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Ring in 2018 with music at these Austin New Year’s Eve shows
Do you know where you’ll be when the clock strikes 12 and 2017 comes to a close? Are you looking for an experience gift for the music lover on your holiday list? Whether you’re into Willie Nelson or a...
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This week’s music picks: Tis the season with Ronnie Spector, Kelly Clarkson...
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QN8aBTrOxs&w=492&h=307] Monday: Ronnie Spector’s Best Christmas Party Ever at Paramount Theatre. Rock around the Christmas tree as girl band pioneer and...
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Weekend music picks: Peligrosa turns 10, merry music from Bruce and Kelly,...
OUR TOP PICKS Peligrosa DJ Crew celebrates its tenth anniversary at the North Door on Friday. Robert Hein for American-Statesman Friday: Peligrosa 10-year anniversary at North Door. Ten years ago, a...
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This week’s music picks: Jimmy LaFave tribute, Julien Baker, Steve Earle
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsA-UShRMmE&w=492&h=307] Monday: Jimmy LaFave Tribute with Eliza Gilkyson and friends at Armadillo Christmas Bazaar. Gilkyson has played the annual...
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Weekend music picks: TexMex Holiday Fiesta, Tuba Christmas and more
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKQwamBGbw8&w=492&h=307] Friday: TexMex Holiday Fiesta at ACL Live. One of the last holiday shows of the season is also one of the coolest. With...
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This week’s music picks: Tex-Mex Christmas at Antone’s, Ozomatli and more
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOMRNSmwa3U&w=492&h=307] Monday: Blue Christmas Tex-Mex Dance Party with Flaco Jimenez and Los Pinkys at Antone’s. If you didn’t catch the big Tex-Mex...
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Weekend music picks: Our favorite New Year’s Eve shows in Austin
OUR TOP PICKS Willie Nelson hosts three nights of revelry at ACL Live. Suzanne Cordeiro/For American-Statesman Friday-Sunday: Willie Nelson & Family New Year at ACL Live. This one’s too big for a...
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This week’s music picks: Mobley, Thor, Nakia among Free Week highlights
Starting Monday: Free Week in Red River Cultural District and beyond. This annual new-calendar kickoff has become a favorite of local clubgoers. Though Red River Street remains the core, some...
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Weekend music picks: Free Week finale with Los Coast, Tomar and the FCs, more
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKfMlQ7KWFE&w=492&h=307] Friday: Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker at 3Ten. David Lowery may be best-known these days as an activist for musicians’...
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This week’s music picks: James McMurtry, John Mills and more
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0BhwLamL_8&w=492&h=307] Tuesday-Wednesday: James McMurtry at Continental Club & Gallery. The acclaimed songwriter is perhaps Austin’s...
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Weekend music picks: Josh Ritter, Kalu James and more
OUR TOP PICKS [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrBAdzACig0&w=492&h=307] Friday: Josh Ritter & the Royal City Band at ACL Live. It’s a distant memory now, the first time I saw Ritter...
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This week’s music picks: Lazy Lester, Steel Mondays, 2Cellos and more
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFiMaS0wov4&w=492&h=307] Monday-Thursday: Lazy Lester at Antone’s. When Antone’s celebrated its 42nd anniversary last summer with an impressive batch of...
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Weekend music picks: Fab T-Birds, Dream Syndicate, Moody Blues and more
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz0df22-Zgk&w=492&h=307] Friday-Saturday: Fabulous Thunderbirds with Kim Wilson at Antone’s. In 1986 the Fabulous Thunderbirds became one of Austin’s...
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This week’s music picks: ‘Hi, How Are You?’ Day, Sphynx and more
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73pQbppSWHk&w=492&h=307] Monday: “Hi, How Are You?” Day at the Mohawk. Songwriter Daniel Johnston’s trademark catch-phrase — the title of his best-known...
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Weekend music picks: Robyn Hitchcock, Fred Eaglesmith, Chris Thile’s ‘Live...
OUR TOP PICKS [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usAXHygEQJU&w=492&h=307] Friday: Robyn Hitchcock at 3Ten. Exactly how this certifiable musical and lyrical genius escaped being a massive...
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This week’s music picks: Margo Price, Charles Lloyd, They Might Be Giants
Tuesday: Margo Price at Emo’s. (Late addition: Price also has added a 5 p.m. Monday free in-store performance at Waterloo Records.) Perhaps the best thing about Nashville’s full-press counter to the...
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Weekend music picks: Majid Jordan, Jose Gonzalez, Jay Farrar, Posies
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA0Htg-2rtg&w=492&h=307] Friday: Majid Jordan at Emo’s. Jordan Ullman and Majid Al Maskati’s dreamy R&B duo is one of the most promising of the many...
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This week’s music picks: George Winston, A Giant Dog, more
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIDvzW42E_I&w=492&h=307] Wednesday-Thursday: George Winston at One World Theatre. Long one of America’s most prominent pianists, Winston contracted a...
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Weekend music picks: Lana del Rey, Little Big Town, Wild Child and more
OUR TOP PICKS [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkm0X2LSQ-k&w=492&h=307] Friday: Little Big Town, Kacey Musgraves, Midland at Erwin Center. Nashville-via-Alabama band Little Big Town,...
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This week’s music picks: Eric Johnson, Erika Wennerstrom and more
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY03HoYd_uA&w=492&h=307] Tuesday: Erika Wennerstrom at ABGB. Known primarily for fronting Heartless Bastards, the indie-rock band that moved from Ohio to...
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