As some of you are already aware (based on your selection last week as Reader’s Pick), Carolyn Wonderland can play a wicked steel guitar. And on her newest release, Truth Is, she plays with attitude. Hailing originally from Houston, Wonderland didn’t have it easy. A high school dropout, she moved to Austin to pursue her […]
Mike Delevante on Makeshift Mic Stands and Living By His Father’s Advice
Mike Delevante talks about turning a drum cymbal into a flashlight, how he and the Delevantes sought out the most interesting out-of-the-way/authentic/dive restaurant they could find, and his method for avoiding broken guitar strings.
Monday Morning Video – Fats Domino
How about we go back – way back – for this week’s video. Inaugural member of the Rock Hall of Fame Fats Domino released his version of the classic “Blueberry Hill” back in 1956 and performed it on Austin City Limits back in 1987.
Readers’ Pick: Carolyn Wonderland – Truth Is
You picked Carolyn Wonderland – Truth Is as your favorite new release for the week of May 16, 2025.
Tierinii Jackson of Southern Avenue on Living Online and Why the Band Rarely Practices
Singer Tierinii Jackson of Memphis blues and soul band Southern Avenue talks about why saying no is just as powerful as saying yes and the importance of drinking water.
Monday Morning Video – David Garza’s Disco Ball World
Sometimes ya just wanna hear a great blast of rock and roll. David Garza delivers that and then some with this incendiary take on “Disco Ball World”, captured live in Austin back in the late aughts. Hard to go wrong when you’ve got two drummers throwing down a furious beat…
Readers’ Pick: I’m With Her – Wild and Clear and Blue
You picked I’m With Her – Wild and Clear and Blue as your favorite new release for the week of May 9, 2025.
Studio Spotlight/The Fidelitorium, Mitch Easter
In late 2009 and into 2010 I had the opportunity to record at the Fidelitorium with Mitch Easter with my band American Gun, and with my friend Paul’s band faster stereo. I also was able to go up for a couple of other sessions Paul was producing just to be a fly on the wall. […]
E.W. Harris on Being an Opportunivore and His Advice For Young Musicians
Brooklyn-based E.W. Harris talks about a memorable two months working at World of Science in Athens, GA, recalls his mother’s review of his first band., and explains what it means to see his occupation in its “most ancient sense”.
Twangville Rocks NYC on May 21st
We’re at it again, New York! Join us at Skinny Dennis in Brooklyn on May 21st for a great night of rock and roll, presented with our friends at the Northeast Country Coalition. We’re excited to bring you Nashville’s Sophie Gault and Brooklyn’s (by way of Texas) Robert Cody Maxwell. No advance tickets necessary – […]