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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
“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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
“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 →
“John Doe No. 24” by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Mary Chapin Carpenter with an almost impossibly beautiful story about an impossibly beautiful... 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 →
Steve Earle with “The Mountain”
Mr. Earle's tribute to a home in a very tough world.... Read more →
Waterloo Records
You've got a few hours to kill. It's hot outside. You're thirsty, but not just for water; you're thirsty for music. No worries, you've got the... Read more →
Early Sir Doug
Sir Doug and the boys pushing back on the British Invasion, circa 1965, mas o menos, with She's About a Mover. Introduction by fellow Texas Trini... 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 →
David Ramirez Rocks the Texas Hill Country
Ramirez lays it down on a twilight tour of the beautiful Texas countryside.... Read more →
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 →
Viva Big Bend
Down in the Trans-Pecos this weekend for Viva Big Bend, the phenomenal music festival put on annually by Texas Music magazine. Great artists at... Read more →
“Groover’s Paradise” by Doug Sahm
Mr. Sahm called Austin his "Groover's Paradise". Enough... Read more →
Kat Edmonson sings “Hopelessly Blue” by Miles Zuniga
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“Find the Light” by David Ramirez
Keep on... Read more →
“You’ll Remember” by Patty Griffin
From her breakthrough album, Children Running Through, Patty Griffin explores the depths of broken love and comes up smiling. She tells a... 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 →
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 →
“I’d Rather Be Blind” by the magnificent Freddie King
Freddie King was Texas' answer to B.B. and Albert. Pure... Read more →
“Let The Bad Times Be” by Junior Brown
Junior Brown tears up the one and only... Read more →
Lyle Lovett’s “Flyswatter/Ice Water Blues”
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“Ventura” by Lucinda Williams
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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 →
Michael Fracasso sings his beautiful “Red, White & Blue”
Michael's ode to love in... 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 →
“Philosopher’s Stone” by Van Morrison
A little Van the Man and the Northern California coastline for a Saturday... 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 →
“Too Many Memories” by Stephen Bruton, with the Tosca Strings
The great Stephen Bruton tugs at the heart strings. Gorgeous... 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 →
“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 →
“Desperados Waiting for a Train” by Guy Clark
A young Guy with his ode to old... Read more →
Carrie Rodriguez with “I Dreamed I Was Lola Beltran”
Carrie pays tribute to the legendary ranchera singer Lola... Read more →
Willis Alan Ramsey and his unreleased “Boystown”
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“Arithmetic” by David Ramirez
David Ramirez wants to try... Read more →