ATX Conjunto Constant Chencho Flores Dies at 91

Accordionist bridged decades of music on Sixth Street

"...Born on June 2, 1929, “between the Bastrop and Travis County line” by his own account, Flores..."

Jan. 13, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Sonya Cote's Bastrop Storehouse, Extending the To-Go Booze Waiver, Suga's Cakery at Dear Diary, Pizza from Intero, and More

All the news that's fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...a new venue: Storehouse Market + Eatery, in downtown Bastrop. It’s not just “another new venue,” though. This new..."

Jan. 12, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...for Black Austin musicians. Artists on the bill include Bastrop spitter Deezie Brown, spiritual soulstress Eimaral Sol, East Austin..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Faster Than Sound: Venue Relief Pending as COVID-19 Spike Stalls Restarted Gigs

Also, sampling Flobama's beats, and remembering landmark pianist Margaret Wright

"...snap also delayed patio gigs at area bars including Bastrop's Neighbor's Kitchen & Yard, Riley's Tavern in New Braunfels,..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...first proper solo LP Science Fiction Post Blues, the Bastrop string-bender, musical mayor pro tem, and growing cottage industry..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Day Trips & Beyond: December Travel Roundup

Central Texas holiday lights, digital Dealey Plaza, and more

"...River of Lights, Bastrop • Walk-through • Free • Nightly through Jan. 1,..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Gift Guide: Homegrown Food and Beverage Favorites!

Skip the old-school impersonal and go boldly local this season

"...Wildflower Trio pack features 200 mL-size bottles of this Bastrop spot's handcrafted locally sourced liqueurs (including our recently featured..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...record his debut LP with Jonas Wilson for the Bastrop kingpin's Mr. Pink Records. At times brutally dark and..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...charisma while the rest of us enslaved," the young Bastrop spitter offers. – Derek Udensi Njune: I Hope You're Happy..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Don't Forget Rosanky

"...government's go-for-broke approach. Here in rural Rosanky in southern Bastrop County, we are threatened with Austin's desire at an..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Postmarks

Faster Than Sound: Fat Tony Tales

Houston rapper plays sole release show in Austin

"...Texas Mist, the rock and heavy metal bar on Bastrop Highway, closed permanently. Owner Jim Daeng Ostrander announced the..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Be Like Bastrop: Tour Music Capital Satellite in New Jonas Wilson Long-Form Video

Alliance with Jonathan Horstmann produces virtual in-store + more

"...aqua reverberator simultaneously courses through a 20-minute tease of Bastrop distributes justice for all...."

Oct. 23, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...heading the institutionalization of a satellite music capital in Bastrop where he lives, the sonic wiz now embarks on..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Spirit Adrift's Nathan Garrett Lands His Astral Metal Rocket in Bastrop

Ride into the light

"...his wife bought on a plot of greenbelt in Bastrop County's Cedar Creek...."

Oct. 16, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Faster Than Sound: It’s Now or Never for a Music Venue Preservation Fund

When will the city of Austin give music venues aid to preserve their so-called ‘Live Music Capital’?

"...former location as 523 Thompson. The landlord at 720 Bastrop Hwy. is suing co-founder Andrew Malesky for less than..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Absinthe-minded Professors of Violet Crown Spirits

Three Austinites are producing the first Texas-made absinthe

"...lease on the building where we still are in Bastrop, and I actually perfected our white absinthe first. I..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Slabs, Screw, and Stories from the Country: Deezie Brown & EC Mayne Soundtrack Bastrop County

Candy Blue Like Screw reclaims Texas rap heritage

"...and culture originates in places considered provincial. As such, Bastrop isn’t simply where one moves when they can’t afford..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: R&B Innovator Nayome Gets Personal

Sade-loving local Naomi Sutton previews sophomore EP, Latin music enters Live Music Fund conversation, and more music news.

"...a follow-up to 2018 debut, Recovered+. She connected with Bastrop artist Deezie Brown (see this week's Music feature, "Slow...."

Aug. 14, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Qmmunity: Longing for Our Queer QTs

"...The org is asking the qmmunities of Travis, Williamson, Bastrop, Hays, and Caldwell counties to bust out all manner..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

Eddie Rodriguez Concedes Senate Race to Sarah Eckhardt

Longtime House rep foregoes run-off, emphasizes Dem party unity

"...next session to advance our shared progressive values for Bastrop and Travis Counties and for Texas." (SD 14 encompasses..."

July 31, 2020 News Feature by Michael King

Eddie Rodriguez Ends Senate Campaign

"I have decided to forego the run-off for Senate …"

"...next session to advance our shared progressive values for Bastrop and Travis Counties and for Texas."..."

July 27, 2020 News Post by Michael King

As Council Campaigns Begin, the Cash Rolls In

Off to the races!

"...from former IndyAustin agitator Linda Curtis, who lives in Bastrop, along with state Reps. Terry Canales and Celia Israel...."

July 24, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Record Turnout in Run-Off Election Pushes Democratic Party Toward Change

State and local races show the blue getting bluer

"...open entry, six-candidate race – Republican Don Zimmerman won Bastrop County with 39% (Eckhardt had 31%, Rodriguez 23%), giving..."

July 17, 2020 News Feature by the News Staff

Early Voting Results for the Primary Run-off and Special Election

José Garza takes sizable lead in D.A. race & more Travis Co. numbers

"...hovering right around 50% in the combined Travis and Bastrop County returns (from the Texas Secretary of State) in..."

July 14, 2020 News Post by the News Staff

Mobley Readies Enthralling Multimedia Pandemic Collaboration A Home Unfamiliar

Collaborative visual album (dis)connects 30 musicians & filmmakers

"...Bastrop’s Deezie Brown contributes one of the most compelling segments,..."

July 13, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Looking at the Hard-to-Handicap Race for a Texas Senate Seat

Who will take Kirk Watson's Texas Senate District 14 seat?

"...back on Super Tuesday in March), encompasses all of Bastrop County and roughly three-fourths of Travis, the latter accounting..."

July 10, 2020 News Feature by Michael King

High (Relative) Turnout in Early Voting as Election Day Approaches

Confusion over mail ballots lingers

"...candidates for state senator, District 14 (which also includes Bastrop County), win an outright majority of the votes, there..."

July 7, 2020 News Post by Michael King

UT Announces Mandated Masks, Flexible Learning for Fall Reopening

News comes amid COVID-19 surge, especially in young adults

"...recent hospitalization data from the metro area – including Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, and Williamson counties – 23% of..."

July 3, 2020 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...superintendents in the Austin Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), including Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, and Williamson counties..."

July 3, 2020 News Feature

Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Venues Are Out of Money

Following last week’s Barracuda closure, a domino effect will continue without emergency city funding

"...as 523 Thompson in Fall 2018, and relocated down Bastrop Hwy. to Unit 108 earlier this year...."

June 19, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

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