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 →
“Monahans” by Kevin Higgins
Kevin's ode to the perils of young love. Barbara Maltese helps... 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 →
Mary Chapin Carpenter to play Estes Park, Colorado
The fabulous Mary Chapin Carpenter will play two autumn nights in the beautiful high country of northern Colorado, at the historic Stanley Hotel.... Read more →
Firehouse Lounge
The Firehouse Lounge is a hidden gem accessed through a retracting bookcase. Specialty cocktails in an intimate, funky setting. Be sure to like them... Read more →
“Secret Heart” by Ron Sexsmith
The sensitive boy from Canada with some sage and impossibly gorgeous... 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 →
“On My Own” by B.W. Stevenson
Pretty memories from the very beginning of the Texas scene. We miss you,... 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 →
“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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
“Honeypot” by Bob Schneider
Bob the Man with a little magical... 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 →
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 →
“Election Day” by Lyle Lovett
Lyle Lovett with a tribute to the great Blaze Foley. John Hiatt grins... 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 →
“Texas Flood” by Stevie Ray Vaughan
Pray for Texas,... 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 →
“Have a Little Faith in Me” by John Hiatt
We all need a little more faith right now, in something. The great John... Read more →
Saxon Pub
Consistently excellent music is served up at the cozy Saxon Pub seven nights a week. Comfortably worn around the edges, this iconic venue is a haven... Read more →
“Lake Charles” by Lucinda Williams
Back to the bayou with the great Lucinda... 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 →
“John Doe No. 24” by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Mary Chapin Carpenter with an almost impossibly beautiful story about an impossibly beautiful... 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 might... Read more →
“Boxcars” by Joe Ely
Joe does a lovely solo of buddy Butch Hancock's classic take on lonely old West... 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 →
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 →
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 →
Three Little Pigs
Three Little Pigs is the creation of RayTatum, a life-long Austinite and seasoned chef. After a distinguished career cooking at numerous local... Read more →
“Save Her Love” by Michael Fracasso
A young Michael with some sage... Read more →
BettySoo on the Rails
Right around the corner, BettySoo will be the musical guest on a "Roots on the Rails" railway journey from Chicago to L.A., August 10 through the 13.... 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 →
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 →
Miles Zuniga and The Resentments perform Richard Thompson’s “1952 Vincent Black Lightning”
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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 →
“Me and the Eagle” by Steve Earle
Take a trip to the mountaintop and turn your world from silver to... Read more →
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 →
Shinyribs’ “All About That Bass”
The genius of Kevin Russell. See his Austin Songwriter profile... Read more →
Michael Fracasso
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. On-stage... Read more →
Viva Big Bend Begins Today
Today through Sunday, folks will gather out west for Viva Big Bend, the phenomenal music festival put on annually by Texas Music magazine. Great... Read more →
Joe Ely and his stunning “Slow You Down”, with Joel Guzman
A lotta love, a little lust. Joe Ely slow dances his truck stop girl into highway... 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 →
Mary Gauthier and her stunning “I Drink”
A brutally beautiful portrait of intergenerational alcoholism. Recognition, confession and resignation. Isolation and loneliness. Mary Gauthier has... 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 →
Steve Earle with “The Mountain”
Mr. Earle's tribute to a home in a very tough world.... 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... 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 →
Max Gomez with his lovely “What It Means”
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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 →
Jesse Winchester’s “Mississippi You’re On My Mind”
The late Jesse Winchester performed his signature ballad at the Belcourt Theater in Nashville, circa 2010. We miss Jesse. We even miss Mississippi a... Read more →
Garage Cocktail Bar
Garage Cocktail Bar is a minimalist respite tucked inside a parking garage. Stainless steel and glass, vodka and gin, hushed conversation. Romance.... Read more →
“A Summertime Graveyard” by Will T. Massey
"In the summertime, the graveyard is the coolest place to... Read more →