January 27, 2012 10:26 am by: Reid O'Conor
Austin based singer and songwriter
Bill Carter can't be mentioned without mentioning his wife and songwriting partner Ruth Ellsworth. Together, they've been writing music for more than 30 years. With songs of theirs recorded by artists ranging from Stevie Ray Vaughan to Counting Crows to the Fabulous Thunderbirds, their songwriting prowess is a force to be reckoned with. Recently, Carter recorded an album with fellow Austin musicians Stephen Doster and Will Sexton, calling it
CarterDosterSexton, of course. Bill Carter stopped by Studio 1a to play live on KUT. Enjoy!...
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Quoted on their own website, Austin band Moonlight Towers' frontman James Stevens states the bands purpose as "We just want to make people dance." And if that's what they're going for, then they're likely to succeed most times their songs are played and likely every time they perform. Their music is infectious pop-rock, sure to get people moving as they've moved to the genre as long as it has been around. Their third album, Day is the New Night, was released last summer to great reviews. Next Tuesday, they've got a show at Hole in the Wall. You can hear them live on KUT from Studio 1a RIGHT HERE!
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Inspired by the legendary Kinks album and song Village Green Preservation Society, Oregon-based The Village Green began as a four-piece, but abridged their garage-band, power…...
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Jesse Dayton is from the childhood home of both Johnny Winter and George Jones. And, Beaumont, TX is where Dayton grew up on the hardcore honky-tonk of Hank Williams and Lefty Frizz…...
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The Gourds of Austin, TX embraced alt-country rock before it was a household term. Needless to say, their honky-tonkin’, porch-jammin’ sound helped invent the gen…...
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Austin’s Band of Heathens is an assembly of four exceptional singer-songwriters who shared the stage so often they evolved as one group. It was a simple song swap known as th…...
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Clarence Greenwood is Citizen Cope. Born in Memphis, Greenwood first broke into the music biz a decade ago by appearing on east coast rapper Basehead’s recordings. Cope pl…...
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Mason Jennings established himself in Minneapolis, MN, moving over 30,000 copies of his first two albums in 1998 and 2000 respectively. There’s no sacrifice of artistic i…...
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Straight outta South Austin, the Two High String Band combines virtuosic acoustic pickin’ with fine song-craft on their latest Moonshine Boogie. The two-guitar, one-ma…...
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What can you say? He’s in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame? Yes. He’s written songs that you know the words to? Yes … Can you sing L.A. Freeway? I knew you co…...
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Chris Smither heard Lightnin’ Hopkins when he was 17, and a life in music was jump-started. Smither is a blues revivalist, guitarist, and singer/songwriter. He’s b…...
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Singer/songwriter Frank Black embarked on a solo career after breaking up the groundbreaking, alternative rock band The Pixies in 1993. Black sacrifices some of his post-punk g…...
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The post-alt-country rock of Austin’s San Saba County is more Stones than Uncle Tupelo. With one foot planted in the Texas dirt, guitarist and vocalist John Saba leads the f…...
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Noted American blues singer, guitarist and songwriter Keb’ Mo’ was born Kevin Moore in South Central Los Angeles. Keb’s first recordings in the 70s with Jeff…...
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Members of Austin’s Greezy Wheels , the Lost Gonzo Band and Barbara K of Timbuk 3 fame are among the artists performing for the Hot Greezy Gonzo Hour at Threadgill’s Tu…...
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Jarocho was a derogatory term used by the Spanish, which referred to people born of African and indigenous parents. The term has since been adopted as a declaration of honor and dig…...
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