Lucchese Bootmaker keeps American craftsmanship alive for over a century: 'Very proud of what we're doing'

Texas bootmaker Lucchese creates premium cowboy boots using exotic materials like alligator and ostrich, with as many as 200 ...
USA Today

Before 'Cowboy Carter,' Ron Tarver spent 30 years photographing Black cowboys

Before Beyoncé released "Cowboy Carter," award-winning photographer and educator Ron Tarver made it his mission to correct the American cowboy narrative and highlight Black cowboys. Even so, he says ...
Stereogum

Guppy – “American Cowboy”

Last month, LA’s Guppy unleashed “Dog (Made Me Do It),” another delightfully silly gem produced by Sarah Tudzin of Illuminati Hotties. Today, the indie rock weirdos are announcing their new album ...
American Songwriter

Born on This Day in 1908, the First Singing Cowboy and Presidential Candidate Covered by Burl Ives, Elvis Presley, and Jimmy Dean

One hundred seventeen years ago today, the original singing cowboy, a songwriter and politician, was born in Texas.
Texas Monthly

A Museum Exhibit Challenges the Myth of the White Cowboy. It Opens With a Trigger Warning.

In early October, the photographer and Dallas-area native Fabian Guerrero got a curious message from some friends. They had visited the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, in Fort Worth, to see the ...
NorthJersey.com

Beyonce's new album highlights Black cowboys. It's a part of NJ history and culture, too

In making her new album, "Cowboy Carter," superstar singer Beyonce said in an Instagram post that her deep dive into the country music genre was "born out of an experience that I had years ago where I ...