and its sound included a piercing electric guitar, a driving drum beat, and a voice that delivered lyrics about both good times and heartbreak with emotional urgency. It was called honky-tonk.

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San Antonio's new cowgirl-centric honky tonk will debut Wednesday, inviting patrons to boot scoot through its pink-accented interior to a playlist that favors female country artists. La Honky Tonk ...

Randall King has been reading the tea leaves, you could say. "The pendulum for country music is really swinging and the honky-tonk sound is back," the 33-year-old Texan tells Billboard ...