Music News Archives

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Music NewsNov 18, 2022Nov 18, 2022

‘Weird Al’ Yankovic wants to ‘bring sexy back’ to the accordion

Al Yankovic — aka the parody artist known as “Weird Al” […]

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Music News, NPR MusicNov 18, 2022Nov 18, 2022

The Taylor Swift ticket fiasco is refocusing a spotlight on Ticketmaster’s dominance

Taylor Swift, pictured at the 2022 MTV VMAs in August, […]

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Music News, RememberingNov 2, 2022Nov 2, 2022

Takeoff, member of Atlanta rap group Migos, has died at 28

The rapper Takeoff, one-third of the dynamic Atlanta rap group […]

Music NewsSep 28, 2022Sep 28, 2022

Lizzo played James Madison’s crystal flute onstage in D.C., proving history rocks

Lizzo plays President James Madison’s crystal flute in the flute […]

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Music NewsSep 27, 2022Sep 27, 2022

Houston rapper Megan Thee Stallion launches website highlighting mental health resources

Learn more about her initiative to extend resources

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Music NewsMay 27, 2022May 27, 2022

Depeche Mode founding keyboardist Andy Fletcher dies at 60

Depeche Mode announced the death of founding member Fletcher

Michael Minasi

Interviews, Music News, Sessions & InterviewsMay 11, 2022May 11, 2022

An Interview with Oblivion

Interview with Oblivion Access founders Dorian Domi & Dusty Brooks

Music NewsMay 3, 2022May 4, 2022

The Judds and Ray Charles join the Country Music Hall of Fame

Ray Charles and The Judds joined the Country Music Hall […]

Music NewsMay 3, 2022May 4, 2022

Talib Kweli on Black Star’s return: ‘We stand tall on the shoulders of our ancestors’

The first Black Star album was released in Sept. 1998 […]

Michael Minasi

Music NewsMay 2, 2022May 2, 2022

Rancho Alegre festival returns, reminding Austinites conjunto music is alive and well

The Rancho Alegre Conjunto Music Festival returns to Austin

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Music NewsApr 21, 2022Apr 21, 2022

‘Hi, How Are You’ concert returns for the first time since the pandemic

The show will take place May 4 at ACL Live

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Music NewsApr 21, 2022Apr 21, 2022

Abbott’s concert safety task force identifies key factors that led to Astroworld incident

A state task force found five recurring themes that led to […]

Music NewsApr 12, 2022Apr 13, 2022

Oral history project preserves San Antonio’s West Side Sound

Teenagers from the city’s mostly Latino West Side emulated the […]

Music NewsApr 11, 2022Apr 11, 2022

Daniel Sahad, frontman of Austin’s Nané, dies at 29

The band confirmed his death on Instagram on Monday.

Music NewsApr 5, 2022Apr 6, 2022

Behind the guitar: A new collection of artifacts paints a more nuanced picture of Stevie Ray Vaughan

The Wittliff Collections in San Marcos has acquired an archive […]

Music NewsApr 4, 2022Apr 4, 2022

Jon Batiste and Silk Sonic take home major prizes at 2022 Grammys

At the 64th Grammy Awards, which took place Sunday in Las […]

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Music NewsMar 30, 2022Mar 30, 2022

Foo Fighters cancel all tour dates after drummer Taylor Hawkins’ death

The remainder of Foo Fighters’ tour will be cancelled following […]

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Music NewsMar 22, 2022Apr 4, 2022

A new Selena album will be released in April, 27 years after her death

27 years after Selena’s death, new music is on the […]

Music NewsMar 22, 2022Mar 23, 2022

City department bumps up set pay for musicians it books. Other Austin agencies could follow suit.

Golden Dawn Arkestra will be one of the first bands […]

Music NewsFeb 14, 2022Feb 14, 2022

After ‘Texas Sun,’ Leon Bridges and Khruangbin seek solace on ‘Texas Moon’

Leon Bridges and rock band Khruangbin release new EP

Music NewsFeb 1, 2022Feb 1, 2022

Joe Rogan has responded to the protests against Spotify over his podcast

Spotify said Sunday that it will add COVID-19 content advisories

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Music NewsJan 31, 2022Jan 31, 2022

Joni Mitchell joins Neil Young in protest against Spotify

Joni Mitchell removes her music from Spotify

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Music NewsJan 27, 2022Jun 23, 2022

An Austin developer wants to turn an old music venue into a new one. Neighbors are not sold.

A developer is seeking a zoning change to turn the […]

Music NewsJan 27, 2022Jun 23, 2022

Spotify removes Neil Young’s music after he objects to Joe Rogan’s podcast

Spotify has removed famed singer-songwriter Neil Young’s recordings from its […]