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Texas Music MattersBig Broadcast: Austin Independent CountryThe Spirit of Austin's Outlaw Country could be making a comeback. This time around, its the hipsters and the cowboys mixing things up. On the next Texas Music Matters we travel to the Eastside where a new Independent Country music scene is alive and kickin'. We'll have music from bands like Mike and the Moonpies, Guns of Navarone, and Sons of Fathers. Also, a live performance by Crooks, plus the weeks music news, the Americana Music Awards, and much more. That's Texas Music Matters, today at noon and tonight at 11 on KUT 90.5.
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Nanci Griffith’s The Loving Kind
On the next edition of Texas Music Matters: a conversation with Nanci Griffith about her new album The Loving Kind, and a surprisingly intense ‘love/hate’ relationship with…...
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Top 10 Texas Songs
Texas Music Matters has identified more than 250 songs about Texas—all the way from ‘Abilene’ to the ‘Yoakum Texas Blues’. But of all the songs written about Texas (or a…...
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Revisiting Pearl Jam’s Ten
On this edition of Texas Music Matters, we’ll debut new music by Freedy Johnston, and hear why the critically-acclaimed songwriter credits Elton John’s “Goodbye Yellow B…...
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Texas Originals
On this Texas Music Matters, we honor a Texas singer-songwriter who’s been compared to the likes of Dylan, Guthrie and even Gershwin: the late, great Townes Van Zandt. Also, Ray…...
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Behind the Scenes at Austin’s Le...
Ta-ta, La-La land. Buh-bye, Nashville. The ‘live music capital’ is fast becoming the nation’s new hot spot for recording– thanks in large part to the recession plus…...
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One Hit Wonders: The Flipside
These are the stories of 8 Texas musicians… Each one immortalized by a single recording—never again to return to the hit parade. Join us for some unforgettable songs, and the l…...
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How Long Must I Dream: The Story of Ro...
On December 6th, 1988, rock music lost one of its founding icons. Born in Wink, Texas, Roy Orbison started his career in rockabilly music, and was warned by his producers not to waste his talent on ballads. Yet he would go on to global fame and influence a generation of followers with dramatic...
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Bob Wills to Bill Haley
On this edition of Texas Music Matters—we mark the death of a Texas music legend, and his connection to the birth of rock and roll. Also, unreleased music by Iron and Wine and The Al…...
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ACL ‘09 Preview
On the next edition of Texas Music Matters, we turn a spotlight on one of the big stories of the week: the lineup for the 2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival. The Decemberists will…...
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The List
On this edition of Texas Music Matters, it’s ‘The List’: our annual preview of the best new music coming to South-By-Southwest. We’ll be featuring picks from some of publ…...
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The Story of Willie Nelson
On this next edition of Texas Music Matters: it’s the little-known story of a Texas boy born in the Depression, whose American odyssey would turn him into an international i…...
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Guest DJ: Marcia Ball
Though America claims many great music cities, few have as unique a bond as Austin and New Orleans. Just ask Marcia Ball. On the next Texas Music Matters, the Grammy-nominated sing…...
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Retracing Texas Blues
On this edition of Texas Music Matters, Lightnin’ Hopkins, T-Bone Walker, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. From the street musicians of Dallas to Austin’s once-infamous Sixth Stree…...
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Smart Rock of ‘08
There’s indie rock. And then there’s indie rock in horn-rimmed glasses. Not quite art rock, but ‘smart rock’. According to The Urban Dictionary, smart rock is
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