[Audio clip: view full post to listen] When Sarah Jaffe made her debut as an artist, she was decidedly in the folky, singer-songwriter-y camp. And that wasn’t a bad camp to be in, from there her vocal talents and strength as a songwriter were able to really shine. But listening to her first album, one got the impression that there was room for so much more – more expression, more power, more sound, just all around more. With her most recent release, Jaffe has brought the “more.” Her newest album, The Body Wins, brings out much more of a rock feel. She’s been working to find a sound that is more her own as she matures as a young artist, and you can tell that she’s on the right track. She stopped by KUT’s Studio 1A with her band in tow, and you can...
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KUT’s Texas Music Matters is partnering with the national Localore project to create “The Austin Music Map”: a year-long effort to go beyond the well-traveled streets of the Austin music scene in search of hidden places where music is being made. Today, producer Delaney Hall takes us to a bright red, steel sided slab of a building on the eastside – home to the local “Loyal Order of the Moose." The venue has become the home of the city's small but lively Conjunto revival....
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