Sunny Sweeney

Blogs
August 13, 2012
The Five Best DFW Honky-Tonks
To call a place a honky-tonk is almost as nebulous as labeling a place a dive bar. Ask five different people what one is, and you're more than likely to get six different answers. Of course, North Texas has dozens of places that complement any of them. The earliest published mentions of the term h ... More >>
Music
July 12, 2012
The Best Texas Country/Red Dirt Songs of the Past 15 Years
Blogs
July 3, 2012
The 15 Best Songs From the Past 15 Years of Texas Country/Red Dirt/Whatever It's Called
As we look upon the massive machine Texas country has made chug along over the past several years, it's easy to see 1997 as a pivotal time. In college towns and major metropolises alike, the masses were demanding more music from people that shared their pride, enthusiasm and thirst for something dif ... More >>
Blogs
May 11, 2012
Seven Mainstream/Top 40 Country Acts That Don't Suck
For almost as long as country music has lived as a genre, the argument about what makes a song, album, singer or group "country" has existed. Depending on who you ask, over time, and especially in the past couple of decades, country music has either splintered into dozens of wildly different and com ... More >>
Blogs
August 15, 2011
Music Video Monday: New Clips From Sunny Sweeney, Larry g(EE), Bornfree and The Orange
That charmer singing about a broken heart in the above clip is one Sunny Sweeney, a resident of Longview (just a short jaunt east along I-20, past Miranda Lambert's Lindale and Eisley's Tyler). Now, here's the impressive thing: In addition to the above video, released just two weeks back, having 1. ... More >>
Blogs
August 9, 2011
Penny Lazo Works For Universal Records and Gets Celebrities To Pose for Pics With Her Taco.
Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we meet the people in the local music scene that you don't see on stages. Penny Lazo. With LMFAO. And a taco. No, the taco isn't real.Penny Lazo is a DFW-based rep for Universal Records. Despite being very rock 'n' roll in appearance, her main beat is coun ... More >>
Blogs
September 26, 2008
ACL: Sunny Sweeney Yes, Vampire Weekend No
Blogs
April 15, 2008
Austin City Limits Music Festival Announces Lineup
Music
January 25, 2007
Sunny Sweeney
Friday, January 26, at White Elephant Saloon, Fort Worth