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Nothin’ like kickin’ off one of the most highly anticipated weekends ever in Austin, the Formula 1 U.S. Grand Prix Weekend, with a celebration of tunes from artists who hail from the Lone Star State and who have been makin’ us proud of our musical heritage here over the years. With huge thanks to my friends […]
BEST BETS: THIS WEEK IN AUSTIN – NOVEMBER 15-NOVEMBER 20, 2012 Thursday, November 15, 2012 ACL Live at Moody Theater: “Best of Texas Music” Showcase featuring Willie Nelson, Ray Benson and Asleep at the Wheel, Pat Green, Jerry Jeff Walker, Cindy Cashdollar, Del Castillo, Ruthie Foster, the Quebe Sisters and more Antone’s: Hector Ward & […]
Extremely proud to support an excellent event for a wonderful cause with amazing live music this coming Thursday evening to the Scottish Rite Theater here in Austin. Hope to see you there! Hear the Music & Hear Your Life: A Music & Hearing Awareness Event benefiting the SIMS Foundation Who? Hosted by author and hearing loss […]
BEST BETS: THIS WEEK IN AUSTIN – NOVEMBER 8-NOVEMBER 14, 2012 Thursday, November 8, 2012 Wurstfest (New Braunfels, TX): Through Sunday, November 11th ACL Live at Moody Theater: Los Lonely Boys Antone’s: Gaelic Storm, Lost & Nameless Orchestra Austin Music Hall: Snow Patrol, Noel Gallagher’s “High Flying Birds” Bass Concert Hall: Jackson Browne, Sara Watkins The Continental […]
Short and sweet, but to the point. Last night, I witnessed Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros absolutely kill it during their Season 38 taping of Austin City Limits down at ACL Live at Moody Theater. Simply phenomenal. The band, comprised of twelve individually talented musicians, who, when assembled together, make the kind of music […]
BEST BETS: THIS WEEK IN AUSTIN – NOVEMBER 1-NOVEMBER 7, 2012 Thursday, November 1, 2012 Antone’s: Guns of Navarone, Steven Collins, Scott Davis, Mike & the Moonpies, Elijah Ford, Jazz Mills Bass Concert Hall: Leonard Cohen The Continental Club: The Whiskey Sisters, Hard Proof Afrobeat, Janek Gwizdala Project with Cliff Almond, Marko Djordjevic’s Sveti The Continental […]
BEST BETS: THIS WEEK IN AUSTIN – OCTOBER 25-OCTOBER 31, 2012 Thursday, October 25, 2012 Antone’s: Bob Schneider, the Rocketboys, Love at War The Continental Club: The Whiskey Sisters, Poi Dog Pondering, Wild Seeds Continental Club Gallery: Tameca Jones, The Lost & Nameless Orchestra Gruene Hall (Gruene, TX): Marshall Hood Band The Highball: Two Hoots & a […]
Admittedly, today’s entry is somewhat brief, but to the point. If you’re a music fan and have yet to do so, quite frankly, you need to know Austin’s multi-talented Gary Clark, Jr. An incredible musician, who is simply bound for unlimited greatness. Today, Gary releases his first major label album called, “Blak and Blu,” and, […]
BEST BETS: THIS WEEK IN AUSTIN – OCTOBER 18-OCTOBER 24, 2012 Thursday, October 18, 2012 The Continental Club: The Whiskey Sisters, Soulhat, Amy LaVere, Shannon McNally Continental Club Gallery: Tameca Jones, Dan Dyer Elephant Room: Red Young Quartet, Jitterbug Vipers Emo’s: Awolnation, Imagine Dragons, Zeale The Lucky Lounge: Taylor Baker, Ian McLagan & the Bump Band […]
The highly awaited weekend of awesomeness here in Austin, Texas, known as the ACL Music Festival, has come and gone for another year, but as with the previously six years I’ve attended, I am, once again, left speechless by so much of the brilliance I was so fortunate to witness throughout the last three days. […]
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