March 11, 2013 10:23 am by: Alexandria Mayo
“It wasn’t quite like growing up with blues in Alabama,” says James Hunter of his Colchester, England upbringing. “But in my part of England, anyw…...
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LeBeau breathes his vocals, and the band is loose and groovy, but plenty tight.... » read more
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There's gotta be something in the water up in Denton. Pound for pound the little college town north of DFW fights well-above its weight class (and wins) in terms of sheer volume of talent it produces. One of those bands is
Matthew...
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Recently, the Duke Spirit stopped by
KUT's Studio 1A for a live session and performed today's song of the day,
"Procession." Our studio is a much smaller space than they're used to, but the Duke Spirit made it sound like the biggest arena in the world....
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In just about every recent story about
Sarah Jaffe, you hear how she seamlessly transitioned from sweet, if melancholy, folkie from Denton on her 2010 debut
Suburban Nature to slick, arty, rocker on her latest record
The...
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It's true that we're a bit spoiled musically in Austin. We're so ensconced in this lovely bubble of great music here, that it's so tantalizingly easy to overlook great artists from elsewhere in the state. But not today, because we're going to spotlight one of those great artists.
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The
album art for
Jesca Hoop's upcoming LP
The House That Jack Built (due out
June...
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Singer and songwriter
Josephine Foster has one of the most singular and versatile voices in contemporary folk. Her fluttering soprano serves as perfect accompaniment to her minimalist...
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Timber Timbre’s Taylor Kirk belongs to that long list of Canadian songwriters who have mastered the sound and feel of Americana despite living north of the border. His group's fourth album, titled...
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Marissa Nadler is a bit of a renaissance woman. She's not only an outstanding singer and songwriter, but she's also an accomplished visual artist. She brings an artist's eye to her songwriting....
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Like any artist,
Anthony D'Amato loves to tip his cap to his influences. His melodies call to mind old folk songs, and he even wrote his graduate thesis on Bruce Springsteen. On D'Amato's new track
"Hank...
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It's inevitable that a band is going to grow and change over time. Sometimes that takes the form of an ill-advised electro-concept record, sometimes it's as simple as a lineup shift. For Austin garage-pop quartet
The Magnificent...
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It's not very often that you find a songwriter that can make it sound so easy.
Slaid Cleaves is one of those songwriters, and he's been honing his craft for almost thirty years....
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Little Brave is the alter-ego of singer and songwriter Stephanie Briggs. She began her musical career in the early 2000s with the band Rodger Wilko, who put out three albums before Briggs struck out on her own, releasing two albums...
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Going on holiday is all about doing something different, getting away from the norm. Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Kenny Vasoli, the man behind the group
Vacationer, knows that all too well.
If you're a fan of angsty...
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A few weeks back
Joel Guzman stopped by KUT with a cadre of musicians for a session in
Studio 1A. They were here to talk about
Squeezebox Mania, a...
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