Bring on the new stuff. Audience members will get to hear the title track to Americana master James McMurtry’s upcoming new album, “The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy,” when he returns to The Moon ...

Talking about his forthcoming album, his first in four years, James McMurtry is as no-nonsense as his songs. “It happened like all my records happened,” he said in a statement. “It’d been too long ...

Singer-songwriter James McMurtry lives near Austin, which is fortunate for us because it means he plays in Houston on a ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Texas singer/songwriter James McMurtry will play the Charleston Pour House Sept. 23, featuring new ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X James McMurtry will continue his tradition of live-testing new tunes during his Jan. 30 show at ...

Texas singer/songwriter James McMurtry, known for his hard-edged character sketches, is playing at Bones Tuesday night. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and opener Jonny Burke goes on at 7:30 p.m. James ...

From the first note and phrase, Texas-based, Americana singer-songwriter James McMurtry captivates ears with his gravelly, baritone voice, soulfully rendered to deliver his precisely crafted lyrics in ...

James McMurtry spoke about the inspiration behind the title track from The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy in a press release. “The album title and that song comes from my stepmother, Faye,” he shared ...

Austin’s James McMurtry writes songs with the richness of novels, his characters struggling through life’s trials in vignettes sculpted as vivid as the world in front of your eyes. Touring in support ...

Give credit to the songwriters who can look beyond obvious song topics and find inspiration in surprising places. For James McMurtry, one of the best songwriters of this era, even a traffic jam can ...

If James McMurtry doesn’t make it to Pittsburgh for his show next week, he already has a sneaking suspicion where he’ll be. “Hopefully they’ll let us back in from Canada the night before because we ...