South by Southwest 2015 – long in the rearview mirror. Follow-up festivals – Old Settler’s, Levitation, Pachanga – done. We even lost one (R.I.P. Chaos in Tejas). Subsequent super tours and releases, reviewed. If spring ever dries into summer, music fans can concentrate on local picnics (Willie Nelson; KGSR’s Blues on the Green), and Texas Platters. Maybe read a good book. Move those lips.

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San Francisco native Raoul Hernandez crossed the border into Texas on July 2, 1992, and began writing about music for the Chronicle that fall, debuting with an album review of Keith Richards’ Main Offender. By virtue of local show previews – first “Recommendeds,” now calendar picks – his writing’s appeared in almost every issue since 1993.