In remembrance and celebration of legendary Texas troubadour Townes Van Zandt, fans packed into the Cactus Café (a stage where Townes performed many, many times) to take part in the yearly all-star tribute to the man and his music.
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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.
The musical community of Austin is always ready to lend a hand when one of their own needs a little help, usually by way of a benefit show with an incredible line-up like the Monday night show at Antone’s benefitting Will Sexton who had a mild stroke in December. While he can still play guitar (he even played at the show), remembering songs (including his own) is still difficult and he’s been instructed to take things “a little slower.”
After hundreds of hours listening to all types of new music from the last year, we’re pleased to bring you our “best of 2009″ list with some of our favorites and a few that slipped through the cracks in our radar but we love just the same.
Download our Best of 2009 iMix with our favorite track from each of these records.
BettySoo is one of those people it’s just plain-near-impossible not to fall in love with immediately.
She’s a little giggly in an endearing sort of way and brightly optimistic. She sings with a pure voice, writes songs full of emotion and oh, yeah, she’s a regular twitterer (“Oh, I’ve got to be careful about that thing!” she laughed when asked about a particular tweet involving fried pickles.)
Before the release of her latest album Heat Sin Water Skin earlier this month, we caught up with her on the phone to talk about the record, her music and her love of breakfast from her home in Austin, with the songbirds singing in the background.
BettySoo simply stands out. The Texas native claims to be a bit of an oddity in the folk scene, but it’s got nothing to do with her height (5′) or her ancestry (Asian-American) – it’s all about her music.
Her latest album, Heat Sin Water Skin, perfectly showcases her clear soprano voice and her songwriting abilities (she’s won multiple awards including the Kerrville New Folk, Wildflower Festival and Big Top Chautaqua) in a mix of pop, folk, country and even a tiny hint of gospel.
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