Founded in 2010, alt-country five-piece the Western Set is a western swing band. “Honesty has been a huge influence on this band,” says singer/guitarist Patrick Conway (Tomora).

He was also influenced by the music his African-American friends sang in the cotton fields and later by Hispanic musicians in New Mexico. And he was influenced by “swing” music—an offshoot ...

With authentic Western swing bands, a wooden dance floor and even an abandoned tour bus parked out front, the 'Spoke' is the place to find genuine Texan cowboys, two-stepping couples and the ...

With authentic Western swing bands, a wooden dance floor and even an abandoned tour bus parked out front, the 'Spoke' is the place to find genuine Texan cowboys, two-stepping couples and the ...

In 1970, singer and guitarist Ray Benson formed Western swing band Asleep at the Wheel while farmsitting in the tiny town of Paw Paw, West Virginia – a stretch, both physically and conceptually ...