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Steve Earle with “The Mountain”

Mr. Earle's tribute to a home in a very tough world....

“Box Cars” by Butch Hancock

The legendary Butch Hancock sings his "Box Cars". This man has...

“Vanlose Stairway” by Van Morrison

Van the Man yodels through 0ne of his many classics, with help...

“Too Many Memories” by Stephen Bruton, with the Tosca Strings

The great Stephen Bruton tugs at the heart strings. Gorgeous...

“Heavenly Day” by Patty Griffin

Patty brings you a little inspiration for your Saturday...
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Have a “Liberty Lunch”

Austin's Independence Brewing is releasing a beer in honor of the famous, but departed, "Liberty Lunch", the famous Austin live music venue that... Read more →
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Get ready for Kerrville!

The annual Kerrville Folk Festival will convene May 26th through June 12th, 2016, in Kerrville, Texas. The mother of all Texas music festivals. This... Read more →
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“On This Darkest Day” by Chip Taylor

In 2011, Chip Taylor was preparing to play a festival in Norway when a lone killer took the lives of seventy-seven, mostly children, in the capital... Read more →
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Ana Egge touring Denmark

Those lucky Danes will be hosting the incredible Ana Egge, with The Sentimentals, throughout Denmark from June 23 to July 1, 2016. Check dates... Read more →
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Make plans for Telluride Americana Music Fest

The 10th Annual Telluride Americana Music Fest & Songwriter Showcase, July 20th through 23rd, 2016, Telluride, Colorado, will feature Austin... Read more →
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Happy 60th Michael!

My brother and I are more than 8 years apart, his birth planned, mine was not. In the high school and college years, he was a hippie (to be fair, it... Read more →
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The High Desert

The parched and windswept void of the high desert gives a finite measure of life, a balance of blood and dust. For every birth, a death. For every... Read more →
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Ruthie Foster’s take on the classic “Ring of Fire”

If anybody did it as good as Johnny Cash, its got to be Ruthie. And you thought you knew this... Read more →
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The late Guy Clark with an ode to his life-long love, Susanna

Bet they're dancing in the clouds right... Read more →
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Steve Earle’s Camp Copperhead

June 27th through July 1, 2016, Steve Earle and special guest Shawn Colvin will convene the third annual "Camp Copperhead" songwriting camp at the... Read more →
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Joe Ely at El Mercado

Caught Joe Ely this week at the El Mercado restaurant on South 1st. Just Joe, his guitar and a hundred or so disciples. Whooping and hollering,... Read more →
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“Speed of the Sound of Loneliness” by John Prine, with Nanci Griffith

John Prine and Nanci Griffith perform his wistful... Read more →
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Vince Bell’s Resurrection

We almost lost the great Vince Bell in 1982, when his car was broad-sided by a drunk driver in Austin. Grievously injured, he was in a coma for a... Read more →
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Freddie King and Eric Clapton

Wish we'd been... Read more →
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“Couchville Sessions” by Darrell Scott

Darrell Scott has just released "Couchville Sessions", a collection of gems recorded in his living room in the early 2000's. Vintage stuff from the... Read more →
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Guy Clark has passed

The great Guy Clark, troubadour, poet and tall Texan, left us yesterday. The world seems a little shallower today. Hope he's with... Read more →
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Justin Trevino at Arkey Blue’s

One legend deserves another. Justin Trevino will play Arkey Blue's Silver Dollar Bar in Bandera, Texas on May 28th, Mr. Trevino is the master of... Read more →
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“Dearly Departed” by Shakey Graves, with Esme Patterson

Hard to keep up with the fertile imagination of Mr. Graves. Wondering where this train might take... Read more →
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Sunday morning with Leeann Atherton

"Going to church" means a lot of things in... Read more →
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Ruthie Foster to Cuba

Join Ruthie Foster and Seth Walker for a cultural excursion to Havana and environs. Hosted by Cuba Tours & Travel, November 3 through December 6,... Read more →
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T-Bone Walker Blues Fest

The great T-Bone Walker hailed from Linden, Texas, and ultimately traveled the world as one of the great bluesmen, often credited with electrifying... Read more →
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Miles Zuniga release in the works

