The Troubaderos

An eclectic Americana band that’s only been playing together for about a year impressed the crowd and the judges at the Texas Music Showdown with Brett Dillon last night at the White Elephant Saloon in the Fort Worth Stockyards.

The Troubaderos beat out the rocking Blu Swayze band and the rawbones rodeo sound of Eric Beatty in Week 3 of the competition.

I’ve served as a judge frequently ever since the Texas Music Showdown began six years ago, and the Troubaderos are among the more interesting bands I’ve seen competing. They’re not really country or rock, but a mixture of sounds that veer between roots, indie rock, folk, blues, whatever. Music is always hard to explain. You just got to hear it for yourself. - FW Weekly