The Western Express

2024 is shaping up to be the most eventful year yet for The Western Express. For five years, they have focused on building an audience in the Texas dance halls, while promoting music to Texas and Americana radio. This year will see the boys play the Houston Rodeo for the third year running, as well as Luckenbach, Rodeo Austin, and their weekly residency on the East Side of Austin. Not to mention a long list of new venues in Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and Nebraska.

The songs are and will always be the most important part of what they do. Their first two Texas Radio singles broke the top-30 in 2023, and the band is following up with their third. The March 5th release of You and Me and the Neon is the culmination of years of hard work on their music craft. Now it’s time to push their way to the top of the charts.

Stephen Castillo is the lead singer, songwriter, creative director, and band manager. He takes the artistry and aesthetic very seriously, drawing inspiration from a wide range of musical genres, movies, history, and even political theory. But above all, his creativity is fueled by life experiences: love, loss, mental illness, honky tonkin’, and the desert mountains of West Texas.