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Song of the DayLost & Nameless Orchestra: “The Red Haired Boy”"Competitive fiddling" may sound odd, but it's no joke. Chris Peterson won the State Championship in fiddling in Arkansas, and he's taken his prestigious skills across the country and even to Europe, touring with guitarist and longtime friend Patrick Conway. Ultimately, the duo settled in Austin, and it's here that Peterson found his fiddling match. Enter Kimberly Zielnicki, a high school phenom who took classical violin and fiddling lessons from Peterson. He was so impressed that he invited her to join his band Lost & Nameless Orchestra.
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Austin Music MinuteThis Is Not A Love StoryMy colleague Chad Swiatecki is a great writer who keeps music lovers like me in the know. He’s done quite a bit for several publications, including Rolling Stone Maga…... |
Austin Music Minute
Kalu James Plays Tonight at Hotel Vega...
It's been awhile since Nigerian-born songwriter Kalu James lived in Rochester, NY. He made music, formed and did a lot of open-mic nights on the East Coast before making his way to the Live Music Capital.
It was a nerve-wracking decision at first, but it wasn't long before he felt the warm...
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Features
Making Music “With Friends”...
Even having a bandmate out of the country couldn't stop The Navasota String Band from making music. During a brief hiatus, in which vocalist and guitarist Ryan O’Donnell spent a year living in France, fiddler...
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Austin Music Minute
Little Brave Plays Tonight at Frank
Songwriter Stephanie Briggs didn't start using the alias Little Brave until last year with the release of her third album, Wound & Will. And the moniker seems most appropriate - at first,...
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Features, Texas Music Matters
The Loop: Kinder
Michael D. White started out playing guitar, recording loops to his computer and trying to figure how to sound like a band without actually having a band. But these rudimentary experiments soon led to crafting his own original electronic music in his bedroom. White assumed the...
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Music
KUT Music News for June 19, 2012
In today’s music news:
– A new chapter for a fiddle prodigy: inspired in part by Amy Winehouse
– Radiohead silence following tragic stage collapse
– A ne…...
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Music Archive
Bob Dorough @ KUT 6/21/12
Although his name may not be familiar, listen to one of Bob Dorough's Schoolhouse Rock! tunes and you'll find yourself singing along instantly. But long before the wildly popular children's educational show brought his music to a wider audience, Dorough had established himself as a talented jazz...
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Music Archive
Will Fedkenhauer and Les Freres Meduse...
The two phenomenal guitarists Benoit Albert and Randall Avers form the group Les Freres Meduses (The Jellyfish Brothers). Both members of this contemporary classical duo have made names for themselves individually as well as together. They play traditional...
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Song of the Day
Rhett Miller: “Lost Without You”
While Rhett Miller might be primarily known as the frontman for alternative country stalwarts the Old 97's, it's hard to box him in. That's because Miller has always followed...
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Music Archive
Revel @ KUT 6/21/12
Based in Austin, the chamber music group Revel is redefining classical music for the masses. Informal performances in non-traditional venues are their specialty, all delivered without the pomp or pretension that scare so many of us away from classical music....
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Music
KUT Music News for June 20, 2012
Making news today:
– Britt Daniel’s (Spoon) new band takes wraps off debut single
– Cotton Mather recording new music with Ian McLagan
– Stones roll int…...
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Song of the Day
The Head and the Heart: “Fire/Fear”
Three of the group's members (Johnson, Russell and Thielen) were kind enough to stop by KUT's Studio 1A for a session....
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Austin Music Minute
Here We Go Magic Plays Tonight at The ...
You may have heard this story before, but it's worth repeating. It's the kind of tale that any band might appreciate.
According to Here We Go Magic frontman Luke Temple, it started as a less-than-desirable...
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Song of the Day
Beachwood Sparks: “Forget The Song”
On June 26, the purveyors of the neo-Laurel Canyon sound are returning to release a new record called The Tarnished Gold....
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Austin Music Minute
The Love Leighs Play Tuesday Night at ...
I was instantly captivated with my first listen of The Love Leighs' sweet yet seductive album, All Your Talk of Love. The Austin-based trio specializes in classic jazz, blues and twang styles with a few ragtime touches, all delivered with what they describe as "more than a little sass." And that...
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