When he heard Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash’s duet “Girl from the North Country,” a teenage Josh Ritter ran out and bought a guitar. Cash, Dylan and Ritter shar…

Texas voters are one step closer to deciding whether some state officials should face term limits. The Texas Senate approved a measure today that would limit the governor, li…

Every now and then, the folks at Dystheatre will decide to have a Dysfunction, in which they invite all their friends and colleagues in the performing arts scene to come out and play. Their newest Dysfunction (presented with Lucky Chaos) is The Winter of Our Dyscontent, a veritable smorgasbord of Shakepeare-themed performance pieces by a dozen different Austin troupes. The show will feature all different takes on the works of the bard; there’s a dog playing Hamlet, dancers reciting competing sonnets, a puppet Shakespeare lesson, a Noh-inspired take on The Tempest, three different versions of Richard III, and lots more.

The show has two more performances later this month at the Spiderhouse, with more Dysfunctions to come as time and inspiration permit.

I say that songwriter Kurt McMahan knows a lot about music from Texas, but actually, his knowledge is vast on a wide range of styles and not just the Texas variety. You could chat…

Each year human traffickers force thousands of people into slave-like conditions. Several major highways in Texas make the state a hub for human traffickers.
State Rep. Senfron…

Hey, it’s the last day of winter! Which means it’s going to be in the 80s today and then slightly colder tomorrow, when it becomes spring. I don’t understand that at all, but then I’m not a meteorologist, I’m just a radio producer. And here’s what I’ve produced for today:

The cast will start off with The Harmonica, a nice little something something from the fine folks at Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Austin’s own Texas Folklife.

Then we’ll move right along to a new installment of The Decisions Project from O’Dark stalwart Aengus “Aengus with an E” Anderson. Cool stuff as always from Aengus and his E.

And then we’ll wrap things up with a visit from everyone’s favorite retired Belgian physicist, Charles Spira. It’s a new edition of his French popular music show Bonjour Chanson. Dig it.

It’s the first Tuesday post-SXSW, and there’s probably more than a few of you out there still recovering. We here at KUTX had an awesome SXSW, and all this week we̵…

Some airline passengers at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport will soon be able to move through security lines faster. The Transportation Security Administration&…

Friends and family of local philanthropist and Texas book festival co-creator Mary Margaret Farabee met this morning at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. They were there to remember a woman who they say made Austin a better place to live.
Farabee’s work in Austin spanned much more than her high profile creation of the book festival. From rebuilding the Paramount Theater to placing the Philosopher’s Rock statue in Zilker Park, she had a hand in helping numerous projects succeed. Her friend Nona Niland read some descriptions that friends had sent in on how Farabee worked.

The following is a true story. Even I, your Austin Music Minute maven, can’t make this up.
Recently, local trio Mrs. Glass was invited to perform in Studio 1A with …

The University of Texas at Austin men’s basketball team is not eligible to play in the upcoming NCAA tournament. The Longhorns were not even invited to play in the NIT.
But th…

Throughout her career, Amy Cook has been able to count on her peers to help her out. Early on, she was tapped by Alejandro Escovedo to open for him on a national tour, and he later p…

On the last day of SXSW Film, Dennis Quaid, Zac Efron and Ellen Page were some of the stars at the Paramount for screenings of “At Any Price“ and “The East.…

On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Dr. Galen E. Switzer, Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry Co-Chief, Measurement Core, VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, The University of Pittsburgh.