Americana artist Robert Earl Keen brings old and new songs to Charleston Music Hall with special guest Gritty Flyright. “I’ve been playing with [my band] for so long. They needed to be showcased — add ...

Two years after unretiring because of his unending devotion to live performance, legendary Texas-born singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen finally debuted at the Grand Ole Opry on Wednesday night.

Robert Earl Keen announced his retirement from the road in 2022. The next year, he exclusively released Western Chill as part of a boxed set. Today, almost exactly a year later, Keen has released the ...

Robert Earl Keen’s bona fides in the regional Americana genre broadly known as “Texas music” are well-established. Drawing on folk, country and roadhouse music, it is peculiar to singers and ...

Some 20 miles outside Kerrville, Robert Earl Keen’s Rosetta Ranch spreads serenely across the West Texas landscape. There’s little movement or activity on the 500 acres these days, just deer skipping ...

Novelist and short story master Larry Brown was a big fan of Robert Earl Keen's storytelling. He even has "The Road Goes on Forever" engraved on his headstone in his beloved Tula, Miss., in reference ...

Much fuss was made of Robert Earl Keen’s farewell tour last year to the point that few, if any, heard him insist his retirement from touring wasn’t a retirement from music. So between goodbye and ...

Robert Earl Keen feels good again. The songwriter rambled through his hometown last month, making a surprise appearance at McGonigel’s Mucky Duck. He popped up on Susan Darrow’s Border Radio show on ...

Robert Earl Keen is late for this interview. But the Texas troubadour arrives with a valid excuse, one he’s used over the years, albeit truthfully — a guitar store caught his eye in transit and he ...