Singer and songwriter Justin Townes Earle has quite the musical pedigree, being the son of Steve Earle. That being said, he's made more than enough strides to make it a very safe distance from his father's shadow. Earle is a pioneer of Americana and...
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By Yana Skorobogatov “Shut Up and Play the Hits,” one of the documentaries featured at this week’s SXSW Film Festival, chronicles the final days of the beloved indie da…...
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Minnesota band Trampled by Turtles plays traditional string instruments (guitar, bass, banjo, mandolin, and fiddle), but takes them and plays them in decidedly non-traditional ways. Their style has all the characteristics of your average bluegrass or folk...
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As the world comes to Austin for SXSW music this week, KUT is celebrating five Austin musicians making a mark on the world stage--we call them Austin Aces.In the final part of our weeklong series “The Austin Aces”, Jody Denberg reports on a drummer and producer...
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Jamaican musician Jimmy Cliff has been recording and performing music professionally for fifty years now, an incredibly lengthy career by any standards, but especially impressive given the fact that those 50 years started when Cliff was just 14 years old. One of the world's most...
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AUSTIN, Texas—March 14, 2012—KUT 90.5, community supported public radio from Austin, Texas, has been named “Best Radio Station” in the Austin Chronicle Music Poll and…...
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Either despite or because of her lack of formal training, Austin based jazz singer Kat Edmonson never fails to amaze an audience. After releasing her first album, Take to the Sky, in 2009, critics and fans alike were astounded by her voice, which...
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Texas duo Sons of Fathers' name almost implies a lot about them as a band. Their music is timeless and traditional country folk, music that their fathers or their fathers' fathers could have played. Either that, or I'm reading way too far into a band name,...
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Frontman, founding member, and principle songwriter for the Shins, James Mercer has easily become an indie rock household name. Mercer is known for his imaginative and poetic lyrics, both with the Shins, which have been a major player in music since the release of...
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Progressive bluegrass band Punch Brothers is known for their more experimental take on bluegrass. Their music is still bluegrass throughout, but each member of the band is so talented that they are able to take bluegrass in new and interesting directions....
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It's safe to say that Ray Wylie Hubbard is a Texas legend, but it's not as if anyone handed him that title. He's played music professionally for nearly 50 years now, and has been at the forefront of several movements within country music, especially the progressive country music...
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On the 25 year anniversary, to the day, of the first South by Southwest music conference, a man who helped define American popular music over the last quarter century delivered this year’s keynote speech. And in true Bruce Springsteen fashion, it wasn’t long before he was tugging on the...
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On the 25th anniversary of the first South by Southwest music conference, a man who helped define American popular music over the last quarter-century delivered this year’s keynote speech. And in true Bruce Springsteen fashion, it wasn’t long before he was tugging on the heartstrings of an...
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Singer-songwriter Grace Woodroofe has enjoyed a near meteoric rise to notoriety in the music world. From her home in Perth, Australia, she recorded two demos for an Australian radio competition, which earned the attention of several music industry...
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