The Austin Music Map, KUTX, and the City of Austin Music Division present... MapJam 2013, a daylong festival celebrating Austin music. From bluegrass to hip hop and conjunto to rockabilly, we've booked some of our favorite local bands at some of our favorite local venues. ...
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In the beginning--there were no beards--nor fuzzy guitars. After more than 4 decades, ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons gets set to revive the seminal Moving Sidewalks. Also: in the wake of the Newtown school shootings, NPR Music critic Ann Powers explores the healing force of a Natalie Maines recording....
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For the past several Decembers, we've passed around the microphones here at KUT, asking members of our staff to share their favorite holiday songs and the stories that go with them. We invite you to tune in for our 'radio holiday card' -- it's our annual all-staff holiday music special-- on the...
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Mondays typically aren't the busiest in the Live Music Capital. But on Monday nights, a coffee house on Barton Springs Road is routinely packed beyond "standing room only" to hear music not generally associated with the "Austin sound." For...
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It’s been an historic year for KUT, and we have lots to be thankful for. On this week’s holiday edition of Texas Music Matters, we turn the spotlight on our new Studio 1A. Join Ryan Bingham, Alejandro Escovedo, The Heavy, Citizen Cope and many more great artists (plus some of the folks behind...
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This week on Texas Music Matters we break in our brand new Session Studio at the Belo Center for New Media with some fresh faces and Austin originals. Also, we remember one of Austin's most famous music fans, visit a modern day powwow, and new music from Aimee Bobruk. We'll have all that plus the...
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This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll visit a place that puts the official state seal on the sounds of Texas....
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This week, the Austin Music Map explores Body Rock ATX, a monthly gathering hosted by DJ Chorizo Funk and MC duo Riders Against the Storm....
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On the next edition of Texas Music Matters- Austin 'found sound' from 1984: Jerry Jeff Walker at Dixies Bar and Bus Stop. Plus--A sneak preview of the forthcoming cd by one of Austin’s most celebrated sidemen and producers, Gurf Morlix. The Good Music Club cracks the vaults for its first CD, Plus...
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From the Moose Lodge to the Bergstrom International Airport, Austin is full of hidden music spaces. This week on Texas Music Matters the Austin Music Map takes us on a tour of the music venues that fly under the radar. All that and the weeks music news on the next edition of Texas Music Matters...
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On this week's Texas Music Matters we celebrate the inaugural U.S. F1 Grand Prix in Austin with a musical tribute to the automobile. Texas has no shortage of car songs but with some help from our listeners and the staff here at KUT we narrowed them down the 10 best Texas songs about cars. Tune in...
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Last weekend marked the 21st Annual Austin Powwow, which saw some of its biggest crowds ever. The event drew over 50,000 people from central Texas and beyond, including singers, dancers, curious observers, vendors, and some...
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