20 MOMENTS
Norah Jones Releases Come Away With Me (2002)
Kelly Clarkson Wins American Idol in its Debut (2002)
Waylon Jennings Dies at 64 (2002)
The Dixie Chicks Get Political (2003)
Los Lonely Boys Break Out with “Heaven” (2004)
Destiny’s Child Disbands (2005)
Kinky Friedman Runs for Governor (2006)
Freddy Fender Museum Opens in San Benito (2007)
Austin City Limits Says Goodbye to Studio 6A (2010)
Shocker: Esperanza Spalding Takes Home Best New Artist (2011)
South Park Coalition Celebrates 25 Years (2012)
Buddy Holly‘s “That’ll Be the Day” is Named the Greatest Texas Classic (2012)
Dale Watson Creates the Ameripolitan Music Awards (2014)
Leon Bridges Becomes an Overnight Soul Sensation (2015)
Stevie Ray Vaughan is Finally Hall-Worthy (2016)
Texas Musicians Rally Following Hurricane Harvey (2017)
Miranda Lambert Breaks ACM Awards Record (2018)
Post Malone Becomes Most Streamed Artists in the World (2018)
Kacey Musgraves Wins Album of the Year at the Grammys (2019)
Willis Alan Ramsey on Verge of Releasing Follow-Up (2000-2019)
20 ARTISTS
Terri Hendrix – The DIY Queen of Texas Music
Brennen Leigh – Carrier of Tradition
Robert Glasper – The Experimentalist
Flaco Jimenez – Tex-Mex Virtuoso
Willie Nelson – Last Man Standing
St. Vincent – Public Spectacle
Sam Baker – Living with Ghosts
Amanda Shires – Out of the Closet
Jamie Lin Wilson – Country Comfort
Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis – First Couple of Country
20 ALBUMS
Bob Schneider, Lonelyland (2001)
Ray Wylie Hubbard, Growl (2006)
James McMurtry, Childish Things (2005)
Robyn Ludwick, Out of These Blues (2011)
Erykah Badu, Mama’s Gun (2000)
Pinata Protest, El Valiente (2013)
At the Drive In, Relationship of Command (2000)
Shaver, The Earth Rolls On (2001)
Mike Jones, Who is Mike Jones? (2005)
Jon Dee Graham, The Great Battle (2005)
Eliza Gilkyson, Paradise Hotel (2005)
Okkervil River, Black Sheep Boy (2005)
Cody Jinks, I’m Not the Devil (2016)
Lee Ann Womack, The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone (2017)
Slaid Cleaves, Broke Down (2000)
>>>20 Honorable Mention Albums
Adam Carroll
Lookin’ Out the Screen Door
2000
Peter Keane
Another Kind of Blue
2000
Shawn Colvin
A Whole New You
2001
Sarah Jaffe
Suburban Nature
2010
Caroline Herring
Twilight
2005
Reckless Kelly
Wicked, Twisted Road
2005
Brennen Leigh
The Box
2010
Grupo Fantasma
El Existential
2010
Mike Stinson
The Jukebox in Your Heart
2010
Folk Family Revival
Unfolding
2011
Camille Cortinas
Taken Apart
2013
Patricia Vonne
Rattle My Cage
2013
Sarah Jarosz
Build Me Up from Bones
2013
Matt Harlan
Raven Hotel
2014
Ronnie Fauss
I Am the Man You Know I’m Not
2014
William Clark Green
Ringling Road
2015
Charles Bryant
Kiss the Sun
2017
Charley Crockett
Lil G.L.’s Honky Tonk Jubilee
2017
Whitney Rose
Rule 62
2017
Alejandro Escovedo
The Crossing
2018