Texas Music Matters

Big Broadcast: KUTXMAS

December 18, 2012 12:44 pm by: Peter Babb

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 next Texas Music Matters. Join us Friday at noon and again Friday night at 11, on KUT 90.5. ...
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Texas Music Matters

Big Broadcast: Real Good Music

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 new artist discoveries L F Antenna, Lennings, and lots more. Join us for Texas Music Matters - Friday at noon and Friday night at 11pm on KUT. ...
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Austin Music Map: Lala’s Jukebox

"Best Jukebox in Austin" is a hotly contested title. But if you're a fan of swing, doo-wop, and big band, chances are good you favor the juke at Lala's Little Nugget—a smoky dive bar in Allandale that's perpetually decked out with Christmas decorations....
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Features, Texas Music Matters

The Loop: One4All

One4All often collaborates with other electronic artists digitally, resulting in music that's as boundary-less as the creator's imagination....
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Austin Music Map: Help Us Build the Ma...

We'll be launching an interactive website for the Austin Music Map in August. But even before then, there are ways that you can get involved and help us shape the project....
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Texas Music Matters

Big Broadcast: Best of 2012 (…So...

NPR Music has just released its top albums of 2012 so far. But after checking their list, we’ve discovered more than a few conspicuous oversights! Join the men and women of KUT Music as we count down our ten favorite albums of the year so far…it’s 10 for ’12, on the next Texas Music...
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Austin Music Map: The Annie Street Art...

The ratio of population to live music venues in Austin is greater than any city in the world. But that doesn't begin to tell the whole story. As Austin Music Map producer Haley Howle discovered, some of Austin's best live music venues aren't really venues at all. ...
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The Loop: Anna Love

For the most part, Austin's beat scene has remained in the city limits, but it's starting to be felt on a national level--thanks to Anna Love....
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Texas Music Matters

Big Broadcast: You Are Entering THE LO...

When most people think of the music of Austin Texas, the sounds of jazz, soul, funk or hip-hop are the first to come to mind. But take elements of all of those, mix them together with the sounds all around us, and voila! -- something new and utterly 'Austin'. Join the producers of our series 'The...
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Texas Music Matters

Big Broadcast: Remembering Woody

Rodney Crowell with a moving musical tribute to Susanna Clark; Jimmy Lafave talks about Woody Guthrie’s Texas, a San Antonio spin on a Martha and the Vandellas classic, a visit to the Austin hangout where it's 'Christmas in July'---plus the week's music news and more--on the next Texas Music...
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Texas Music Matters

This Week in Texas Music History: Sege...

Seger Ellis was born in Houston on July 4, 1904. Ellis’s father encouraged him to pursue banking as a career. However, Ellis taught himself piano and began performing on Houston radio stations in the early 1920s. He soon landed a contract with the Victor Recording Company and...
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Features, Texas Music Matters

The Loop: Solar Shield

When Chris and Ian McDowell received circuit boards and other electronic components for Christmas one year, it sparked a creative fire that the brothers still share under the name of Solar Shield....
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The Loop: Kinder

Michael D. White started out playing guitar, recording loops to his computer and trying to figure how to sound like a band without actually having a band. But these rudimentary experiments soon led to crafting his own original electronic music in his bedroom. White assumed the...
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Texas Music Matters

Big Broadcast: Austin, Odessa, and Eve...

Newly rediscovered tapes from the Cactus Cafe showcase the late Doc Watson at his prime. We'll sample a priceless performance from the archives. Also: a surprise track from Cotton Mather raises speculation of a new album. We'll revisit the summer Odessa, Texas took over the world. New Iron and...
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Austin Music Map: Baby Blue Studio

Much has been written about how gentrification in East Austin is changing the character of old communities. But one strip of Austin’s Eastside, famous for the blues, is retaining its character as a musical hotbed… albeit for a new sound....
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