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Music, Music ArchiveMilkDrive in Studio 1aEach of the instrumentalists in Austin jazz-grass band MilkDrive have earned various awards and accolades for their skill on the instrument of their choice. Of course, awards ar…... |
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Song of the DayThese Mad Dogs of Glory: “Veils”The lines between roots and rock have always been blurry at best. When you get right down to the meat and bone, rock 'n' roll is just amped-up hillbilly music. Austin quartet These Mad Dogs of Glory proudly live in the frontier land between the two. They're rootsy as hell, with plenty of rock 'n' roll grit.
We here at KUT are big fans of These Mad Dogs of Glory. The band's sophomore EP (released this past summer), Sweet Appalachia, ended up on two of our year-end, top-ten lists (Check out Laurie Gallardo's and |
Music, Music Archive
MilkDrive @ KUT 11/17/11
Austin band MilkDrive categorizes themselves as an art-folk-progressive acoustic string band, which (while being a bit of a mouthful) is a deadly accurate description. Their specificity shows how strong they are in their identity as a band,...
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Song of the Day
Doyle Bramhall, Sr.: “Lost In Th...
In the early '70s, a number of Dallas musicians decided to pack it up and move to the sleepy town of Austin. Jimmy Vaughan and his younger brother Stevie, Paul Ray, and Doyle Bramhall made the trek and remade Austin into a blues paradise.
So it was with great sadness that we heard the
This Week in Texas Music History
Keg Johnson
This Week In Texas Music History we'll remember a musician who built cars and painted houses when he wasn't playing with some of the biggest names in jazz. Trombonist Keg Johnson was born November 19, 1908 in Dallas. Johnson's father, a choir director, encouraged his son to play...
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Song of the Day
The White White Lights “Doctor Doctor”
Austin’s own The White White Lights are the like the mutant love child of The Yeah Yeah Yeah’s arty, urban cool and Nancy Sinatra’s psyched-up strut. The much bandied-about group made a big splash last...
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Austin Music Minute
Black Pistol Fire Plays Saturday Night...
Canadian duo Black Pistol Fire is keeping very busy splitting time between Toronto, where they're working on their second full-length album, and Austin. After recording and performing as part of the trio The...
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Music
Red Horse @ KUT 11/12/11
Red Horse is somewhat of a supergroup of singer-songwriters, made up of John Gorka, Lucy Koplansky and native Austinite Eliza Gilkyson. The three came together in 2010 to record a…...
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Austin Music Minute
Graham Weber Album Release Show Friday...
Graham Weber is originally from Ohio, but now quite happily makes Austin his home, and the place where he wants to continue making music. The songwriter has three impressive albums to his credit - Naïve Melodies (2003),...
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Austin Music Minute
The Queen of Soul: Aretha Franklin Pe...
It's immediate association by first name: Aretha.
No doubt one would think of the iconic singer, the legend, the one and only, the Queen of Soul. Aretha Franklin, the first woman inducted into the Rock...
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Music, News, Texas Music Matters
Bluesman Doyle Bramhall Sr. Dies
Singer, songwriter and blues drummer Doyle Bramhall Sr. died early Sunday at his home in Alpine. He was 62.
Austin’s reputation as a hotbed for the blues owes a huge debt to Doyle Bramhall, part of a wave of Dallas/Fort Worth musicians who moved to Austin in the early 1970s. He released three...
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Austin Music Minute
The Ghost Wolves Play Tuesday Night at...
Apparently, "face-melting" (as the expression goes) is a good sign in rock 'n' roll. You need to see to it that your audiences' faces are most appropriately melted off from all the ruthless rock. Awesome. In that very realm, we now have The Ghost...
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Features
Presenting the One and Only Wild Bill:...
It all began innocently enough, one summer afternoon in August. Luke Borders of Austin Music Weekly invited me to a very special happy hour show at Flipnotics -...
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Song of the Day
Chuck Ragan: “Nomad By Fate”
At first glance, punk and folk music don’t seem to have much in common. But both genres passionately celebrate the agony and ecstasy of a life lived on the wrong side of the tracks. Chuck Ragan, the former frontman for Florida punk group...
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Texas Music Matters
Big Broadcast: Live Treasures, Redisco...
On the next Texas Music Matters--songs from the cutting room floor: recorded rarities not originally intended for release by Buddy Holly, Sarah Jaffe and Spoon. Also, our Song...
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Song of the Day
Marmalakes: “Geneva Hall”
The shaggy-mopped, fresh-faced guys in the band Marmalakes are strong evidence that the kids that grew up in Austin are usually cooler than the kids that didn’t.
Since forming four years ago, the boys of Marmalakes have turned out a crop...
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