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The last few years have been a whirlwind for up-and-coming Red Dirt singer-songwriter Shelby Stone<\/a>.<\/p>\n The 26-year-old Decatur native went from singing karaoke at a work Christmas party to recording an album and opening for bands like Cross Canadian Ragweed<\/a>, Turnpike Troubadours and American Aquarium<\/a>.<\/p>\n And now, she\u2019s playing Billy Bob\u2019s Texas<\/a> Friday, April 3 to celebrate the streaming release of her debut album, \u201cSilveryear.\u201d Tickets are on sale now<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s so cool, man. They say you get your whole life to write your first record, but I mean, I didn\u2019t start writing until I was 21, so this is just like, \u2018Holy [expletive], we actually did this!\u201d Stone told the Star-Telegram over a Zoom interview.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udd25 In case you missed it… <\/p>\n \u2018Silveryear\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cSilveryear\u201d was previously only available as a digital download on Stone\u2019s website<\/a> or as a physical copy at the merch booth at Stone\u2019s shows. The album was crowdfunded, so Stone said she wanted to get the music to its backers as soon as possible. Vinyl copies quickly sold out on her website, and she\u2019s been building a steady stream of fans ever since the album\u2019s release last year, with nearly 20,000 monthly listeners on Spotify<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI think people want the tactile experience of holding the record in their hand, they want to hear the rawness of it. I just think that physical media is so back,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Starting Friday, more fans can hear Stone\u2019s powerful voice and hard country-rock songs full of emotional lyrics. She titled the record \u201cSilveryear\u201d because she recorded it when she was 25, a year traditionally associated with silver, and that metal\u2019s durability and strength.<\/p>\n The songs on the album also represent durability and strength, hardened by the turmoil one may experience in their 20s. \u201cSilveryear\u201d has songs about romantic breakups, friendship breakups, being with someone you shouldn\u2019t, wishing you were back with someone you never should have left. It\u2019s all backed by Stone\u2019s band The Stone Rollers, including her manager, mentor and co-writer, Texas music scene veteran Dalton Domino<\/a>. Stone wrote or co-wrote nearly every song on the album, which includes a song written by The Wilder Blue\u2019s Zane Williams<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s just the perfect emotional scrapbook for being in your early 20s…it is such a weird time to navigate,\u201d Stone said. \u201cYou\u2019re an adult, but you\u2019re not an adult, you\u2019re trying to figure out what you want to do with your life. I\u2019m just really proud of it. I hope people can tell, even just vocally, the growth throughout the album.\u201d<\/p>\n North Texas roots in Wise County<\/p>\n \u201cSilveryear\u201d was a long time coming, even though Stone writes in the album\u2019s liner notes she had only written \u201cexactly 10 songs\u201d before making this album.<\/p>\n Stone grew up in Decatur, and attended Victory Christian Academy<\/a>, where she would lead worship and perform the national anthem at sporting events. She said music was always a big part of her life \u2014 \u201cI love music, I was always obnoxious about lyrics\u201d \u2014 but she didn\u2019t think singing or playing the guitar would be any more than a hobby.<\/p>\n \u201cNo, I never really thought I was going to do this \u2014 I just thought I would occasionally lead worship on Sundays,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n But she got a job at Fort Worth country station 95.9 The Ranch<\/a> as a student at UT Arlington, and got called up on stage to sing karaoke at a station Christmas party in the Stockyards, she told the Wise County Messenger<\/a>. That was enough to give her the nudge to keep performing, first in dive bars and honky-tonks around Wise County and Fort Worth, and later, opening on CCR\u2019s Boys From Oklahoma tour last February \u2014 a band she grew up listening to as a kid.<\/p>\n And speaking of The Ranch: readers might have heard Stone\u2019s latest single, \u201cBurns Blue,\u201d on the radio this week<\/a> leading up to the album\u2019s release.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s just really cool, we\u2019ve been having a lot of big full circle moments lately,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Fans who buy \u201cSilveryear\u201d at a concert can also get a merch pack that comes with a CD, liner notes, a digital copy of the album, a koozie and some stickers, one of which reads \u201cHere for the blue-haired nonsense.\u201d (She thanks Paramore\u2019s Hayley Williams<\/a> and her hair dye brand, Good Dye Young, in the album\u2019s liner notes.)<\/p>\n Stone\u2019s blue hair has become her calling card, but she said it started out as a happy accident a few years ago when she was trying to dye her hair for a music video shoot in Kerrville.<\/p>\n \u201cI put this stuff on there that ended up stripping all of the color out, and it gave me white roots and red hair. And I do not look good with red hair. So I was trying to counteract that, I threw blue on everything, and then put black on the red parts to try to cover up the rest of it.<\/p>\n \u201cSo it was an accident, but it\u2019s been one of the greatest ones. It\u2019s been an easily marketable accident. Thank God,\u201d she laughed.<\/p>\n And now, this weekend, she\u2019ll bring her \u201cblue-haired nonsense\u201d and energetic live show back to Fort Worth, where it all started.<\/p>\n \u201cIt has put the size of the room in perspective,\u201d she said about playing at Billy Bob\u2019s. \u201cI\u2019ve headlined three times in total. I\u2018m having to genuinely think about the shifting mindset of like, I don\u2019t have to win these people over. I\u2019ve already won them over. They\u2019re here. They bought tickets. They know who I am.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m trying to find the words for it. And I\u2019ve still, I come up short every time.\u201d<\/p>\n And as for what\u2019s next, the official \u201cSilveryear\u201d release is just the beginning.<\/p>\n \u201cI tell people all the time that the goal is to play stadiums. This is all I want to do for the rest of my life. And to think about all the major milestones from there to here \u2014 it\u2019s just utmost gratitude.\u201d<\/p>\n Stone makes her Billy Bob\u2019s Texas debut this Friday, April 3 at 10 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets are on sale now<\/a> \u2014 $28 reserved, $18 general admission. Pre-save \u201cSilveryear\u201d on Spotify here<\/a>.<\/p>\n This story was originally published April 1, 2026 at 2:55 PM.<\/p>\n Related Stories from Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n![\"Shelby](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4592.jpg\" "\\"IMG_4592.jpg\\"")
Shelby Stone performs at the Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh, N.C. Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. Stone and Chris Knight opened for American Aquarium on the band\u2019s annual Roadtrip to Raleigh concert weekend. Jake Harris \u2018Blue-haired nonsense\u2019<\/p>\n
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