Some musicians believe that songwriting is like poetry. Alex Dupree, who began playing in Austin’s riverbeds, motel rooms, and church attics long before the city’s unconventional music sites became plagued with condos, is no exception. Dupree’s lyric-driven folk songs, he once said, are “music for people who like words, words for people who like music.” So, if you like words (I’m going out on a limb to say you do since you’re reading this), and if you like music (who doesn’t?), and if you still like what’s left of Austin, then perhaps you’ll also like Dupree, in all his Old Austin folk glory. – Levi Langley