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Estrella Acosta & Gabriel Santiago @ KUT 1/13/12

January 13, 2012 11:04 am by: Reid O'Conor

Cuban native, UT graduate, and Amsterdam resident Estrella Acosta is an extraordinarily versatile vocalist, which could probably be traced back to her equally versatile background. Acosta has no problem singing anything from Cuban folk songs to jazz to Brazilian music - she's vocally all over the map in the best way possible. Born in Brazil, Gabriel Santiago is an Austin based, award-winning composer and guitarist. Taking influence from a wide variety of styles including Brazilian, jazz, and classical music, Santiago's compositions are deep and intricate. Listen to Estrella Acosta and Gabriel Santiago performing together on Sunday at Casa Karen, live on KUT with host Michael Crockett. ...
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Shawn Colvin @ KUT 1/13/12

Austin based singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin might be better referred to as a songwriter-singer. Not to say that she isn't a great singer, because her singing is excellent, but the real meat of her work lies in her songwriting ability. Colvin is a talented storyteller, who skillfully weaves tales through melody to create some truly great songs. Each of her songs is laced with her warm-hearted and tender voice along with her sharp sense of humor. Over her more than two decade career, Colvin has released 9 albums and extensively toured the globe, which she has continued to do. Listen here for Shawn Colvin in Studio 1a with KUT host Jody Denberg....
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Richard Julian

Though he has toured with Norah Jones as a guitarist, Richard Julian also has a distinguished solo career of his own. His previous album, Good Life, was voted as best album of the yea…...
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Neko Case

Neko Case is an alt-country singer songwriter who started out as a drummer around the Northwest punk rock scene in the mid-80’s. After performing in several roots-rock and…...
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Lenine

Born Osvaldo Lenine Macedo Pimentel, singer/songwriter and guitarist Lenine mixes northeast and Brazilian grooves with his pop music. His songs have been recorded by Dionne Wa…...
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Jolie Holland

Jolie Holland was born and raised in Houston, TX, but that little-known fact lacks significance in describing her sound. Her albums are a combination of blues, folk, jazz and pop,…...
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Sonya Kitchell

16-year old Sonya Kitchell’s debut album Words Come Back to Me is set for release next month. The recording seamlessly melds elements of jazz, R&B, folk and other roots…...
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Steve Wynn & The Miracle 3

Steve Wynn’s 80’s band Dream Syndicate were heralded as leaders of the L.A. paisley underground scene alongside the Bangles and Three O’Clock. After taking…...
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Refugee All Stars

The extraordinary story of the Refugee All Stars presented in a recent documentary named after the group. The six Sierra Leoneans came together to form a band while living as refug…...
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Rodney Crowell

Rodney Crowell was born in Houston, TX but moved to Nashville in his early twenties and met Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark. It wasn’t until Jerry Reed heard one of his acoustic…...
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Laura Veirs

Seattle singer/songwriter Laura Veirs has five official recordings under her belt, all varying in mood, atmosphere and texture. Her own self-titled debut from 1999 is a live per…...
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Amos Lee

After landing an extended tour opening for Norah Jones, Philadelphia-born Amos Lee hasn’t looked back. He draws his inspiration from folk and rock artists like Bill Withe…...
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Jessi Colter

Out of the Ashes is Jessi Colter’s new CD. It has been 20 years since her last one. In the intervening time she toured with husband Waylon Jennings and helped him as he struggle…...
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Dengue Fever

During a 1997 trip to Cambodia, organist Ethan Holtzman contracted a disease transmitted via mosquito, hence the name of this 60’s-era style Cambodian rock band from Los A…...
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Flip Grater

From dirty indie folk-rock to gentle, introverted ballads, Flip Grater blends her honey-coated voice with intelligent, self penned songs. Based in Christchurch, New Zealand,…...
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