November 26, 2012 4:03 pm by: Laurie Gallardo
So electrifying! Even on an international level! Welcome to the latest edition of
The Good Music Club! The GMC is a fun live monthly music event and online video series documenting the phenomenal musical talent we have in the Live Music Capital of the World. The GMC records performances by the participating bands, then shares the high-quality HD videos with new fans and resources
outside of Austin, including cities across the country and worldwide.
This week's featured artist is local world fusion ensemble
Suns of Orpheus. Fronted by songwriter and vocalist
Frederico Geib, the band shapes infectious world beats into a massive hybrid of American, Brazilian, and Latin musical influences. They are here to show you the benefits of the healing power of funk!
Be sure to mark your calendars for this upcoming special...
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Thanksgiving weekend is one of the busiest of the year at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. And for many travelers, it's their first introduction to Austin music.... » read more
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Every week we turn to intrepid music columnist Peter Mongillo from the Austin American Statesman for his take on the week's music news. This week ACL enters the 3rd Dimension, Austin Music Hall finds a new owner, and Britt Daniel of Spoon gives us Divine Fits. Listen to the Austin Music Source...
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Juicy The Emissary dubs himself an "aural architect" and the moniker couldn't be more apt. His building materials are dusty LPs and cassettes, which lay the foundation for his atmospheric instrumentals....
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Hidden in an office building parking garage with little to no cell phone reception there's a dark, divey bar like few others in this town. The place is called Ego's, and seven nights a week anyone can take the stage and live out their own little live music dreams through that time-honored tradition...
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On this edition of The Loop, Anthony Maintain discusses the spontaneity of songwriting and provides us an exclusive track you won't hear anywhere else....
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Spreading the good word - make that, the good sound - that is Austin music! Ladies and gentlemen, it's time for the next edition of The Good Music Club!
The GMC is a live music event and an online video series featuring Austin-based musical artists making their mark on the local scene. Our focus...
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Welcome back, music lovers, to our next special sneak preview of
The Good Music Club! The GMC is a live music event and an online video series featuring Austin-based musical artists making their mark on the local scene. The goal of The GMC...
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When Chris and Ian McDowell received circuit boards and other electronic components for Christmas one year, it sparked a creative fire that the brothers still share under the name of Solar Shield....
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Robyn Ludwick says she's used to getting "the scraps" --and has learned to be one heckuva scrapper. Growing up the youngest of the famous Robisons of Bandera, she had to come to terms with the fact that her career might be shadowed by her siblings' wealth of musical talent. Robyn Ludwick held on...
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In a way, it's been a word-of-mouth success story for local trio
Marmalakes. The band began making music as a duo about five years ago. Songwriter and vocalist
Chase Weinacht and drummer
Josh Halpern started...
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Rock 'n' roll and beyond, people. Austin has it all. Welcome to another fantastic edition of The Good Music Club!
This is your gateway to great musical discoveries. The GMC is a live music event and an online video series featuring Austin-based musical artists making their mark on the local...
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Austin favorite Jimmy Lafave--the Texas-born, Oklahoma-raised singer-songwriter--knows a thing or two about Woody Guthrie. Over the years, he's helped organize the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival in Okemah, Oklahoma, Guthrie's hometown. He's also been entrusted to put music to some 25 unfinished...
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One4All often collaborates with other electronic artists digitally, resulting in music that's as boundary-less as the creator's imagination....
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We'll be launching an interactive website for the Austin Music Map in August. But even before then, there are ways that you can get involved and help us shape the project....
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With a new band line-up and a fresh perspective, songwriter Matt Hines of The Eastern Sea is ecstatic over the release of his band's debut full-length, the provocatively-titled Plague, and with good reason. The word automatically paints a dark picture with negative connotations, but after...
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