Charley Pride brings a traditionalist’s touch to Ameripolitan Awards
In 1969, as his career in country music was starting to take off after a string of big hits, a 31-year-old Charley Pride and his family decided to leave their adopted home state of Montana for a place...
View ArticleA new Antone’s
“I wanna hear Derek O’Brien play some guitar.” It’s a Friday night at the new Antone’s, and one of the club’s co-owners, Gary Clark Jr.
View ArticleSome Austin musical couples share their love stories
For Valentine’s Day, we asked a handful of Austin couples who play music together to share a few thoughts on how love and music intertwine in their relationships.
View ArticleDivining the Grammys: Our choices of who will win, and who should
Who will be the big winners in Monday night’s 58th Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles? Could a Taylor Swift sweep be in the works?
View ArticleAustin360 music picks: 7 nights of shows, Feb. 19-25
FRIDAYCarrie Rodriguez “Lola” release at Waterloo Records. Rodriguez finds herself in a rare position as a Chicana Americana fiddle player, something that early in her career she says didn’t occur to...
View ArticleA roundup of Austin bands releasing music, playing shows to celebrate
Balmy weather and buds on trees aren’t the only indication of an early spring in Austin this year. An onslaught of new records by local artists arrives this week, and the weekend leading up to Leap Day...
View ArticleAustin360 club picks: 7 nights of music, Feb. 26-March 3
FRIDAY“Don’t Gentrify My Neighborhood” at Scoot Inn. Local rapper Lench Martinez hit a nerve when he dropped his song “What Happened to Austin” in early January.
View ArticlePresident Barack Obama, Michelle Obama to speak at SXSW events
In a first for South by Southwest, the festival this year will host a sitting U.S. president.President Barack Obama will be interviewed in a SXSW Interactive keynote conversation on Friday, March 11,...
View ArticleAustin360 music shows: 7 nights of club picks, March 4-10
FRIDAYAtmosphere at Emo’s. In the mid-’90s, rap duo Atmosphere put Minneapolis hip-hop on the map with an intelligent take on conversational backpack rap.
View ArticleAfter 30 years, SXSW has broadened Austin's horizons
Imagine this: It’s 2016, and South by Southwest has never happened. What does the city of Austin look like?
View ArticleRodeo Austin offers a country alternative to mid-March madness
The fact that Rodeo Austin overlaps with South by Southwest every year is telling about the demographics of the Austin area.
View ArticleJohn Morthland, renowned music journalist and longtime Austinite, dies
John Morthland, a longtime contributing editor at Texas Monthly magazine who began his career amid the first wave of music journalists at Rolling Stone and Creem, was found dead at his home in Austin...
View ArticleFrom hundreds of local bands playing SXSW, here are 10 that stand out
Hundreds of Austin bands play South by Southwest every year. Our music writers choose a handful that are worthy of attention.
View ArticleChicago’s Robbie Fulks seeks out the American condition on new album
This year marks 30 years for South by Southwest, and 20 years since Chicago singer-songwriter Robbie Fulks released his first album.
View ArticleBay Area band Thao & the Get Down Stay Down bring a broad-ranging sound
Many moons ago, in the midst of alt-country magazine No Depression’s heyday, my co-editor Grant Alden mentioned that during a guest-lecturing stint at a Virginia university, he’d come across an...
View ArticleJavier Escovedo’s long career takes a new turn with recent solo albums
Most of the longtime veterans at SXSW this year already have extensive catalogues of solo records, from Iggy Pop to Loretta Lynn to Leon Russell to Judy Collins.
View ArticleLouis Meyers, co-founder of South by Southwest, dies at 60
Louis Meyers, one of the four founders of the South by Southwest Music and Media Conference in 1987, died early Friday of a heart attack at St.
View Article15 bands you should not miss at SXSW 2016
With more than 2,000 artists filling stages during the South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival, it can be hard to prioritize.
View ArticleDavid Bowie street sign had special meaning for SXSW’s Roland Swenson
The big green sign leaning against the wall in South by Southwest co-founder Roland Swenson’s office makes for a nice conversation piece.
View ArticleSXSW marks 30 years with a presidential visit and tech’s continued rise
The 30th iteration of South by Southwest will be remembered first and foremost as the year the White House came to town.
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