Guy Clark
Guy Clark, who left this world on May 16, 2016, was one of the Texas songwriters who made the path and led the way. His work embodies all that is... Read more →
Mickey Newbury
The songs of Mickey Newbury came from a place of serenity and sadness, beautiful recollections of the ones we left behind, pretty portraits of... Read more →
Steve Earle with “The Mountain”
Mr. Earle's tribute to a home in a very tough world.... Read more →
Hot out there!
Barton Springs is unequivocally the mother of all swimming holes, right in the middle of town (see it on the map). Located in Zilker Park, the pool... Read more →
“There Stands the Glass” by Ted Hawkins
The one and only Ted Hawkins lends his heart-stopping voice to this classic country song. This one will wake you... Read more →
Houston Marchman
It’s a safe bet that Houston Marchman’s breath is tinged with road dust and a little farm-grade diesel. His songs are classic Texas folk, weary... Read more →
The Townsend
The Townsend is an elegant throwback to simpler times, downtown on Congress. Innovative cocktails, soft leather and old wood. A long bar for sipping... Read more →
“Lake Charles” by Lucinda Williams
Back to the bayou with the great Lucinda... Read more →
“I’d Rather Be Blind” by the magnificent Freddie King
Freddie King was Texas' answer to B.B. and Albert. Pure... Read more →
Ray Wylie Hubbard
Someone, can’t remember who, once said that Van Morrison was the only musician to have invented a personal emotional equivalent of the... Read more →
“Let The Bad Times Be” by Junior Brown
Junior Brown tears up the one and only... Read more →
“Scrappy” Jud Newcomb
Lucky for us, natural musicians are drawn to Austin like honeybees to a sunflower. For every writer with a dream and a beat up Martin guitar, there... Read more →
Alejandro Escovedo’s haunting “Fort Worth Blue”
A rare instrumental from Alejandro Escovedo, a real wordsmith and rocker. Spare, lovely, distant. A tribute to the great Stephen Bruton. You'll... Read more →
“That’s What Makes You Strong” by Jesse Winchester
The late Jesse Winchester with some beautiful... Read more →
Steve Earle
Following the 1986 release of Guitar Town, Steve Earle was hailed as the savior of country music. Three decades later, and despite personal detours... Read more →
David Halley
Born in Oklahoma City and reared in Lubbock, David Halley blew into Austin in 1983 and commenced blowing minds with 1990’s Stray Dog Talk, a stone... 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 →
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 →
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 →
John Hiatt
John Hiatt was born in Indianapolis, but you'd swear from his lyrics that he was a southern son of Memphis or New Orleans, maybe even Muscle Shoals.... Read more →
The Bugle Boy
Lane Gosnay opened the doors to The Bugle Boy in 2005, promising a small town listening room dedicated to the songwriters of Texas and elsewhere. She... Read more →
Lyle Lovett’s “Flyswatter/Ice Water Blues”
Lyle... Read more →
Ana Egge
Ana Egge’s voice pulls from some deep well, somber and strong, calming but bracing. With roots in North Dakota, New Mexico, Austin, and now... Read more →
Robert Earl Keen
Robert Earl Keen married careless soul with country smart-ass and came up smiling. He has captured the coarse irony of good people tumbling across... Read more →
“Ventura” by Lucinda Williams
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Banger’s Sausage House & Beer Garden
Banger's Sausage House & Beer Garden is a relatively new kid on the block, but its youth is more than made up with homemade sausage, pig roasts,... Read more →
Shinyribs’ “All About That Bass”
The genius of Kevin Russell. See his Austin Songwriter profile... Read more →
Eric Taylor
Eric Taylor’s voice sounds a little like God’s might, starting off low and considered and ending up booming and insistent, as though he were... Read more →
Winflo Osteria
Along with serving some of Austin's best Italian fare, the Winflo Osteria offers an intimate setting for live music in their speakeasy style room... Read more →
Bob Marley’s “No Woman No Cry”, by Ruthie Foster and Blues Traveler
Everything's gonna be... Read more →
“Killing the Blues” by Chris Smither
The magnificent Chris Smither does Rowland Salley's "Killing the... Read more →
Joe Ely
In 1977, Joe Ely came blowing out of Lubbock with his first record, Joe Ely, after sowing the early seeds of the High Plains scene with other hardy... Read more →
BettySoo
BettySoo writes profound pop/folk with just enough country to makes things comfortable. At once powerful and vulnerable, she handles us like a big... Read more →
“On My Own” by B.W. Stevenson
Pretty memories from the very beginning of the Texas scene. We miss you,... Read more →
Michael Fracasso sings his beautiful “Red, White & Blue”
Michael's ode to love in... Read more →
Jason Isbell
Jason Isbell’s music is raw in substance but perfectly polished in execution, sort of like Neil Young sitting in with Crosby, Stills & Nash... Read more →
BettySoo whispers your name
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Darden Smith
Since moving to Austin in the early eighties to attend the University of Texas, Darden Smith has grown into a renowned songwriter and performer, as... 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 →
Mary Gauthier Podcast (September 14, 2016)
Having been mentioned, with other visionaries, in Ray Wylie Hubbard’s “Name Droppin’”, Mary Gauthier has plenty of Texas cred and the... Read more →
“Texas Flood” by Stevie Ray Vaughan
Pray for Texas,... Read more →
David Ramirez
David Ramirez writes melodic, brooding songs of love and life, delivering them with perfect pitch and regret. Young, but hopeful despite his... Read more →
B. W. Stevenson
Looking a bit like an Amish Hoss Cartwright, B. W. “Buckwheat” Stevenson turned heads even in the spectacle of seventies Austin. A native of... 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 →
Ryan Bingham
Ryan Bingham is the real thing. A real Texan, a real rodeo cowboy, a real songwriter. An old friend once remarked, after listening to a young Bingham... Read more →
Terry Allen
It is no secret that West Texas produces musicians of uncommon creativity and grit, likely the result of too much flat land and steady wind.... Read more →
HOPE Outdoor Gallery
HOPE Outdoor Gallery is a community paint park recognized as one of the Top 10 Artistic destinations in Texas. The park is a collaborative effort... Read more →
“Waves” by Sam Baker
With help from Carrie Elkin and Chip Dolan, Sam paints the eternal beauty of fifty years of marriage. Performed live at the Folly Theater in Kansas... 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 →
“Philosopher’s Stone” by Van Morrison
A little Van the Man and the Northern California coastline for a Saturday... Read more →
Drew Kennedy
Drew Kennedy bases out of New Braunfels, a lovely Texas Hill Country town nestled along the banks of the Comal and Guadalupe rivers between Austin... Read more →
John Gaar at the Saxon Pub
Every Sunday evening at the Saxon Pub, John Gaar and crew lay down a frenzy of blues, rock and roll and funk that is built around his powerful... Read more →
“Boxcars” by Joe Ely
Joe does a lovely solo of buddy Butch Hancock's classic take on lonely old West... Read more →
Carolyn Wonderland
Resurrecting Texans from Freddie King to Janis Joplin, Carolyn Wonderland burns the blues with her rolling originals, piercing voice and blistering... Read more →