For all of us wishin' for some more Miles Zuniga, he is working on The Help Machine, to be released before the end of 2016. In the meantime, catch... Read more →
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“Honeypot” by Bob Schneider

A little sunny pick-me-up for a Monday morning. Sway away,... Read more →
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New Release by Mary Chapin Carpenter

  Mary Chapin Carpenter has released The Things That We Are Made Of, her fourteenth album. Produced by the omniscient Dave Cobb, a stripped... Read more →
Austin Music Venues

Mercer Street Dance Hall

Mercer Street Dance Hall is a classic Hill Country honky-tonk in downtown Dripping Springs, Texas, a half hour or so from central Austin. Nightly... Read more →
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Scoot Inn

Dating back to 1871, the past lives of the Scoot Inn include neighborhood grocery, chili hut, gambling house and bootleg whiskey depot. This place... Read more →
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Levitation Festival abruptly canceled

The annual Austin outdoors "Levitation" festival was canceled yesterday, one day before it was to begin, due to the possibility of torrential... Read more →
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Jeff Plankenhorn at Guero’s

We just caught the slidemaster outdoors at Guero's Taco Bar on a beautiful spring evening. Heartening to see Jeff Plankenhorn singing mostly his own... Read more →
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New Release by Will T. Massey

Will T. Massey has recently released a new collection of original work, The Weathering. More fine wisdom from a delicate... Read more →
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“Trouble Find Me” by Jeff Plankenhorn

We've featured this song before, but it's so damn good, here it is again. Jeff Plankenhorn's take on "if it weren't for bad luck, I wouldn't have... Read more →
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New release by Michael Fracasso

Michael Fracasso has just released Here Come the Savages, another lovely journey into a very full... Read more →
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Hill Country Guitars moving to Dripping Springs

Hill Country Guitars, the downtown Austin purveyor of luscious tone woods, is moving to 302 Mercer Street, Dripping Springs, Texas 78620. Once the... Read more →
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Bob Schneider and Lonelyland at the Saxon Pub

Just caught the man for his Monday variety show at the Saxon Pub. Bob was energized and well-coiffed, and welcomed the audience for a rollicking tour... Read more →
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Sam Baker to release “A Night at the Folly”

A new record by Sam Baker is a rare and fine event. On May 6th, Sam will release A Night at the Folly, a live performance recorded at the listening... Read more →
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“‘Sweet Old World” by Lucinda Williams          

Rumors abound about the inspiration for this achingly gorgeous song. Lucinda Williams recites the simple pleasures we take for granted, the pleasures... Read more →
Songwriter Playlists

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 →
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Make Plans for Music on the Mesa

Head to cool Taos for the Second Annual "Music on the Mesa" festival, June 3rd through 5th. Steve Earle, Shawn Colvin, Ray Wylie Hubbard, The... Read more →
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Ra Sushi & DJ Robert Michael

From time to time, I am reminded how music can unexpectedly ignite emotions and take you back to days long gone. The setting this time was Ra... Read more →
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New Release from Jeff Plankenhorn

Slidemaster Jeff Plankenhorn just released SoulSlide, featuring Jeff, his guitar and voice, and his many talented friends, including Ruthie Foster... Read more →
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John Prine’s “Hello in There”

John Prine's favorite song. A gorgeous portrait of the dusty realities of growing... Read more →
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Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle team up for new release

Two creative giants will release Colvin and Earle on June 10, 2016. Shawn Colvin has been shining up Austin and the nation for a couple of decades... Read more →
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Hayes Carll releases “Lovers and Leavers”

On April 8, Hayes Carll will release "Lovers and Leavers". Produced by Joe Henry, expect a stripped down approach to new songs from a quality Texas... Read more →
Places to Eat In & Around Austin

34th Street Cafe

Be careful, 34th Street Cafe might become your next haunt in Austin. A cafe, yet so much more. Good people and great, fresh food combine to make... Read more →
Purveyors of Music

Hill Country Guitars

Hill Country Guitars showcases a stunning selection of quality guitars and is the place where most Austin songwriters find themselves on a regular... Read more →
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