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 ...

Robert Earl Keen knew the question was coming, so he answered it without a prompt. “My primary purpose in life is not only writing some songs and playing guitar,” Keen says, “but the magical part is ...

"Mom got drunk and dad got drunk, at our Christmas party..." With that memorable opening line, Robert Earl Keen's "Merry Christmas From the Family" is off and running, giving Texans a Yuletide anthem ...

Since its release on the 1994 album Gringo Honeymoon, Robert Earl Keen’s “Merry Christmas From the Family” has become the “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” for those of us whose family get-togethers are ...

For over 40 years, Robert Earl Keen has been both a prime example of the storytelling, lyric-centric Texas singer-songwriter and, with the often rowdy live shows he’s engendered, a glaring exception ...