A Chorus for Rod Kennedy

ATX songwriters pen one for the Kerrville Folk Festival founder

"...Kerrville Folk Festival founder Rod Kennedy, 84, died of natural causes on Monday. We..."

April 17, 2014 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Kerrville Folk Festival Founder Rod Kennedy Dies

‘People are isolated from each other by technology’

"...start-of-the-week news when the San Antonio Express-News reported that Rod Kennedy, founder of the Kerrville Folk Festival, passed away..."

April 14, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Folk Goddess Behind the Curtain: Dalis Allen

Kerrville wiz stages Southwest Regional Folk Alliance Conference

"...Folk Festival. Thirty years later, 2002, she took over producing the globally-attended hootenany when founder Rod Kennedy retired. She’s..."

Sept. 24, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

A Culture 50 Years in the Making: The Kerrville Folk Festival Experience

Life-altering and deep-listening scenes from the oldest music festival in Texas

"...Muse, the festival's executive director, who also became its producer just in time for COVID to cancel her first..."

May 20, 2022 Music Feature by Hank Erwin

Playback: Record Store Day

Why Record Store Day matters

"...play that gaseous Joy Division spin-off you just bought. Rod Kennedy 1930-2014..."

April 18, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Off the Record

Rod Kennedy's 80th birthday

"...was going to live to be this old," chuckled Rod Kennedy on Friday, his 80th birthday. "It's amazing, especially..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Kerrville Folk Festival one year at a time

"...Collins (May 28), Eliza Gilkyson (May 29), and Randy Rodgers & Wade Bowen (May 30), all leading up to..."

May 27, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Marshmallow Love

The 31st annual Kerrville Folk Festival

"...We talked to the festival's producer and founder Rod Kennedy, who is expected to announce..."

May 24, 2002 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Double-Barrel Beautiful

Texan sweetheart of the 1960s folk rodeo, Carolyn Hester

"...Hester quickly became the Texan sweetheart of the folk rodeo, and by 1958, she'd recorded Scarlet Ribbons with Norman..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Dancing About Architecture

Everyone is retiring or dying.

"...the need for a long-overdue vacation, Kerrville Folk Festival founder/producer Rod Kennedy announced last Thursday that the current fest,..."

May 31, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

TCB

"...first gathering since the October retirement of festival founder Rod Kennedy. Kennedy, who happens to own and reside on..."

May 16, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

The Rock Pile

"...Music From the Heart by Rod Kennedy Eakin Press $39.95 hard/29.95 paper..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Leon Russell & the Bob Dylan Rumor

Outlaw era deejay Woody Roberts helped produce Willie Nelson's first Fourth of July picnic in this excerpt from his new memoir Horse Racing & Rock 'N' Roll

"...Racing & Rock ‘N’ Roll, in which he helps produce Willie Nelson's first Fourth of July picnic, 1973 …..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Music Feature by Woody Roberts

Jim Caligiuri Exit Interview

Ten minutes, 20 questions, and 20-plus years of Americana chronicles

"...found himself writing a column in the Report and introducing a whole new set to the likes of Dwight..."

April 13, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Dancing About Architecture

The New Blues Revue

"...emphasized equally with the music. "I went over and introduced myself to Clifford [Antone]," points out Bergher, "and there's..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Tricks and Treats

"...hands since the beginning of the year. Festival founder Rod Kennedy confirms that he's already sold the Quiet Valley..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Rock Around the Biological Clock

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

"...start crying and left the stage to hold her. Rod Kennedy came over and said, "You have to go..."

May 7, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Art festivals and dance halls liven up the landscape in September

"...Kerrville Folk Festival. The fair’s first director brought in Rod Kennedy to produce evening concerts. The first concert featured..."

Sept. 1, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Pete Seeger 1919-2014

Did the folk overseer ever play Austin?

"...a four-year run midway through that decade. Industry do-it-all Rod Kennedy’s the one who threw that festival, and Kerrville..."

Jan. 28, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

KMFA's History

"...in 1956. But KHFI, founded and originally operated by Rod Kennedy (who would go on to found the Kerrville..."

July 6, 2007 Arts Feature by Katherine Gregor

Day Trips

"...• Last year, Rod Kennedy turned over the reins of the 31-year-old Kerrville..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Dancing About Architecture

Daniel Lanois confirms as SXSW keynote, Springsteen cancels, and another club -- the Six of Clubs -- closes. Biz as usual, in other words.

"...conference announces their keynote speaker for next March's brouhaha. Producer Daniel Lanois will be the honoree at SXSW, which..."

Nov. 8, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Playback: Austin’s Rarest Vinyl

Want exclusive vinyl for Record Store Black Friday? Check out some of Austin's rarest wax.

"...his ass kicked by late Kerrville Folk Fest founder Rod Kennedy...."

Nov. 24, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: 35 Years of Chronicle Music Covers

We wade through the roughly 300 issues stamped with the mug of a musician

"...Rod Kennedy (4/6/84)..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Critics Poll

"...Mabon "Teeny" Hodges, John Holt, Jake Hooker, Will Indian, Rod Kennedy, Bobby Keys, Frankie Knuckles, Cosimo Matassa, Ian McLagan,..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Music Feature

TCB

The Hole (birthday) enchilada, record store bargains, and Scott Weiland's screed

May 21, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Dancing About Architecture

Rave chaos part 2, plus Kerrville Kaos brings Direct Events Ghenghis Kahn Tim O'Connor out of retirement.

"...just glad something happened and calls Sunday, "a success, production-wise." It's also his swan song, according to Balch, as..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...the alternative to linear slums, but they failed to produce a single map, diagram, or artist's rendering of the..."

June 14, 2002 Column

Ruling the Roost

Austin Preeminent Concert Promoter Ponders Retirement

"...his accomplishments. In the offices of Direct Events, the production company that runs his venues, associates call him "Crazy..."

June 1, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Take Me to the River

Rock & Roll Books

"...this next to Music From the Heart, festival promoter Rod Kennedy's memoir. Hot Jams and Cold Showers will burnish..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

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