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THE GOOD MUSIC CLUB: My Jerusalem

August 23, 2012 5:15 pm by: Laurie Gallardo

Brace yourself! The good music just keeps on coming with The Good Music Club, the live monthly music event and online video series highlighting local music artists making their mark on the Austin scene. The GMC’s ultimate goal is to share these performances with new fans and resources outside of the Austin area, across the country and worldwide. This week, we present the self-described "post-modern Southern gothic soul" quintet My Jerusalem. Actually, that's right on the mark. There is, indeed, an ominous allure to their intensity, in their dark and beautiful sway of rock 'n' soul grooves. The band's critically acclaimed 2010 debut release Gone For Good paved the way for their forthcoming follow-up, Preachers, set for release in October. Get ready for The Good Music Club's eighth taping, happening this...
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What Austin Music Looks Like

What does Austin Music sound like? Talk amongst yourselves. But there’s little debate that the work of Federico Archuleta currently defines ‘the look’ of Au…...
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Pinetop Turns 95

Pinetop Perkins celebrated his 95th birthday last week with a performance at Antones. Last month Pinetop released a new LP Pinetop Perkins and Friends with guest performances fr…...
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Interview with Emmylou

Its been five years since Emmylou Harris sat down in a studio to record her own album. Thats not to say she hasn’t been busy. She’s a dedicated supporter of Nashville&#…...
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ACL Festival Schedule Released

Austin based concert promoter and ACL Festival organizer, C3 Presents, has released the grid for this year’s ACL Fest. As always, music fans will have a hard time deciding h…...
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The Hill Country is Alive with the Sou...

Over the next two weeks tens of thousands of people will descend on the Hill Country town of Kerrville for an event that’s come to be synonymous with the start of summer in Central T…...
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Amazing Grace: The Story of Willie Nel...

He was abandoned by his parents as a toddler. He criss-crossed the country playing honky tonks and selling encyclopedias door-to-door just to feed his family. Today, Willie Nels…...
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Artist Profile: Willie Nelson

He was abandoned by his parents as a toddler. He criss-crossed the country playing honky tonks and selling encyclopedias door-to-door just to feed his family. Today, Willie Nels…...
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Austin is Grounded in Music

Grounded in Music is a national program that brings quality instruments and teachers to underprivileged children. Austin is the newest home for the program and as KUT’s Da…...
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Meet The Lovely Sparrows

Texas Music Matters own Elvira wannabe, Laurie Gallardo, chats with The Lovely Sparrows frontman Shawn Jones about the upcoming album and his decision to move away from the punk s…...
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The Big Squeeze Rocks The Bayou City

For the second year in a row Texas Folklife is holding a competition to find the best young accordion player in Texas. The Big Squeeze Competition gets underway Saturday June 7th at…...
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High School ‘Battle of the Bands...

One of Austin’s premier music venues, Emo’s, will host a competition Saturday afternoon. Music groups from four Austin high Schools will face off. But as Texas Music Matters…...
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Taming the Theremin

We all learned the five types of instruments in grade school. Wood, wind, brass, string, percussion, and… Theremin. You may have never seen a Theremin before but chances ar…...
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Joe Nick Patoski on Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson biographer, Joe Nick Patoski, came by our studios to talk about the man behind the legend. He brought with him some rare Willie Nelson performances and great Willie s…...
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ACL Lineup Released

Ticket buyers start your engines. Austin based C3 Presents, ACL Festival organizer, has announced the names and dates for this years festival. Headliners include John Fogerty,…...
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