Carolyn Wonderland, the red-hot Texas guitar heroine, lap steel virtuoso, whip-smart songwriter and fiery singer has a brand-new album called TRUTH IS coming out Friday, May 16, 2025Carolyn is kicking off the release with a performance at @theheightstheater on the night of release! But to make the day even more special, she’ll be hosted by Houston's indie music haven, @cactus_music , for an in-store performance that afternoon at 4 PM! Don't miss it!

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We are happy to welcome @MusicByKnox, aka #Knox, to the #CactusMusic stage on 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟰𝘁𝗵, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, 𝗮𝘁 𝟭:𝟯𝟬 𝗣𝗠 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻-𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴. Knox is currently on tour support for his debut album, 𝘎𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘎𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘎𝘰𝘯𝘦, which is out via @AtlanticRecords, and we are happy to be one of the stops! ⠀⠀
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*He is on tour and playing later that night (05/04/25) at @WhiteOakMH with special guest @The_Wldlfe. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲‼️⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

That yearning for nostalgia also serves as a main theme in his upcoming debut album, Going Going Gone, set for release on April 4 via Atlantic Records — though he admits that the project’s title was not what he was originally planning. ⠀⠀“I ended up not being able to use my original idea, because I wanted to do something based around the movie The Breakfast Club, but we couldn’t get cleared for it,” he recalls with a laugh. “There’s a quote from the movie that’s my favorite quote ever, where [Mr. Vernon] says, ‘Spend a little less time trying to impress people and a little more time trying to make something of yourself.’ For a long time, when I was making this record, I was constantly thinking, ‘I hope other people like this,’ instead of just making music that I loved. I wanted to continue to shift that mindset going into my album.”⠀

Christopher Seymore is a hillbilly poet from upstate South Carolina making down-home honky-tonk music in Houston, TX. Steeped in outlaw tradition and rooted in Appalachian old time; Seymore brings a genuine authenticity that’s undeniable. At home in Houston, Seymore’s crowds have expanded into a bona fide scene. Horni Tonk Tuesday, the live music series dreamed up by Seymore and other talented Houston players, has lured two-steppers and juke joint revelers out on school nights for three years now. “I think that’s a lot of what’s missing from music: It’s no longer seen as part of a community,” Seymore says. “People were making music on their front porch about their day and the news long before making that music ever earned them a paycheck.” Seymore and his band have been touring nationally for the last 2 years and can be found playing dancehall dusters and saloon tunes in any roadside dive or dodgey juke joint near-ish to you.

On his anticipated debut album King of Nothing, produced by Kevin Skrla, Seymore offers a snapshot of the community he’s built, night after night. He also proves that razor-sharp lyricism and heartbreaking storytelling still have a home in honky tonk. “I wanted to put out something that was really, disgustingly traditional country,” Seymore says, laughing. “Also, when I write, I try to give somebody who wants to take the time to pull it apart something to look for. But if you want to check out and be lost in the melody, you can do that, too.”

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Folklorist and music writer David Ensminger will be hosting acclaimed singer-songwriter Peter Case, who has appeared in two notable books by Ensminger, Left of the Dial (PM Press) and Roots-Punk: An Oral and Visual History (Univ. Press of Miss.). They will be celebrating and highlighting the ten-year anniversary of Hwy 62, Case's album inspired by the lengthy cross-country highway and the legend of Woody Guthrie, among others. Case has just released a very rare, limited-run, single-sheet broadside, informed by the spirit of the Beat Generation (like Gregory Corso and his "Bomb" broadside) and shaped as well as by the defiant 1960's folksinger tradition of Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan, and Pete Seeger. The focus is his lyric "Water from a Stone," whose refrains are very pertinent in current troubled times. They are hand-signed and feature a multitude of drawings taken directly from the notebooks of Case!

