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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When you hear about actors who become touring musicians, you think of terrible bands, from Steven Seagal's Thunderbox to Corey Feldman's Truth Movement. But Billy Bob Thornton is onto something.

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.

Some people made sourdough bread during lockdown. Others did Zoom happy hours. Billy Bob Thornton and The Boxmasters made a little music. Three albums, to be exact, the second of which, “Help ... I’m ...

Like Johnny Depp, Billy Bob Thornton arrived in Hollywood in the 1980s attempting to become a recording artist but instead became an actor of considerable renown. Thornton, 66, a vocalist and ...

He’s won a screenwriting Academy Award for “Sling Blade” and two Golden Globe Awards for his role in the first season of FX’s “Fargo,” but a conversation with Billy Bob Thornton reveals that his first ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...