Celebrating the release of her new record, Cry ‘Till You Laugh, the amazing Terri Hendrix along with her talented band Lloyd Maines and Glenn Fukunaga took the stage at the Cactus Café for two sets of rockin’ folk/country fused with jazz, swing and blues.
Reviving some tunes from Raising Sand, his 2007 album with Alison Krauss as well as some Zeppelin tunes, Robert Plant has his new Band of Joy on the road giving fans a chance to preview their upcoming record.
With Patty Griffin taking harmony (and sometimes lead) vocals, along with a return of Buddy Miller on lead guitars, Marco Giovino, Darrell Scott and Byron House make up the newly revived “Band of Joy.”
On the blurred line between indie rock and straight-up pop, The New Pornographers (the Canadian-formed “supergroup” of Neko Case, Carl Newman and Dan Bejar among others) hit a sweet spot, bridging the generation gap between the skinny-jean wearing hipsters and their parents as evidenced by the crowd at their show Friday night at Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater.
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Big headlines in relation to CD releases can easily fall the way of hype that it’s nice to find a record that lives up to the bold print.
But what else could one expect from Tom Petty—crusader and hero of fans everywhere—and his Heartbreakers?
With Mojo, they deliver a gritty, almost-live disc with all the elements we love in anything bearing an incarnation of Tom Petty.
With her band (Will Sexton on guitars and Dave Terry on drums) BettySoo played an intimate house concert at the beautiful Hummingbird House in South Austin Saturday night.
As a member of the family band, The Cowsills, Susan Cowsill could have ended her musical career at 12-years-old with a place in the pop-culture history books with hit singles and as helping to inspire The Partridge Family.
She recently released Lighthouse, a record with its roots in the aftermath and devastation experienced as a result of Hurricane Katrina.
Susan was able to take some time to speak with us about the record, growing up as a child star and a potential Burt Bacharach covers project.
Pinetop Perkins had to celebrate his birthday a little early this year. That’s because on his 97th birthday (July 7) the illustrious Mississippi bluesman will be performing at a festival in Spain. He’s still touring, still rockin’ the keys and still creating new music.
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