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German-Texan Heritage Society Journal

Quarterly publication of the German-Texan Heritage Society providing information about news and events related to the work of the organization as well as stories, articles, genealogical data and other information of interest to members collected from representatives across Texas

German-Texan Heritage Society Journal

Quarterly publication of the German-Texan Heritage Society providing information about news and events related to the work of the organization as well as stories, articles, genealogical data and other information of interest to members collected from representatives across Texas

Review of \u3ci\u3eWomen in Texas Music: Stories and Songs\u3c/i\u3e By Kathleen Hudson

Women musicians take center stage in Women in Texas Music, from the gender barriers they\u27ve broken as performers and artists to the growing recognition and musical territory they claim. Through a series of personal interviews, Kathleen Hudson depicts more than thirty women musicians\u27 journeys in Texas, the Southwest, and in many cases beyond. The author\u27s lively exchange with songwriters and performers invites readers deeper into the conversation, as if they\u27ve snuck backstage themselves to listen in. One of the more engaging themes in Women in Texas Music is the various paths traveled by these artists, each road distinct and none easy. The women have had to work doubly hard to get where they are and to sustain where they are, says Emily Robison, member of the Grammy award-winning Dixie Chicks. What makes it easier, she adds, are women artists like Bonnie Raitt and Emmylou Harris who helped blaze a trail, women Robison describes as musical matriarchs and extraordinary. Other artists share similar experiences of finding success by breaking accepted conventions in all aspects of the music business, from performance to production. Eva Ybarra\u27s story of being told by a bandleader to play her accordion behind the male performers during a show is a poignant moment, particularly when a drunken man in the audience yells, How come the best musician is in the back

From a Feast to the Moon—Two Journalists Define Paris

Memoir study. Compares Hemingway’s account of Paris in A Moveable Feast to Adam Gopnik’s Paris to the Moon (2000), concluding that “for Hemingway, Paris is a creative force actively spurring his own writing, while for Gopnik, Paris is a place whose culture he explores, always maintaining his distance from it.

German-Texan Heritage Society Journal

Quarterly publication of the German-Texan Heritage Society providing information about news and events related to the work of the organization as well as stories, articles, genealogical data and other information of interest to members collected from representatives across Texas

German-Texan Heritage Society Journal

Quarterly publication of the German-Texan Heritage Society providing information about news and events related to the work of the organization as well as stories, articles, genealogical data and other information of interest to members collected from representatives across Texas

German-Texan Heritage Society Journal

Quarterly publication of the German-Texan Heritage Society providing information about news and events related to the work of the organization as well as stories, articles, genealogical data and other information of interest to members collected from representatives across Texas

German-Texan Heritage Society Journal

Quarterly publication of the German-Texan Heritage Society providing information about news and events related to the work of the organization as well as stories, articles, genealogical data and other information of interest to members collected from representatives across Texas

German-Texan Heritage Society Journal

Quarterly publication of the German-Texan Heritage Society providing information about news and events related to the work of the organization as well as stories, articles, genealogical data and other information of interest to members collected from representatives across Texas