblazing newcomers, showcasing the best and brightest from the community like k.d. lang, Buddy Guy, Irma Thomas, Rosanne Cash, John Prine, Robert Earl Keen, Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, I’m With Her, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats.

September 5, 2018… In honor of the 25th anniversary of Robert Earl Keen’s iconic album, A Bigger Piece of Sky, Keen and Dualtone will be releasing it on vinyl for the first time. Available on limited-edition sky-blue vinyl, this piece is a must-have for Robert Earl Keen fans. Scheduled for release on November 16, A Bigger Piece of Sky is available now for advance order at DualtoneStore.com, including autographed vinyl and exclusive merchandise bundles.

Genre borders weren’t a thing for Roger Miller, a songwriting phenomenon and enthusiastic smoker who died of lung cancer in 1992.