Austin’s Crooks boasts a whiskey-soaked sound that recalls ‘70s outlaw country. They first grabbed NPR’s attention with the song called “My First” which...
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Originally hailing from Greenville, South Carolina, Nikki Lane headed out west as fast as she could. After working a few random jobs and playing just two promising shows, Lane left it all for a corporate job offer in New...
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Rebecca Gates' musical resume is pretty impressive. She's recorded four full length albums (three as the leader of The Spinanes and one solo), toured internationally, and appeared on recordings with a smattering of big names in music including Willie Nelson and...
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Singer/songwriter Jamie Scott and producer TommyD make up the duo Graffiti6, a London based indie pop act. The pair come from very different sides of the music business, with Scott playing indie folk rock and TommyD producing for artists like Kanye West,...
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Based in London, The Duke Spirit has been seen as a melding of influences ranging from alternative guitar bands such as The Jesus and Mary Chain and...
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It's a lot easier to compare Girl in a Coma to a tornado or a hurricane than it is to compare them to any other band. Simply put: Girl in a Coma is unstoppable. The San Antonio trio deals in raw power, a lot of which can be attributed to singer Nina Diaz's...
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[Audio clip: view full post to listen] When Sarah Jaffe made her debut as an artist, she was decidedly in the folky, singer-songwriter-y camp. And that wasn’t a bad camp to be in, from there her vocal talents and strength as a songwriter were able to really shine. But listening to her first...
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Since his first album as a bandleader in 1999, jazz pianist and composer Jason Moran has been considered one of the most innovative and skilled individuals in the business. Some have even gone so far as to call him "the future of jazz." But Moran hasn't always...
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Austin musician Glenn Fukunaga is probably the city's most well-known bass player. He's played on recordings and in live shows with some of the best artists in Texas in addition to legends like Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry, and Robert Plant....
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Brooklyn based soul artist Lee Fields is a soul artist in the truest sense. Today, it's easy to throw something in the music industry and have it land on an artist or band that plays "soul/______ fusion." That is not the case with Lee Fields. Lee...
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Welsh musician and multi-instrumentalist Karl Wallinger is best known by the moniker he uses for his solo work, World Party, a project he kicked off in 1986, after a year-long stint with The Waterboys. When you've been playing music as long as he has, it...
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Canadian folk trio Timber Timbre have been twice nominated for the Polaris Music Prize, an award given to the best Canadian album every year. They were longlisted for their first release as a signed act (the self-titled Timber Timbre) in 2009 and...
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Musicians like Oliver Rajamani are the soul of Austin music, adding to the diverse range of styles and genres that make up the city's rich musical tapestry. He is both a master and a student of several Middle Eastern/South Asian/Gypsy schools...
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Slaid Cleaves like to keep things simple. His website bio says "Slaid Cleaves. Grew up in Maine. Lives in Texas. Writes songs. Makes Records. Travels around. Tries to be good." That brief description is a perfect example of Slaid Cleaves songwriting. Brilliant,...
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