“You Can’t Break My Heart” by Miles Zuniga
Miles performs "You Can't Break My Heart" for Austin Songwriter. If only that were... Read more →
The Ginger Man
Offering a great pub feel and an inviting outside beer garden, The Ginger Man has been serving suds to Austin locals since 1994. Stop by to... Read more →
Shinyribs’ “All About That Bass”
The genius of Kevin Russell. See his Austin Songwriter profile... Read more →
Jack Ingram
Houston native Jack Ingram is one of those worthy songwriters who have flown a little under the radar. Maybe he's just too pretty, or maybe his... Read more →
Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez
While their significant individual accomplishments are also profiled here, Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez also collaborated for several... Read more →
“Killing the Blues” by Chris Smither
The magnificent Chris Smither does Rowland Salley's "Killing the... Read more →
Alejandro Escovedo’s haunting “Rosalie”
I guess we've all had our "Rosalie". Or wish we... Read more →
“Monahans” by Kevin Higgins
Kevin's ode to the perils of young love. Barbara Maltese helps... Read more →
South Plains Jamboree
Let's take a ride out west, where the trees bend with the wind. Strong people, big sky, great... Read more →
“Me and the Eagle” by Steve Earle
Take a trip to the mountaintop and turn your world from silver to... Read more →
Amanda Shires – Where is Home?
Amanda Shires discusses her home in this piece by The Box. The Meaning of... Read more →
Willie Nelson
What can be said about this man that hasn't already been debated, cussed and discussed? Not much, given his iconic status in country music and... Read more →
Shawn Colvin
Shawn Colvin is a musical renaissance woman. An important songwriter, but also a dazzling guitarist and singer of extraordinary power with... Read more →
“Dean Moriarty” by Eric Taylor
Eric Taylor performs his pensive "Dean Moriarty", with wife Susan, in The... Read more →
“On My Own” by B.W. Stevenson
Pretty memories from the very beginning of the Texas scene. We miss you,... Read more →
“Alabama Pines” by Jason Isbell
Jason and The 400 Unit with a gorgeous call to... Read more →
Janis Joplin
>Janis Joplin's short life illuminated many hard truths. The isolation of a social outsider, the perils that lay in wait for a willful and hard... Read more →
James McMurtry
Nobody writes lyrics like James McMurtry. Brilliant, piercing and wry. Sweeping vistas of ordinary lives, set mostly in small towns and dark... Read more →
The Continental Club
The Continental Club is a South Congress cornerstone that presents a diverse lineup of quality music - country to blues to rock 'n' roll- seven... Read more →
Carrie Rodriguez sings “Lola”
In a beautiful call to the past, Carrie dreams of Lola Beltran and Javier... Read more →
Austin Beer Garden Brewing (the ABGB)
From Amos Lowe's garage brewery to a premier beer joint with consistently great music, Austin Beer Garden Brewing (better known as "ABGB") has forged... Read more →
Vince Bell
Vince Bell was born in Dallas in 1951 and the road has since taken him to homes in Venezuela, Houston, Austin, California, Fredericksburg, Nashville... Read more →
Patty Griffin
Patty Griffin lays herself bare in achingly beautiful meditations on love and all the things that bear on love. Work that is completely fresh... Read more →
Emmylou Harris with Gram Parsons’ “Hickory Wind”
Emmylou Harris with a wistful version of her old compadre's song. Buddy Miller on lead... Read more →
BettySoo with the classic “You Don’t Know Me”
BettySoo's gorgeous take on the eternal classic by the legendary Cindy... Read more →
Lucinda Williams
It is impossible to exaggerate Lucinda Williams’ significance to the evolution of alternative country music. An early voice of independence and... Read more →
Guy Clark’s “Old Friends”, with Nanci Griffith and James McMurtry
Old friends sing Mr. Clark's lovely... Read more →
Jimmie Vaughan
Jimmie Vaughan learned to play the guitar while growing up in Dallas, and headed south in the late sixties to help create the emerging Austin rhythm... Read more →
“John Doe No. 24” by Mary Chapin Carpenter
