Max Gomez with his lovely “What It Means”
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Miles Zuniga
Miles Zuniga left Laredo for Austin in 1984, determined to make a life out of music. In 1994, he teamed up with Tony Scalzo and Joe Shuffield and... Read more →
Lucinda and Elvis with “Wild Horses”
Lucinda Williams and Elvis Costello with their take on "Wild Horses" by Jagger and Richards. Dusty and distant. Love in the rear view... Read more →
Walt Wilkins Interview (November 23, 2016)
“Journeyman” usually refers to a seasoned and reliable guitarist or drummer, but what does it mean for a songwriter? In the case of Walt Wilkins,... Read more →
“That’s What Makes You Strong” by Jesse Winchester
The late Jesse Winchester with some beautiful... Read more →
Butch Hancock
Another musical luminary from the Lubbock area, Butch Hancock is best known for his on and off collaboration with Joe Ely and Jimmie Dale Gilmore... Read more →
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Mary Chapin Carpenter is a songwriter of uncommon depth and sensitivity who came of age in the seventies as a folksinger in the clubs of Washington,... Read more →
Mickey Newbury Live
A little Newbury to calm your... Read more →
“Argue With Heaven” by David Ramirez, with Summer Ames
David Ramirez and Summer Ames team up on his gorgeous tune about faith. He vows to carry on, to "breathe deep, love strong, and hold on... Read more →
John Fullbright
Oklahoma is sort of the Bermuda Triangle of the Great Plains. We know there's some magical stuff going on within those dusty borders, but we're a... Read more →
John Prine
John Prine began his artistic journey in 1971 with the release of John Prine, a stunning collection of poems set to melody that revealed middle... Read more →
“Honeypot” by Bob Schneider
Bob the Man with a little magical... Read more →
Truluck’s
Upscale seafood and steak house offering live music every day of the week. Happy hour is 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm daily in the Stone Crab Lounge. Be... Read more →
Ryan Bingham with “The Weary Kind”
Mr. Bingham with "The Weary Kind", the song he wrote with T Bone Burnett for the film Crazy Heart. You can hear a little Stephen Bruton in there... Read more →
Ruthie Foster
Many fine artists had their beginnings in gospel. Aretha Franklin, Sam Cooke, Al Greene, even Elvis and Jerry Lee. A surprising progression, maybe,... Read more →
Willis Alan Ramsey
Confounding and eccentric, Willis Alan Ramsey thundered onto the scene in 1972 with the release of Willis Alan Ramsey, a rollicking, joyful, sexy... 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 →
Shinyribs’ “All About That Bass”
The genius of Kevin Russell. See his Austin Songwriter profile... Read more →
Lyle Lovett
Lyle Lovett is an artistic renaissance man with an impeccable Texas pedigree and a life that testifies to Lone Star independence and... Read more →
Jimmy LaFave
Jimmy LaFave, who passed away on May 21, 2017, was another Austin artist who took the building blocks of folk and country, strength, soul and an... Read more →
“Dean Moriarty” by Eric Taylor
Eric Taylor performs his pensive "Dean Moriarty", with wife Susan, in The... Read more →
Scholz Garten
Built back in 1866 by early entrepreneur August Scholz, over the years Scholz Garten has served as a saloon, cafe, boarding house, opera house,... Read more →
“A Summertime Graveyard” by Will T. Massey
"In the summertime, the graveyard is the coolest place to... Read more →
Jo Carol Pierce
The empty spaces of West Texas have proven a petri dish for the fashioning of powerful but unorthodox art. Music, of course, but also literature,... Read more →
Jim Lauderdale
Jim Lauderdale's baritone twang is booming and earnest and sketches a roadmap of the roots and pedigree of real American country music. The journey... Read more →
“On My Own” by B.W. Stevenson
Pretty memories from the very beginning of the Texas scene. We miss you,... Read more →
“God Help America” by Jeff Plankenhorn
Jeff wishes America a happy and thoughtful birthday. Onward and upward,... Read more →
Townes Van Zandt
Perhaps the purest poet of all Texas songwriters, Townes Van Zandt wrote essential love songs and portrayed the shattered lives of lonely... Read more →
Torchy’s Tacos
With nothing more than mad kitchen skills, a food trailer and a Vespa scooter, Michael Rypka opened the original Torchy's Tacos in Austin in 2006.... Read more →
Jon Dee Graham
Jon Dee Graham was raised on a Texas ranch down near the Mexican border and moved to Austin to attend school. By 1979 he was playing guitar for... Read more →
Hotel San Jose
Hip and contemporary bungalows smack dab in the middle of South Congress, Hotel San Jose is a tranquil haven with lush courtyards and minimalist... Read more →
Rodney Crowell
Rodney Crowell entered the world at Crosby (formerly known as "Lick Skillet"), Texas, and was raised in a musical family in Houston. He started... Read more →
South Austin Music
Supporting the local music community for 25 years, South Austin Music is an institution for musical instruments and an eclectic place to shop for... Read more →
Bruce Robison
Bruce Robison hales from the storied Texas town of Bandera, way out on the western edge of the paradise they call the Hill Country. One of the... Read more →
“Ventura” by Lucinda Williams
Wistful Lucinda for a Saturday... 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 →
Austin Ghost Tours
Austin has a rich history of savory characters and apparently some have decided to stick around well past their welcome. Austin Ghost Tours has been... 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 →
Scrappy Jud Newcomb performs his “Damaged Goods”
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Max Gomez
Max Gomez was raised in the starkly beautiful terrain that surrounds Taos, New Mexico. Nothing that the average American would recognize. Tall,... Read more →
Austin Guitar Slingers, Volume I
Guitars sizzle in Austin every night. Here are some of our... Read more →
“Monahans” by Kevin Higgins
Kevin Higgins visits the busy intersection of first love and hard reality. The magic is gone, but the memories stick around... Read more →
Gram Parsons
Gram Parsons was born Ingram Cecil Connor III, in 1946 in Winter Haven, Florida, to Coon Dog and Avis Connor. By his death at the age of... Read more →
Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez
While their significant individual accomplishments are also profiled here, Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez also collaborated for several magical... Read more →
“Lipstick Sunset” by John Hiatt
John Hiatt paints lost love in pastel regret. Ry Cooder soars on slide... Read more →
Justin Trevino Interview (June 28, 2016)
If you’re a two-stepper, find Justin Trevino in a Hill Country beer joint and travel back a few decades. Born in Brownsville, raised in Austin... Read more →
Josh Grider’s “Price of a Dream”
Early on a Sunday morning. A young father kisses his children, still in their beds, holds his wife for a long moment, then climbs into his truck and... 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 →
“John Doe No. 24” by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Mary Chapin Carpenter with an almost impossibly beautiful story about an impossibly beautiful... 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 →
Austin Vintage Guitars
If you're in need of an impeccable vintage guitar, acoustic or electric, this is the place. Collings, Martin, Fender, Gibson, Gretsch, PRS, National,... Read more →
“100 Miles to Mexico” by Vince Bell
Feed the dog and grab the keys. Vince is taking us to... 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 and... 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 →