Archives for October 2019

Texas Standard: October 1, 2019

Another Texas Republican retirement from Washington, this one coming as a shock to some but seems different to others. We’ll have the latest. Also, frustration and confusion in the Texas capitol city over the school district’s plan to shut down a dozen schools. We’ll take a look. Plus, a lack of access to healthcare is reaching crisis level is some rural parts of Texas. Why hospitals are closing and what can be done about it. And the transgender community in Dallas is reeling after the shooting of yet another trans woman. What we know about the problem. Those stories and more today on the Texas Standard:

Briston Maroney: “Fool’s Gold” (Live in Studio 1A)

From Knoxville to Florida and finally back to Nashville, the traveling minstrel mindset has gone full troubadour status for Briston Maroney. This twenty-one-year-old songwriter put out his third EP, Indiana, back in May and he’s been flaunting his impressive, soft indie rock sound on the road ever since. Maroney’s still up to his waist in an international tour in support of Indiana, continuing with a fortnight circuit across the Lone Star State, including both weekends at ACL Fest.

Briston Maroney put out a new single last month, he plays Saturday afternoons on the Vrbo stage, and you can get a feel for his live stuff with a Studio 1A nugget from this Summer: “Fool’s Gold”!