Texas Music has more than its share of great artists. But when it comes to songwriters, who sets the bar? If you ask other Texas songwriters, three names are consistently mentioned: Billy Joe Shaver, Guy Clark, and Townes Van Zandt. On the next edition of Texas Music Matters, it's the stories of the Texas Trinity: The Bard of Corsicana, The Master Craftsman, and The Troubled Troubador. Join us Friday at noon and again Friday night at 11 on KUT 90.5....
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Admittedly, it's rare - if at all - that the Austin Music Minute would feature a DJ. But there's more to RJD2 than what goes on at the turntables - or behind the infamous welding mask and voice modifier he sports at gigs. The Philadelphia-based RJD2 (born Ramble John Krohn) skyrocketed to popularity and notoriety with his 2002 critically-acclaimed debut, Deadringer. Since then, throughout his ten-year career, he’s done even more to establish himself on multiple levels: A premiere DJ, multi-instrumentalist, hip hop producer, live performer surrounded by high-rise stacks of vinyl, and composer. He's known to more mainstream audiences through the theme song he composed for the TV...
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