“That’s my favorite question… what could possibly go wrong?” Butch Hancock asked before launching into another round of the epic saga of “Split and Slide.” Finishing out the last of his five-night residency and celebrating the last night of the legendary, original Cactus Cafe before the impending KUT takeover, he was joined by friends (including Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely and BettySoo), several hundred fans, Cactus Cafe supporters and live music lovers to celebrate the historic evening.
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.
Packing Momo’s Club with a sampling of talent from the local Nancy Fly Agency (which books Texas roots music), Wednesday night SXSW fans got a taste of music from Warren Hood, The Marshall Ford Swing Band, Carolyn Wonderland and BettySoo (who currently has a Wednesday night residency at the club). More…
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. More…
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.
