It all starts with your first SXSW showcase. For music industry veterans, you never forget it. The year was 2007 and Amy Winehouse was creating headlines with a soulful performance at Stubb’s that ended with her in handcuffs. A tiny social media company was in town promoting a network that limited your entries to 140 […]
Threadgill’s: 81 Years of Food, Beer and Music
In 1933, 29 years after Austin sealed the deal on 31 used moonlight towers, bootlegger and entrepreneur Kenneth Threadgill opened a Gulf filling station just north of the Austin City Limits sign. To Threadgill, it was more than just a filling station.
Before MTV, There Was…
The concept of music television existed long before MTV was created. The award winning PBS series Austin City Limits has been shaping the way we experience music for 40 years. ACL began with a vision to highlight local music and has grown into an international sensation. Musicians and fans from around the world look up to ACL’s […]
3 Austin Music Venues That Go Beyond Mainstream
Austin is often hailed as the Live Music Capital of the World. While this grandstand title is nice, if your musical tastes don’t fit into popular genres, you may wonder where to find unique music to enjoy. If you’re looking to move beyond mainstream, read on to learn about a few of my favorite Austin […]
Austin Music Equipment Rental Company Supports Community
Guest article by Gina Sigillito When musicians, music professionals and music lovers walk into the newly-built, enormous, guitar and gear-filled space of LoudMouth Rentals in Northeast Austin, they are instantly hit by the feeling that something special is coming alive. With enough room for several small stages and enough amps, drums, and lighting equipment to […]
Black Fret Awards $100,000 to Austin Musicians
The red carpet was aglow with paparazzi flashes as Austin’s music royalty arrived at The Paramount for Black Fret’s inaugural Black Ball. A surge of music and energy was brought to the stage at 7 PM this past Saturday night, kicking off five hours of unique performances from 16 of the 20 grant nominees. Black Fret […]
Music Is Adrian Croom’s Bridge to Special-Needs Clients
Guest article by Debbie Stanley Some of Adrian Croom’s best relationships are completely nonverbal. As a songwriter, composer and producer, he creates captivating instrumental music that is sometimes lavish, sometimes elegantly spare and always evocative. As a service provider for Austin Travis County Integral Care (ATCIC), he assists clients ages 17-52 who have behavioral health […]
Austin Musicians to Receive $100,000 at Inaugural Black Ball
On November 8th, a new event will be introduced to Austin, TX. Under the historical roof of Congress Avenue’s Paramount Theatre, non-profit Black Fret will award $100,000 to 10 local music artists at the inaugural Black Ball. Black Ball has been a long time coming. Following its Launch Party at the beginning of 2013, Black Fret marked […]
Fun Fun Fun Fest Rocks Auditorium Shores with 4 Stages of Fun
November 7-9, 2014 will showcase one of the coolest cross genre entertainment festivals in the United States. Fun Fun Fun Fest skillfully blends hard rock, hip-hop, indie rock, comedy and action sports in a three day hulabaloo that leaves event goers desperately wishing they were within range of the taco cannon. Fun Fun Fun […]
Road to ACL 2014: Interview with The Nightowls
The Nightowls, a local ten-piece soul band, are on fire. They just released their second CD, recorded a third, have been playing big events around town and are now gearing up to play ACL for the first time. I had the pleasure to sit down with bandleader Ryan Harkrider and vocalist Tara Williamson for lunch […]
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