After a four-month hiatus to record a new record (Letters in the Deep out June 8) Cadillac Sky is taking their impressive live show back on the road starting at the Parish Room in Austin, Texas.
These guys (Bryan, Matt, Ross, Panda, and David) live somewhere in the musical neighborhood of the Boulder Acoustic Society or Yonder Mountain String Band and just down the street from Old Crow Medicine Show turning their traditional bluegrass instruments (mandolin, banjo, fiddle, upright bass) inside out and upside down.
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When it comes to Texas music, Shelley King is something of an authority. In fact, she was named the Official Texas State Musician 2008, a title she passed to Willie Nelson. And her live show is a testament to the powerful combination of country, swing, gospel and a certain brand of Southern sass.
The Saxon Pub was packed for a Saturday night show with her band (the first band show she’s played since returning from a tour of Japan with Carolyn Wonderland in January).
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Jason Yates self titled 2009 sophomores solo CD, from Vapor Records, included nine tracks, and was recorded at Manny Nieto’s Estudio in East L.A., and produced by Yates, Nieto and Shane Smith. This well done CD bridges modern rock, blues, and a jazz filled soul sensation quite effortlessly.
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Five years after forming at a Rainforest Action Group benefit show, the all-stars that make up Great American Taxi (Vince Herman of Leftover Salmon, Chad Staehly, Jim Lewin, Edwin Hurwitz and Chris Sheldon) are reinventing jam-band orientated roots rock into something they call “Americana Without Borders.”
And without borders it is, their new record, Reckless Habits, is a delightful array of genre-mixing tunes calling on influences like the Grateful Dead, Woody Guthrie and the Byrds.
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The October 2009 debut release, Bittersweet Lullabies, from songwriter Sam Shrieve, contains a wide mix of styles — folk, pop, alternative, indie and ambient soundings. The recording displays his abilities to be a vocalist, pianist, acoustic guitarist, and drummer who can also play the strings.
Now in his third year of study, Shrieve, a 20-year-old from Seattle, Washington, is a student at the prestigious Berklee College of Music, in Boston.
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Don’t let the matching outfits fool you — while twin songwriters Tegan and Sara Quin could easily turn their act into a cliché-filled disaster by finishing each others thoughts in perfectly planned spontaneity and exchanging carefully-crafted stories of childhood designed to elicit soft chuckles from the audience, they somehow rise above being ridiculously adorable to put on an enjoyable show for both the skinny-jean wearing hipsters and the harmony-loving folk rockers.
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Barbara K.
As the battle to rescue the much-loved and renowned Cactus Café from budget cuts by the University of Texas wages on, the Friends of the Cactus Café and SavetheCactusCafe.org held a rally on the steps of the UT Tower gathering signatures and continuing to raise awareness.
Local musicians Sara Hickman, Bill Oliver, David Garza, Elizabeth Wills, Richard Bowden and Barbara K. performed alongside speakers State Rep. Elliot Naishtat and City Council member Laura Morrison reminding the community that the Cactus Café is a vital and historical venue that should be preserved.
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Returning to old stomping grounds, The Fabulous Thunderbirds took the stage at the legendary Antone’s club where they spent many years serving as the house band.
With support from openers The HiDefs and DaHeBeGeBees, the evening was filled with rocking and dancing to the Texas blues.
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