December 17, 2012 11:27 am by: Reid O'Conor
Known for his impressive live shows, Guy Forsyth has been a force in Austin music for the past 20 years. His style is a wholly unique blend of sounds, making for something that’…...
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Singer-songwriter and Austin native Suzanna Choffel has been busy this year. Her single "Stumble" was selected as one of the top 3 songs in the Performance category of the International Songwriting Competition. She appeared on NBC's The Voice, performing Fleetwood Mac's hit song "Landslide" and landing herself on Blake Shelton's team. Fans and media alike loved her on the show with Rolling Stone calling her "the most intriguing" contestant on the show. Her most recent album, Steady Eye Shaky Bow, has been received fantastically with rave reviews coming from around Texas. On Saturday, Suzanna will be playing two shows in Austin, one during the day at the Armadillo Christmas Bazaar, and another that night at Strange Brew.... » read more
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John Inmon is a Texas guitarist cut from the same clothe as Stevie Ray Vaughan. Inmon’s peers know him as one of the finest guitarists in Austin, Texas (and, considering the c…...
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True to their name, Dirty Ghosts rose from the ashes of San Francisco sludge-blues combo Parchman Farm in 2006. Then the band was a duo, but since the creation of the band, Dirty Ghos…...
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Beaverton, Oregon based band
The Helio Sequence has been around since 1999, but until recently, they hadn't released an album in almost 5 years. The indie rock duo's newest release,
Negotiations, features a warmer, richer sound than their past...
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Graham Wilkinson is difficult to pin down to a genre when he's just playing under his own name. So of course it would make sense that he would be a part of a "fun, light-hearted, satirical take on ol' timey string bands." Honeydew Revue is the name...
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North Carolina based band
Lost in the Trees is Ari Picker’s pop passion project. The group started out as his one man bedroom recording project, and since then has evolved to become something of a folk orchestra, with a full backing band and string...
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Emily and Christian of
The Light Upstairs met in Austin, TX in 2005 when a mutual friend invited each of them to play in a new band. Emily was recruited for violin and vocals, and Christian filled in on various instruments as required by the band’s...
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Together, Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst form the band
Shovels & Rope. The Charleston, South Carolina based duo is actually named after an album they released together, and not the other way around. Appropriately enough considering the season,...
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Currently in its 79th season,
ZACH Theatre has always been a staple and beacon of innovation in the Austin theatre community. Unlike some of the other theatres in town, ZACH Theatre is a producing theatre. Meaning that while other theatres around the town...
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Austin cover band
The Eggmen isn't just a Beatles tribute band. They're
the Beatles Tribute Band (at least as far as Austin is concerned). The band's been going 20 years strong, winning "Best Cover Band" in the Austin Chronicle Music Poll. In a typical...
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Nashville based musician
Gabriel Kelley seemingly went backwards through the music industry. Kelley got started out writing songs for a music publishing company in Nashville, but the job of writing songs-of-the-moment for other people didn't suit him. So...
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Local hip-hop acts Riders Against the Storm (R.A.S.) Kydd Jones, Crew54, and Bavu Blakes feat. C.J Edwards are all opening up for Mos Def aka Yasiin Bey at Emo's East on Tuesday, October 30. They recently stopped by Studio 1A to remind us that Austin has a vibrant hip-hop scene, that is too good to...
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Poor Moon is a band comprised of longtime friends Christian Wargo, Casey Wescott, and brothers Ian and Peter Murray. And
Poor Moon is the title of their full-length debut. But before there was a band or a record, there was the music, a series of songs forged by Christian Wargo over a...
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The Blue Hit got together through a series of events involving San Marcos, the Kerrville Folk Festival and an old house on the eastside of town. The trio has put out two full length albums featuring their lovely, haunting blend of guitar, cello and vocals. Their most recent, self-titled, release is...
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The singer/guitarist from Massillon, Ohio performs a mixture of musical styles, drawing on the traditions of the Mississippi delta and Northeastern Hill country, the wild jug band sounds of Memphis, early piedmont and ragtime blues fingerpicking, the driving boogie of the West Helena, Arkansas...
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