Music MattersMay 7, 2021Oct 4, 2021 Austin Music Writer Ed Ward Dead at 72 Photos by Todd V. Wolfson by Jeff McCord Ed Ward, one of the pioneers of rock journalism, was found […]
Music MattersMar 12, 2021Oct 13, 2021 This Time, South by Southwest Goes Virtual In any normal March, we’d all be lining up excuses to miss work.
Music MattersDec 15, 2020May 4, 2021 Indie Booker Margin Walker Announces Closure In another blow to our already reeling music scene, Austin-based indie promoter Margin Walker has announced they are ceasing […]
Music MattersDec 7, 2020Dec 14, 2020 Running Out the Clock on Austin Music Venues *UPDATE* With Delays in Emergency Funding, the ‘Live Music Capital of the World’ Hits the Eleventh Hour
Music MattersDec 4, 2020Oct 13, 2021 The Black Angels’ Alex Maas On Family and his New Solo Album Luca Luca is named after Alex and his wife Michelle’s son, born in July of 2018, and it differs from […]
Music MattersSep 24, 2020Oct 4, 2021 How “Walk With Me, Austin” Happened A talk with Austin producer/musician Adrian Quesada by Jeff McCord Upon first hearing and seeing this song and video, […]
Music MattersSep 18, 2020Sep 18, 2020 Missing the Music KUTX staffers recount their favorite shows at the great Austin venues we’ve come to know and love.
Music MattersAug 3, 2020Oct 13, 2021 The Space Did Not Go To Everybody: Mélat Photo by Gabriel C. Pérez/KUTX NPR LIVE SESSIONS – PRODUCED BY JULIA REIHS/KUTX In the midst of the recent […]
Music MattersJul 30, 2020Aug 3, 2020 Everybody’s Space How Cheer Up Charlies is working to stay afloat during the shutdown, with a little help from their friends.
Music MattersJul 8, 2020Jul 10, 2020 Cliff Hargrove Retires He had a front-row seat for forty years. Since August of 1980, when new UT communications graduate Cliff Hargrove […]
Music MattersJun 26, 2020Sep 28, 2021 They See Us Now? Have recent events awakened the world to injustice? Six Black Austin artists discuss dealing with a lifetime of oppression, […]
Music MattersJun 12, 2020 Immediate Action Needed to Save Austin’s Music Venues Barracuda’s Closing A Harbinger Of Things To Come By Jeff McCord This week, the Barracuda, in business on 611 […]
Music MattersMay 14, 2020May 4, 2021 Laura Marling Marling discusses love, life, psychoanalysis and her new album, Song for Our Daughter
Music MattersMay 4, 2020Apr 16, 2021 A Deafening Silence The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the dirt swept under the rug, the cans kicked down the road. Income inequality, […]
Music MattersMar 24, 2020Mar 25, 2020 How HAAM is Stepping Up During the Pandemic by Jeff McCord As COVID-19 cases continue to rise around the world, the crisis is hitting everyone hard, but […]
Music MattersMar 23, 2020Mar 25, 2020 Can Artists Rely on Streaming Services For Help During A Global Crisis? We’ve all been subtly trained to expect to receive a massive amount of music for free, but this pandemic […]
Music MattersMar 17, 2020Mar 25, 2020 Now What? What Happens After a Pandemic and Economic Bust Wallop Austin?
Music MattersJan 30, 2020Feb 13, 2020 What’s Really Behind the Vinyl Revival? In an age where virtually any piece of music can be played on your phone at the touch of […]
Music MattersJan 21, 2020Jan 30, 2020 Underrated Austin Releases of 2019 From left to right: Little Mazarn, Jake Lloyd, Andrew Cashen Literally hundreds of recordings are released every year in […]
Music MattersJan 21, 2020Jan 30, 2020 A Night at the Long Play Veteran musician and actor John Doe’s Long Play Lounge feels like a friend’s living room. It’s a small space. […]
Music MattersJan 21, 2020Jan 30, 2020 Austin Artists Pick Their Favorite Album of the Decade! Photo by Gabriel C. Pérez/KUTX The 2010s are about to be history, so we managed to track down some […]
Music MattersJan 20, 2020May 4, 2021 The Andrew Cyrille Quartet image courtesy of the artist McCullough Theatre 1.17.20 by Jeff McCord Maybe it’s because I was just reading an […]