Aug. 21—QUAPAW, Okla. — Academy Award winner Billy Bob Thornton will make a brief stop in the Joplin area at the end of this month, but it has nothing to do with his extensive acting career that ...

The Piney Woods Fine Arts Association is kicking off its 2025-2026 season with a special event concert of The Boxmasters at The Ritz Theatre in Crockett, Texas. The concert is set for 7:30 p.m.

Creatively speaking, Academy Award winner Billy Bob Thornton is a lot of things — actor, writer, producer and musician. But he says it's the music that has been the “driving force” throughout his life ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Jayne Mansfield's car had quite an impact on Billy Bob Thornton. Well, not literally but certainly ...

Since their 2009 studio release, Modbilly, the Boxmasters have spent a lot of time recording their hybrid of mod music and country rock in singer/drummer Billy Bob Thornton's home studio. Thornton and ...

There are pros and cons to having a movie star as frontman of your rock and roll band. Having a built-in fan base that will buy records and concert tickets certainly helps, but it could take longer to ...

Academy Award-winning actor Billy Bob Thornton and The Boxmasters, the rockabilly blues band he started more than a decade ago, were working on a new album they envisioned as a thematic look at life’s ...

Jessica Askew loved the souvenir she got Friday night at the sold-out concert featuring Billy Bob Thornton and The Boxmasters at Merrimack Hall. It was certainly unique. Thornton, the Oscar-winning ...

Before Billy Bob Thornton can get into the meat of an interview about the Boxmasters, his “Modbilly” blend of British Invasion and ’60s country, he has to discuss the really important stuff. To wit, ...