Leah Scarpelli
Texas Standard Associate Producer-DirectorLeah Scarpelli joined Texas Standard in September 2015 from NPR’s Morning Edition, where she spent seven years as a producer, director and occasional reporter of music and arts pieces. As Texas Standard director, Leah is responsible for the overall practical and creative interpretation of each day’s program: choosing segue music, managing the prep of show content, and providing explicit directions for the host and technical director during the live broadcast. She graduated from Ithaca College in New York with a Bachelor of Science degree in Television and Radio. She enjoys riding her Triumph motorcycle and getting out for hikes in the Texas countryside. Her late grandfather was from Yoakum.
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Shows, festivals, a boxset and more will highlight the music that made up the club’s storied history. -
The PBS show, which debuted with a performance by Willie Nelson, has become the longest-running show of its kind in television history. -
“It’s just the quintessential Texas record,” says Wittliff curator Hector Saldaña. “All these years later, it holds up.” -
While hip-hop was born on the East Coast, soon many other regions – Texas included – had something to say. -
“When the music was happening, she was in the music,” Shires said of Nelson. “She trusted the musicians, and she trusted herself.” -
The Fort Worth singer-songwriter’s latest album stands in stark contrast to 2019’s “Texas Piano Man.” -
“You don’t have cumbia the way it is now without Fito.” -
Taylor Pie was a member of Corpus Christi’s Pozo-Seco Singers during the band’s heyday in the 1960s. Her recollections and eschewing of the limelight underpins a soon-to-air documentary. -
The Dallas-based singer-songwriter didn’t set out to record a country album, but just wanted to ‘write great songs.’ -
“I didn’t want to get to the point where it was way too hard to stop. I wanted to stop when I was still, you know, feeling it and being excited about it.”
