“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 →
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 →
“Without Love” by Ray Wylie Hubbard
Ray Wylie’s simplest ode to love. Enough said. See his austinsongwriter profile... 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 →
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 →
Cathedral of Junk
With over sixty tons of curated junk, The Cathedral of Junk stands tall in South Austin. Started back in 1988 by Vince Hannemann, this... Read more →
Seth James’ public prayer, “Sweet Lord”
Thank you,... 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 →
K Phillips
K Phillips leads mostly from the keyboard, singing and occasionally grabbing a guitar in the course of his barn-burning live performances. Sort of... Read more →
Chip Taylor
Some artists channel a calm wisdom that is as comforting as a father’s voice. We listen because their words feel right and true, gifts that... Read more →
“Down in the Hole” by Jon Dee Graham and the Purgatory Players
A grizzly song by a grizzly man. Jon Dee and the Purgatory Players. Warren Hood sits in on... Read more →
“Ventura” by Lucinda Williams
Wistful Lucinda for a quiet... 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 →
Shinyribs
It’s like you finally started listening to your old drunk uncle from Shreveport and realized he was channeling an enlightened hillbilly cocktail of... 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 →
Krause Springs
Spring is coming! Krause Springs is a privately-owned Hill Country oasis, open for swimming and lounging most of the year. Located twenty... Read more →
Chip Taylor Podcast (July 28, 2016)
Some artists channel a calm wisdom that is as comforting as a father’s voice. We listen because their words feel right and true, gifts that... Read more →
Mean Eyed Cat
The Mean Eyed Cat Bar, named after the Johnny Cash song, is one cool bar...located close to downtown Austin and blessed with towering Texas Live... Read more →
Walt Wilkins
“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 →
Bruce Hughes
Bruce Hughes is first a bedrock bass player, the go-to guy who sets the stage for a dean’s list writers and performers from Austin and elsewhere.... Read more →
Carrie Rodriguez
Trained in classical violin at the Berkeley School of Music and expertly apprenticed in songwriting and performing by the great Chip Taylor, Carrie... Read more →
Robert Earl Keen with “Gringo Honeymoon”
Robert Earl with his cowboy cross-border nuptial fantasy. We can see the milk green color of the Rio Grande and taste the cold crispness of that... Read more →
“Coast” by Eliza Gilkyson
Eliza considers the cost of... Read more →
“A Summertime Graveyard” by Will T. Massey
"In the summertime, the graveyard is the coolest place to... Read more →
Kris Kristofferson
Kris Kristofferson is a living testament to the ethic of the singer-songwriter. Introspective and gregarious, astute observer of the ebb and flow of... 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 →
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 →
The Fabulous Thunderbirds with “Tuff Enuff”
Jimmie V, Kim Wilson and the T-Birds bringing the soul to supper! Happy Saturday,... Read more →
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... 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 →
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... 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 →
Ana Egge’s “Rock Me (Divine Mother)”
The love of a mother, the love for a mother.... Read more →
Kelly Willis
Kelly Willis was born in the red dirt of Lawton, Oklahoma and lived the displaced life of an army child, unable to put down roots in any one place... Read more →
Mary Gauthier
Having been mentioned, with other visionaries, in Ray Wylie Hubbard’s “Name Droppin’”, Mary Gauthier has plenty of Texas cred and the life... Read more →
Blue Hole Regional Park
Blue Hole Regional Park is a shady paradise in the Hill Country town of Wimberly and boasts 3.5 miles of trails, basketball and volleyball courts, an... Read more →
“Save Her Love” by Michael Fracasso
A young Michael with some sage... Read more →
“Take Me Lake Charles” by Shinyribs
Shinyribs says go get you some milk and mash... 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 →
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 →