“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 →
“Love at the Five and Dime” by Nanci Griffith
Nanci remembers growing up in... Read more →
Patty Griffin’s “You’ll Remember”, Performed by a Compelling Stranger
A beautiful take on a spellbinding song. Thank you, Patty, and our mysterious... 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 →
Eliza Gilkyson
Few songwriters have achieved Eliza Gilkyson’s poetic soup of inventiveness, gravitas and sheer emotion. Her songs are a flowing literature of joy,... 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 →
“Levelland” by James McMurtry
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“Listen to the Lion” by Van Morrison
Van the Man says search your heart for the... Read more →
“Coast” by Eliza Gilkyson
Eliza considers the cost of... 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 →
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 →
“Damaged Goods” by Scrappy Jud and the Resentments
There is no place for a soul recharge like Austin's Saxon Pub on a Sunday night. The Resentments lay down a heaping helping of ironic wit and... Read more →
Texas Blues, Volume I
When it comes to the blues, Texas takes a back seat to nowhere. Except Mississippi, maybe. Okay, and Chicago. But nowhere... 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 →
Jimmie Vaughan with “Boom Papa Boom”
Jimmie from the way-back with a slice of Austin style rhythm and... Read more →
“Ventura” by Lucinda Williams
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“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 →
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 →
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 →
Getting warm in Austin
A cool dip is just around the... Read more →
Heartworn Highways and Townes Van Zandt
Heartworn Highways, James Szalapski's gritty and lovely documentary about the country songwriting scene of the seventies, features mostly Texas... Read more →
“On My Own” by B.W. Stevenson
Pretty memories from the very beginning of the Texas scene. We miss you,... 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 →
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 →
“Take Me Lake Charles” by Shinyribs
Shinyribs says go get you some milk and mash... Read more →
Hamilton Pool Preserve
Maybe time to take a dip! The Hamilton Pool Preserve is another lovely oasis west of Austin. Our very own cenote in the Texas Hill Country. Be sure... Read more →
Amanda Shires
Amanda Shires songs are grounded but ethereal, enchanting original work delivered with a husky voice that can suddenly erupt into a bird-like trill.... Read more →
Ted Hawkins
Ted Hawkins lived a hard life, but his journey was a gift to us all. Born black and poor in Mississippi, he did time in reform school and prison... 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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Blaze Foley
The story of Blaze Foley, the songwriter, is too often lost in the legend of Blaze Foley, the “Duct Tape Messiah”. Hard drinking, homelessness,... 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 →
“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 →
“Who’s Gonna Build That Wall” by Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez
Chip and Carrie with one question that raises so many... Read more →
Sam Baker
Heralded as among America’s finest songwriters since his debut in 2004, Sam Baker is a stone cold original with no discernible influences other... 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 →
Gene Clark
Gene Clark helped facilitate the inevitable union between American folk and American country. Known primarily for his work with the Byrds,... Read more →
Eliza Gilkyson Interview (November 23, 2016)
Few songwriters have achieved Eliza Gilkyson’s poetic soup of inventiveness, gravitas and sheer emotion. Her songs are a flowing... Read more →
Ponty Bone and the Squeezetones
The squeezebox has a special place in Texas musical history. A mainstay of polka, conjunto and zydeco, the "button accordion", as it is more properly... Read more →
Jesse Winchester
It is absolutely worth your while to rediscover the recently passed Jesse Winchester, a writer of uncommon heart, wit and grace. Born in 1944 in... 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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Nanci Griffith
Nanci Griffith was born to musical parents in Seguin, Texas, and was playing clubs down the road in Austin by the age of fourteen. She continued to... 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... Read more →
“God Help America” by Jeff Plankenhorn
Jeff wishes America a happy and thoughtful birthday. Onward and upward,... Read more →
Scrappy Jud Newcomb performs his “Damaged Goods”
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Roy Orbison
Roy Orbison's voice might have been enough, as strong and versatile as ever to grace American roots music. But stack that voice next to the... Read more →