Country music sure likes to talk a lot about “authenticity,” but spend a day with a country musician who isn’t really country — and who quite possibly shouldn’t even be around today — and you’ll understand what that word really means. “It just sounds like a lot of stuff that …
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Texas country artist Joshua Ray Walker, known for songs like “Voices” and “Lot Lizard,” has launched a GoFundMe upon revealing that his 2023 cancer diagnosis had unexpectedly spread. Walker told fans late last year that he’d been diagnosed with colon cancer; he subsequently underwent surgery in January before beginning chemotherapy. …
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Joshua Ray Walker, the Texas country songwriter known for haunting ballads like “Voices” and “Canyon,” announced that he’s been diagnosed with colon cancer. In a social media post, Walker, 32, wrote that’ll be undergoing surgery in January. Earlier this month, Walker performed a cover of Lizzo’s “Cuz I Love You” …
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Joshua Ray Walker showed off his knack for choosing left-of-center cover songs during a Tuesday night appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. The Texas songwriter and his band covered Lizzo’s “Cuz I Love You,” a track off What Is It Even?, Walker’s album of songs by female artists. With he and …
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For those who’ve seen Joshua Ray Walker perform, they know his voice can alternately hush and rouse a crowd. (Catch him perform “Voices” if you ever get the chance and be amazed.) The Texas songwriter delivers one of his most dynamic recorded takes on “Cuz I Love You” — a …
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On May 13, 1975, Ray Benson, leader of the Western-swing heroes Asleep at the Wheel, was readying his band to make their stage debut at the Longhorn Ballroom in Dallas, Texas, when he received the news that Bob Wills, the “King of Western Swing,” had died that morning in nearby …
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After a months-long tour that found him playing venues from Brooklyn to Boston with Vandoliers, slaying crowds aboard the Outlaw Country Cruise, and returning to the Grand Ole Opry stage, Joshua Ray Walker made his CBS Saturday Morning debut this weekend. The Dallas, Texas, songwriter delivered three songs off his …
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Texas country-punk band Vandoliers are standing in solidarity with drag performers and the LGBTQ+ community. On Thursday night, the group performed their set at the Shed in Maryville, Tennessee, with all six of its members wearing dresses in protest of the state’s newly enacted law on public drag performance. “Fuck …
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John Anderson is going to sea. The “Seminole Wind” country singer is joining Outlaw Country Cruise 7 as a headliner opposite Lucinda Williams, the Mavericks, and Steve Earle & the Dukes. It’s the latest in a string of Anderson news, as the 67-year-old gears up for the release of Something …
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Joshua Ray Walker, the 29-year-old Texas songwriter who’s turned heads with his sharp wordcraft and pliable falsetto voice, made his late-night TV debut on Tuesday, performing with his band on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. (Walker was supposed to play the Tonight Show last month, but according to the …
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