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Some Austin Clubs Shut Down Live Music Over Coronavirus Concerns. Others Haven’t – Yet.
Update: Officials announced a ban on events with more than 250 people in attendance. Read more here. Original story: Health officials are urging venues to cancel or reschedule events with more than 250 attendees in light of COVID-19 concerns. Austin Public Health has capped large-scale events at 2,500, but issued a statement late Friday asking organizers to […]
Nashville Now Owns a Major Piece of Texas Music History
Texas has been locked in competition with Tennessee for years—maybe even since Davy Crockett told his home state to go to hell. The divide between “Texas country” (raw, traditionalist, fiercely independent) and “Nashville country” (polished, trendy, unabashedly mainstream) has been a mostly civil war since the seventies, when Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings first turned […]
Jimmie Vaughan on His New Album
Tim Livingston wrote a profile for this week’s Dallas Observer about Jimmy Vaughan’s new album. There’s a brief mention of Frosty Smith, along with other musical greats who’ve played with the incontrovertible Texas bluesman. Check it out »
Weekend Events Celebrate Clifford Antone and Barry “Frosty” Smith
From Thursday’s Austin American Statesman:Friday: Clifford Antone Birthday Celebration at Antone’s. The founder of Austin’s most storied blues club would have been 68 on this day, and this year’s party is a two-show affair that focuses on many local women performers Antone championed over the decades. The first show benefits Housing Opportunities for Musicians and […]