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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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Wild Flag: “Romance”
he word “supergroup” conjures images of grimacing dudes playing bloated, overlong, self-indulgent solos. Forget all that. Wild Flag is the supergroup of the future.
Wild Flag is a quartet of women that know their...
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AA Bondy: “Surfer King”
He's not quite folk, but he's not quite rock and roll. He's A.A. Bondy.
Originally from Birmingham, Alabama, the singer formed his first band Verbena with high school friends in the late 90s. After Verbena's breakup, Bondy struck out on his own. He recorded his...
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Twin Shadow: “Slow”
Usually, electronic acts don't lend themselves well to stripped-down sets, but Twin Shadow is not your standard electronic act. It's the project for George Lewis, Jr., a musician who's traced his routes from the Dominican Republic to Brooklyn...
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Nakia: “Outta My Head”
Nakia started out as another local musician, but it will be hard to keep his talents confined to Austin. This past spring, national audiences fell in love with the singer after he appeared on NBC's talent show The...
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ACL Festival, Song of the Day
Asleep At The Wheel: “It’s A Good Day”
In 2002, a brand-new music festival kicked off in Zilker Park with much fanfare but also with a lot of questions to be answered. Since that beginning, the Austin City Limits Music...
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Ryan Bingham: “Snake Eyes”
All of a sudden, Ryan Bingham has become a household name. He performed two songs in the movie Crazy Heart, including “I Don’t Know,” and the theme song, “The Weary Kind," both of which were collaborations with the esteemed producer...
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Kurt Vile: “Jesus Fever”
Philadelphia’s Kurt Vile has quietly released a number of intimate, lo-fi folk albums over the past few years, but they don’t hold a candle to this year’s Smoke Ring For My Halo. The record finds Vile not only increasing his overall...
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Hello Wheels: “Summer’s In The Sun”
Despite being such a seemingly antiquated genre, folk music’s banner is being taken up wholesale by a number of Austin bands. We've been keeping our ears perked to Hello Wheels since the release of their debut EP Baby John The Fox earlier...
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Gomez: “Options”
Gomez hail from Southport, England, but over the course of their 14-year career, they’ve found their inspiration in American roots music. They boast three singers and four different songwriters, leading to an eclectic sound that draws from folk, blues,...
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Annuals: “Down The Mountain”
North Carolina’s Annuals have been crafting their expansive sound for only a few short years, but their youth is perhaps their greatest asset. Chief songwriter and vocalist Adam Baker attacks the challenge of song craft, seeming to...
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Daniel Lanois: “Here Is What Is”
Daniel Lanois is a name that often comes up in rock circles, and with good reason. Growing up in Canada, Lanois fell in love with the recording side of music, and he started out producing local talent in his hometown of Ancaster, Ontario. He quickly...
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Yellow Ostrich: “Mary”
Yellow Ostrich's Alex Schaaf is a graduate of Lawrence University, where he studied in the Wisconsin school's prestigious music conservatory. He takes a scholarly approach to his own music, which...
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Ha Ha Tonka: “Usual Suspects”
Ha Ha Tonka is a state park in the Ozarks of Missouri, but it's also the inspiration behind the band that shares the same name. Originally called Amsterband, the quartet changed their name...
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The Greencards: “Make It Out West”
Kym Warner, Carol Young, and Eamon McLoughlin--two Australians and an Englishman--found each other right here in Austin, Texas, and formed the Greencards in 2003. The contemporary bluegrass trio has since left the friendly confines of Central...
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