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“North Side Gal” by JD McPherson
Another great voice from... Read more →
BettySoo Interview (July 6, 2016)
BettySoo writes profound pop/folk with just enough country to makes things comfortable. At once powerful and vulnerable, she handles us like a... Read more →
Doug Sahm
Doug Sahm’s influence on Texas music is not well enough known, but impossible to overstate. With his original stew of rock and roll, country, soul,... Read more →
“100 Miles to Mexico” by Vince Bell
Feed the dog and grab the keys. Vince is taking us to... Read more →
Billy Joe Shaver
Stories abound about Billy Joe Shaver, the tragedies endured, the stands taken, the paths chosen. Suffice to say that there is not an insincere bone... Read more →
“Without Love” by Ray Wylie Hubbard
Ray Wylie’s simplest ode to love. Enough said. See his austinsongwriter profile... Read more →
Mahi Mahi Deluxe
Fish Tacos Downtown. Best fish tacos I ever had at Turf ‘n Surf at the Lavaca Street Bar in downtown Austin. Pretty nice dive bar,... Read more →
Patty Griffin releases “Servant of Love”
Patty Griffin has been one of Austin’s most original and moving songwriters and performers, but Servant of Love enters new territory, spare and... Read more →
Buddy Miller
Certain artists serve as engines for the songwriting scene. Their talents go beyond writing and performing their own work into catalyzing and shaping... Read more →
Stephen Bruton
Raised in a Fort Worth musical family, Stephen Bruton grew into a pillar of the Austin music scene before his death in 2009. He made his name as a... Read more →
Heywood Hotel
The Heywood Hotel is a wonderful little refurbished hotel which serves as an East Austin refuge and was recently voted "best small hotel" in Austin.... Read more →
Carrie Elkin sits down with Austin Songwriter
For a brand new parent, Carrie Elkin looked remarkably when we recently sat down with her in an East Austin coffee joint to catch up. Energetic,... Read more →
Getting warm in Austin
A cool dip is just around the... Read more →
Kevin Welch
Another Hill Country master with a streak of Oklahoma red dirt, Kevin Welch cuts a handsome swath of contemplation, sincerity and integrity.... Read more →
“What I Can’t Have” by K Phillips
K with a slowed-down version of his soulful "What I Can't Have". Have some tears with you... Read more →
Chris Smither with Dylan’s “Desolation Row”
Smither, who ranks with the great Jimmy LaFave in interpreting Dylan's work, with an early... Read more →
Adam Carroll
Hailing from Tyler, the rose capital of Texas, Adam Carroll is revered by listeners and other artists alike as a prolific and authentic chronicler of... Read more →
Alejandro Escovedo
Alejandro Escovedo has brought a bit of both coasts to the Austin scene. Born to a renowned musical family from San Antonio, and raised in Texas and... Read more →
“Fold Your Wings” by Kevin Welch
Kevin Welch explores the layers of regret that can settle over long time love. He asks his lover to forget the pain, if only for a little while, and... Read more →
“Walnut Street” by Walt Wilkins
Walt's tribute to wooden walls full of memories and dimpled windows that still let in the... Read more →
Jeff Plankenhorn
Jeff Plankenhorn is a larger than life presence on stage. A big man with a kind smile and generous demeanor, he is often the bedrock that binds a... Read more →
Kevin Higgins
Kevin Higgins has been around awhile, fronting Austin’s "Cosmic Dust Devils" and now touring and recording as “Ghosts of the American... Read more →
Michael Fracasso Interview (September 7, 2016)
Michael Fracasso’s voice is high, pure and lonesome, but full of hope and strength, and his delicate songs beg us to feel a little deeper.... Read more →
“Falling, Falling, Falling” by Ana Egge and The Sentimentals
A meandering journey into the soul of Ana Egge, courtesy of her Scandinavian co-conspirators. These guys are... Read more →
“I’m Torn Down” by Freddie King
Freddie gets torn down to the ground when his baby can't be found. We know the... Read more →
Will T. Massey
Will T. Massey’s boyish voice bears little trace of his San Angelo, Texas roots, and his fragile lyrics hint at hidden fears and turbulent waters.... Read more →