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Austin Music Map: Top Hat Recording

October 18, 2012 4:45 pm by: Delaney Hall

Control Room at Top Hat Recording—Image courtesy of Mary Podio

Jon Dee Graham gives a tour of one of his favorite places—a hidden studio called Top Hat Recording where he created his most recent album in a freewheeling collaboration with Top Hat co-owners John Harvey and Mary Podio....
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THE GOOD MUSIC CLUB: Shakey Graves

Prepare to be blown away, music fans! Welcome to this edition of The Good Music Club, a live monthly music event and online video series highlighting the best of the best local music artists that give Austin its reputation of being THE Live Music Capital of the World. The GMC records performances by participating bands, then shares the videos with new fans and resources outside of Austin. Our goal is to to reach cities across the country and worldwide. This week, we have an astounding set of videos, indeed. Our featured artist is Shakey Graves, whose stage presence is far greater than a one-man show. He brings his guitar, perhaps a banjo, and his makeshift kick...
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Fun Fun Fun Fest Is Movin’ On Up

Now in it’s 6th year, the alternative music event known as the Fun Fun Fun Festival is leaving it’s home in Waterloo Park for the larger pastures of Austin’s Auditorium Shores. For Texas Music Matters Peter Babb reports on the little festival that...
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Texas Top 5: Week 42

This is the Texas Top 5 – where we bring you the week’s top five albums from Texas artists. Our friends at Waterloo Records compile a list of their top selling albums each week and we put our spin on it....
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Swan Songs Austin

Some prominent figures in the Austin music scene are lending their voices to help locals diagnosed with terminal illnesses. On Wednesday at the Gibson Showroom in South Austin, Jerry Jeff Walker will play a benefit concert for a non-profit called Swan Songs....
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Texas Top 5: Week 40

This is the Texas Top 5 – where we bring you the week’s top five albums from Texas artists. Our friends at Waterloo Records compile a list of their top selling albums each week and we put our spin on it....
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The Texas Top 5: ACL Edition

This is the Texas Top 5: The ACL Edition. Our friends at Waterloo Records compile a list of their top selling albums each week and we put our spin on it. This past weekend, Wat…...
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Texas Top 5: Week 33

This is the Texas Top 5 - where we bring you the week's top five albums from Texas artists. Our friends at Waterloo Records compile a list of their top selling albums each week and we put our spin on it.

5. Jimmie Vaughan, Plays...
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Texas Top 5: Week 31

This is the Texas Top 5 – where we bring you the week’s top five albums from Texas artists. Our friends at Waterloo Records compile a list of their top selling albums each week and we put our spin...
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The Pons Release Their New Album ̶...

he title of The Pons' new album, The Blackest Shine, was slightly deceptive at first, perhaps calling to mind a completely different image - a black pearl, a car, dark light...even the night sky - from that of the album's artwork....
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Bastrop Wildfire Benefit

The Erwin Center was filled to capacity last night as a who's who of country music lent their time and talents to benefit the victims of last months wildfires in Bastrop County wildfire victims. Performers included Willie Nelson, George Strait, Eric Johnson and the Dixie Chicks among many others....
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A New Foundation

Remember selling wrapping paper door-to-door to raise money for your school? That kind of salesmanship might be a thing of the past as Bedrock looks to bring school fundraising into the 21st century....
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The Mohawk’s 5 Year Anniversary:...

The Mohawk, once referred to by some as "the little club that could," is turning five years old this weekend - still youthful, even though it's difficult to imagine Red River without it. It's gone through its share of growing pains and then some, including major shifts in design and scenery, a...
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Texas Top 5: Week 37

This is the Texas Top 5 – where we bring you the week’s top five albums from Texas artists. Our friends at Waterloo Records compile a list of their top selling albums each week and we put our spin on it.
5. Guy...
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Fun Fun Fun Fest 2011: Interview with ...

Earlier this week, Fun Fun Fun Fest organizers Transmission Entertainment announced the official...
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Texas Top 5: Week 30

This is the Texas Top 5 – where we bring you the week’s top five albums from Texas artists. Our friends at Waterloo Records compile a list of their top selling albums each week and we put our spin...
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