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Violet Crown ReviewTrans-Texas Express May 5thEvery week we hop in the old minivan to visit our relatives in San Antonio and Dallas for their local music recommendations. Keeping us plugged into the music scenes on either side of I-35 are our brothers from other mothers, San Antonio Express-News music critic Hector Saldana, and KXT 91.7 music host Paul Slavens.
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This week our intrepid man in the field, Hector Saldana, shows us the two sides of San Antonio's singing salesman Rick Cavender. A quick search of the web will tell you Rick Cavender runs a succesful car dealership in San Antonio, but if you scroll a bit further you might just run into Rick Cavender the country musician. Hector says Cavender has put out four full length albums and is as at home playing in San Antonio's clubs as he is on the showroom floor.... |
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Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears R...
Get your dancing shoes on because Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears have recently released their self-titled EP, a collection of songs containing a sound that is infused with…...
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Western Swing with Willie and The Whee...
Willie Nelson and Asleep At The Wheel team up on a concept 30 years in the making – an album of western swing songs that Jerry Wexler hand picked from his personal LP collection…...
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10 Albums You Need to Know
On this program we look at ten great records by artists you’ve probably never heard of—but should have. Among them: an often overlooked gem from the Stax catalog, and an album b…...
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The Pons Have Their CD Release Show at...
Austin trio The Pons originally began their musical adventure as Lalaland. Really, it was sort of a symbolic thing to change the name. Things felt a tad stagnant. They were on the ve…...
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Local Music is Sexy… See For You...
We brought this thing called a camera to the Mohawk last night. As a radio journalist I’ve never seen one of these contraptions but I’ve heard of its ability to capture…...
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Fun³ Fest ‘08 – Video: Tim Fite
Nerds have never been so cool. I knew Tim Fitewas my kind of guy when he showed up in the media tent with pink highwaters and an even pinker t-shirt. Fite talks about his plans to take up…...
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‘Twas the Night before Fun³ Fes...
…and all through da house,
Lovely Sparrows were stirring,
and Leatherbag forgot to announce who they were.
Poetry, this ain’t. But there was real beauty in the simpl…...
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Fungi Girls Sprout From Denton
At 14 and 15 years old, the Fungi Girls, with their advanced garage rock sound, have emerged triumphantly in the local music scene. Based in the Cleburne/Denton area, the pair have…...
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The Golden Boys Tour Texas
Austin’s own Golden Boys combine a bit of psychedelic honky tonk with some good old rock ‘n roll. Their sophomore LP Whiskey Flower came out to much local acclaim in 20…...
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New Songs Up On The Mixtape
It’s about time. We’ve just put five more songs on the Texas Music Mixtape. See who made the list here. We’ll add to the mixtape as we get more submissions, so kee…...
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Hollywood Gossip EP Release Show at Cl...
Austin quartet Hollywood Gossip has something catchy going on, something contagious…bouncy and jangly indie-pop goodness. Talk about irresistible. This relatively n…...
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Fun³ Fest ‘08 – Video: Th...
New York’s The National headlined the Fun Fun Fun Fest on Saturday. Frontman Matt Berninger talked with KUT’s Andy Uhler about the growing importance of music festi…...
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Fun³ Fest ‘08 – Listen Locally
“Ask and you shall receive” or something like that. Brothers and Sisters brought some seriously good vibrations to the Mohawk last night as the closing act of “…...
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Fun³ Fest ‘08 – In Studio...
LA’s Dengue Fever continue to refine their psychedelic, ‘60s party rock, lounge blend, but are now even more unpredictable as evidenced on the group’s latest Venus on…...
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