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Friends, we are happy to help celebrate the vinyl release of @Keyglock’s latest album, #Glockaveli, out via @republicrecords on Friday, May 2nd, with an intimate wristband meet-and-greet signing! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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Key Glock ‘Glockaveli’ ⠀⠀⠀⠀
Wristband Meet & Greet Signing
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Cactus Music (713)526-9272
2110 Portsmouth St
Houston, TX 77098⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

1. Starting TODAY, Monday, April 28th, at 7 PM, you can pre-buy your copy of ‘Glockaveli’ HERE. Your purchase gets you a wristband to attend the event—one wristband per item per person—Both CD and LP versions will be available.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

2. You can also come into the store on its release day, Friday, May 2nd, to get your CD or LP copy of ‘Glockaveli’ and wristband. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

3. IN-STORE PICK-UP ONLY for the event. No shipping. All online orders and wristbands can be picked up on Friday, 05/02/25, the event day starting at Noon!⠀⠀⠀
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5. Photographs will be allowed, time permitting.⠀

6. Capacity is limited, so don’t miss out on this intimate event.

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🗣️Calling all Houston area fans of @TheHeadAndTheHeart! Roll up to @Cactus_Music 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟯𝟬𝗵 𝗮𝘁 𝟱:𝟯𝟬 𝗣𝗠, for an early listen to their latest release, 𝘈𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, which will be officially released on 𝗠𝗮𝘆,𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, via @VerveForecast. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

• The event is free to attend! ⠀⠀⠀
• 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 posters & stickers 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵⠀⠀⠀⠀
• 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 to win a pair of tickets to their show on Sunday, June 15th, 2025, at @BayouMusicCenter. ⠀⠀⠀⠀
• 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 to win an autographed litho ⠀⠀⠀⠀
• 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 include pizza from @StarPizzaHoustonTX and drinks from @SaintArnoldBrewing 🍕🍻 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲‼️⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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“Sun was made for coming out, even though the night is long.” 𝘈𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 - is their sixth album and first since signing to Verve Forecast - is the affirming work of a band finding again it’s shared footing, reaching unimagined levels of camaraderie and mutual risk as one. With every song fortified by the sense of beginning again, 𝘈𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 is their most vital and poignant album. 𝘈𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 is a stunning testament to the collaborative work of a band who decided to let in the light, return to their roots, and forge a new path together as one.⠀⠀

Two Houston originals are combining forces for their first vinyl release. Each side of this LP features songs from lengthier digital releases dropping this spring.

In the long-awaited follow-up to 2021’s Breviary—selected as one of the Houston Chronicle’s top ten albums of the year—National Pleasure presents Visitor Center, an audio travelogue through a handful of almost real cities of the southern United States. Equal parts gothic anxiety and haunting electronica, Erin Rodgers expands on her previous body of work with new rhythmic and tonal experimentation in collaboration with producer Josh Applebee and Anthony Barilla’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The Chronicle calls Rodgers “one of the support beams of Houston music”, but Visitor Center makes the case that her music deserves a much wider audience.

The contents of Merel & Tony’s Exquisite Remains are suggested in the album’s title: a large collection of lyrics, poems, instrumentals and collaborations they’ve collected and nurtured over the past 11 years of their ongoing partnership. Pop songs give way to spoken word which in turn fades into live experimentation, reflecting the duo’s interest in all of music’s manifestations. Fans of their theater work, their live bands, and their instrumental scores will all find something to love on this sprawling collection of dreams, love confessions and morbid obsessions.

You’re invited to join us for the vinyl release party and first live performance by National Pleasure at 3:00 on April 27 at Cactus Music in Houston, TX.

One of Houston’s Most Beloved Midtown Bars Is Dropping a Jazz Album

Axelrad is releasing a vinyl “Live at Axelrad, Jazz Wednesdays,” a compilation of its greatest Jazz Night hits to celebrate its 10th anniversary with the Marlon Simon Jazz Trio on the Cactus Music stage.

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