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KUT at the Four Seasons: Cotton Mather

March 14, 2012 12:36 pm by: Peter Babb

Austin based band Cotton Mather isn't the most well known band, but their album Kontiki's influence is deep and widespread. The album was an enormous hit in the UK, and Noel Gallagher has claimed it to be one of his favorites. It can be said that Kontiki has influenced a great many of the Austin bands that are active today. The album was recently re-released in a slightly more deluxe flavor than before, and Cotton Mather is reuniting to perform the album throughout at this year's SXSW. Cotton Mather's set from the Four Seasons is RIGHT HERE for your listening pleasure. ...
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Live from 1A: Hot Tuna

Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady are the founders and continuing core members of Hot Tuna. The pair has consistently led American music for the last 50 years, playing together in the…...
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Eleni Mandell Performs on Folkways

Tom Waits and PJ Harvey comparisons aside, L.A.’s Eleni Mandell is an artist who stands on her own while transforming her sound from dark, edgy folk to classic country to a mo…...
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Vince Bell’s Folkways App...

Austin singer/songwriter Vince Bell was one pronounced dead after being catapulted through a car window and landing in a pool of gasoline. That might explain why his songs come fr…...
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Dan Zanes’ Eklektikos Per...

As the former singer and guitar player for 80’s cult-rock band The Del Fuegos, Dan Zanes and brother Warren reached moderate success in the rock-n-roll world but never quit…...
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Beaver Nelson Live From Studio 1A

Beaver Nelson’s solid musicianship and poetry is already embedded in the Austin singer/songwriter soil. In the early 90’s, he was a regular at the Chicago House wit…...
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Graham Reynolds’s Golden Arm Tri...

Austin’s seminal composer and king of the local avant-garde scene Graham Reynolds has written film scores, symphonies, operas and children’s choirs. Coming off t…...
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Laura Veirs Live From Studio 1A

Seattle’s Laura Viers made the move south to Portland since her 2005 recording Year of Meteors. This year’s Saltbreakers takes on her personal shifts from in-and-o…...
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Live From 1A : Xavier Rudd

Australia’s Xavier Rudd released his debut album in 2004. His varied island rhythms, intriguing high-pitched voice and assortment of percussion, wind and stringed inst…...
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LiveSet: Walt Wilkins & the Mysti...

There’s nothing mysterious about The Mystiqueros. They sing great harmony vocals, are super players and write contemporary country music that you want to hear. Led by Nas…...
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LiveSet From the Archives: Two Tons of...

It’s finally summer and time for Two Ton Tuesdays down at Gruene Hall all summer long. What is Two Ton Tuesday? On Saturday, June 9, 2007, LiveSet From the Archives presented…...
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Kara Grainger Live From 1A

Australian Kara Grainger grew up in a working-class suburb of Sydney, Australia, where she got her musical start playing guitar in pubs and venues. The blues, jazz and soul she gre…...
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Kerrville Folk Festival Winners Perfor...

The Kerrville Folk Festival is in full swing and for the third year in a row KUT’s LiveSet presents the winners of the New Folk Competition from KUT’s Studio IA. The con…...
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Michael Fracasso Live From Studio 1A

Austin’s Michael Fracasso came to town in 1990, but it was a long trip from Ohio to Washington State, through New York on the Village circuit and finally to this river city he c…...
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LiveSet Sessions: A Band of Heathens

Combine a talented bunch of heathen singer-songwriters with a rhythm section andyou’ve got yourself a band or, in this case, The Band of Heathens. The Heathens invaded Stu…...
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