#TXVoices: Texan Tori Martin On Following Her Musical Dreams to Nashville

by Bob Valleau on October 13, 2021

Award-winning country music singer/songwriter and Season 14 American Idol contestant Tori Martin is a Texas-native who moved to Nashville to follow her musical dreams.   Martin’s roots run deep in country music classics, and the 21-year-old...

#TXVoices: East Texas Singer/Songwriter Kadie Lynn Roberson

by Bob Valleau on September 17, 2021

If anyone knows what it takes to keep practicing and pushing forward, then Kadie Lynn Roberson does. This multiple award-winning singer/songwriter, who goes simply by Kadie Lynn professionally, is from the small East Texas town...

#TXVoices: A Candid Talk With Two-Time Artistic Gymnastics World Champion Hollie Vise

by Bob Valleau on July 21, 2021

NCAA two-time World Champion artistic gymnast and Texas native Hollie Vise is no stranger to the spotlight.  Vise comes from a family of athletes that includes her mother, brothers and famous grandfather, Dallas resident Burton...

Five Minutes With Super Bowl Champion Donald Driver, Making a Difference for Mental Health

by Bob Valleau on May 20, 2021

While playing 14 seasons with the Green Bay Packers, native Texan, Hall of Fame inductee and Super Bowl-winning wide receiver Donald Driver (#80) made a difference on the field.  Now, as a Houston resident and...

Five Minutes With Nine-Year-Old Child Actress Quinn Copeland

by Bob Valleau on May 6, 2021

We recently talked with Fort Worth’s child actress, Quinn Copeland, 9, about her sassy role as Izzy on Peacock’s reboot of Punky Brewster. Her mom, Katie, joined in. Fun trivia: Quinn’s mom is an Aggie...

#TXVoices: Texas Tween Movie Actress Kiley Opsal

by Bob Valleau on March 24, 2021

Kiley Opsal is no stranger to the movie biz.  At just 12 years old, the Texas tween has gone from licking lollipops with the multi-talented Will Smith between takes in the 2020 action/comedy “Bad Boys...

#TXVoices: Kilgore’s Ally Venable, Award-Winning Blues Rock Guitarist & Singer

by Bob Valleau on March 17, 2021

Ally Venable has found her passion. And it's going to make this young Texas musician a powerhouse. The turning 22-year-old, leader of the Ally Venable Band, started singing at an early age in her church...

#TXVoices: Showbiz Siblings, Austinites Charlotte and Tristan Riggs

by Bob Valleau on March 3, 2021

Acting is a family affair for the sister and brother pair of Charlotte Delaney Riggs and Tristan Riggs. Actors Charlotte Delaney Riggs (15), and younger brother Tristan (12), already have nearly 80 TV/film combined credits...

#TXVoices: Austinite Violet Brinson, Stella in The CW’s Hit Series, “Walker”

by Bob Valleau on February 24, 2021

This rising young Texan is nothing like her rebellious 16-year-old screen character. As a child, Violet Brinson read a lot of books and desperately wanted to be one of the characters in the story she...