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Texas Music MattersBig Broadcast: Cars & GuitarsOn 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 Friday at noon or Friday night at 11pm for a special Texas Music Matters homage to the car. ... |
Features, Texas Music Matters
The Loop: Ntropy
Beat music is a form that has grown out of various strains of electronic music, right in our backyard. Several local collectives are going strong with monthly live showcases and online compilations, and Texas Music Matters wants to shine a light on the scene. Each week, we’ll...
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Texas Music Matters
Big Broadcast: Old Settler’s, Ne...
25 years of Old Settlers’: how a bluegrass festival became an Austin institution. Also—Record Store Day and the vinyl mystique, why Marfa’s a magnet for music, plus new songs by Bellaire, The Eastern Sea, and much more…that’s on the next Texas...
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Texas Music Matters
Big Broadcast: New Songs for Spring
From familiar names like Sarah Jaffe and the Black Angels to brand new artists like Emily Wolfe and The Tontons, there's a...
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Texas Music Matters
Unsung: The Stories of Women in Texas ...
From the singing cowboys of depression era movies to the beer-drinkin’ good ol’ boys of modern country, Texas music has been wrapped in a Lone Star mythology that’s decidedly masculine. Yet from its earliest days, women like Cindy Walker wrote the songs the cowboys would sing. Some, like...
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Big Broadcast: Best of Texas @ SXSW 20...
On the next Texas Music Matters, we're turning a spotlight on "The Best of Texas" showcasing at SXSW Music. We'll profile the ones to watch from the Lone Star State, plus we'll rundown our annual list of 5 local musicians who day in and day out help to define the Austin sound--we...
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Texas Music Matters
Big Broadcast: Messin’ With Texa...
On Texas Independence Day, we're celebrating some of the independent-minded musicians who've dared to push the boundaries of Texas music. Join Jeff McCord, Laurie Gallardo, Jody Denberg, and many more from the KUT music team as we take on the stereotypes. It's a...
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Texas Music Matters
Big Broadcast: Underground Music
On the next edition of Texas Music Matters, Austin's underground live music scene no one talks about--until now. Also, brand new stuff from Lyle...
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Texas Music Matters
Big Broadcast: Into the Vaults
Austin City Limits has just won the Peabody Award for excellence in broadcasting--coinciding with the 50th anniversary of its home station, KLRU. This week, longtime producer Terry Lickona offers a rare peek behind the scenes at Studio 6A, birthplace of ACL, with stories and music from the longest...
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The Loop: Soundfounder
For the first installment of The Loop, we invited Andrew Brown—otherwise known as Soundfounder—into our studios to talk about Austin's beat scene—a burgeoning community of electronic artists that's making a lot...
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Texas Music Matters
Big Broadcast: Spirit of ’72
San Francisco had a summer of Love. But Austin? It’s was more than just a season.
The Spirit of ’72 became a musical movement that flourished for a decade, and continues to define Austin --and Texas--in important ways. 'Outlaw Country', 'Progressive Country', call it what...
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Texas Music Matters
Big Broadcast: Best of SXSW 2012
Many are calling it the best SXSW music ever. Find out why as we roll back the tape and listen to our favorite songs from the just concluded music conference. From Jimmy Cliff to Glen Hansard, Alabama Shakes to Bruce Springsteen and beyond --It’s the Best of SXSW...
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Big Broadcast: ‘The List’ for SXSW ’12
Join Stephen Thompson of NPR Music, Rita Houston of New York's WFUV, Peter Mongillo of the Austin American Statesman and KUT’s Jeff McCord as our panel of SXSW music veterans pick 'the ones to watch' this year. It’s...
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Texas Music Matters
Big Broadcast: The Texas Shaman
Once upon a time, he was the voice of the good ol’ boy too clever for his own good. These days, he’s revered as the poet laureate of the lonesome road—a conjurer of characters, a shaman of Texas song. Join us for our spotlight on Ray...
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Texas Music Matters
Big Broadcast: Austin Music Evolved
Fresh releases from Shearwater and the Heartless Bastards—new songs back-to-back with vintage live tracks you’ll hear nowhere else. Also, the implausible return of
