Memorable Moments From ACL Fest Weekend One

Some of our favorite performances that you can revisit this weekend

"...please turn up.”  – Christina Garcia Billy Strings Brings Bluegrass Mainstream..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

The Most Memorable Moments of Friday’s ACL Fest

Cassandra Jenkins, Billy Strings, and SZA on a lighthouse

"...a music fest. – Kevin Curtin Billy Strings Brings Bluegrass Mainstream..."

Oct. 8, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Heavy With Tradition, Old Settler's Music Festival Springs Eternal

We talk to Sierra Hull and spotlight favorites for next week’s campout

"...83-year-old singer and guitarist Del McCoury, has been in bluegrass since 1963, when he joined the band of genre..."

April 15, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Danny Barnes Works Harder

Seminal ex-Austinite talks banjo, minimalism, and experimentation

"...– who launched his career in Austin with DIY bluegrass pioneers the Bad Livers (1990-2000) and has hung his..."

May 5, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Still No Jug: The Original South Austin Jug Band Returns

It's a one-off for now, but cross your fingers

"...They were an attempt at bluegrass, but in typical Austin fashion they mixed in rootsy..."

Aug. 1, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

The Insatiable Taste for Tunes

In Austin, the self-proclaimed Live Music Capital of the World, seeing great music doesn't always have to mean fighting the crowds at a smoky nightclub

"...tap, and a killer Bloody Mary, Mother Egan's Sunday Bluegrass Brunch with the Greencards is a treat for both..."

March 19, 2004 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

"Austin City Limits" Festival Picks & Sleepers

"...fragrant, and possibly habit-forming. However, although their frisky, punk-friendly bluegrass doesn't induce the munchies, the same cannot be said..."

Sept. 27, 2002 Music Feature

O Brother

How a bluegrass soundtrack turned out to be the biggest music business success story since Guns N' Roses' Appetite for Destruction.

"...Answer: The Guns N' Roses frontman and bluegrass elder statesman each feature prominently in two of the..."

July 19, 2002 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Bluegrass Drive-By

Record Review

"...Bluegrass Drive-By The Drunkard's Progress (Magic Frog) The revved-up revisionist..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys

"...more tradition-bound types of American music -- jazz, folk, bluegrass -- enjoy a forgiving reverence from fans more in..."

May 4, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Hess

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...Player of the Year six times by the International Bluegrass Music Association. He most recently toured with Alison Krauss..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Take Me to the River

Rock & Roll Books

"...Me Callin': The Life of Bill Monroe, Father of Bluegrassby Richard D. Smith..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Books Feature by Christopher Gray

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...She's ours. Her warm blanket of a voice and bluegrass-honed gitpickin' defy her 21 years. Come find out why..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Country Doctor

The Pickin' Singin' Professor, Rod Moag

"...becomes a one-man jukebox. The languages he teaches are bluegrass, country, western swing, pop, rockabilly, and whatever else he..."

Feb. 16, 1996 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...on Fire to receive a Grammy nomination for Best Bluegrass Album. Its "Hey Man" video starred the LP's co-producer..."

June 4, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Magnolia Cafe West Closes for Good

Lake Austin Boulevard eatery is shuttered, shuttered, gone

"...Dave looked at me, appraising. “You like bluegrass?” he said...."

April 20, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Day Trips & Beyond: February Events Roundup

Laissez les bons temps rouler

"...Radney Foster in Concert Feb. 7-8, La Grange, www.thebugleboy.org..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Wood & Wire Nominated for Grammy

Austin pickers earn Best Bluegrass Album nod

"...Wood & Wire has become an impressive force in bluegrass, setting themselves apart with strong, original songcraft evidenced on..."

Dec. 8, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Hot Shivers

New Whiskey Shivers, Butthole Surfers, Casualties, murals, and takes on American literary classics

"...phenom Billy Strings, one of the hottest names in bluegrass...."

July 21, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Happy Prisoner Record Review

"...Robert Earl KeenHappy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions (Dualtone)..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Radio Coffee Beer & Folk

Native son Jack Wilson, behind the bar and onstage

"...tacos outside on the patio – Monday evenings feature bluegrass from the Bottom Dollar String Band as well as..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Tommy Ramone Goes Gold

Drummer left his beat on every generation after his

"...Tommy spent the last several years? Digging hard into bluegrass. In 2007, Cary Baker, a veteran publicist and the..."

July 15, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

AM Country Heaven

Four new discs take back real country music

"...up tribute, the newly released Foggy Mountain Special: A Bluegrass Tribute to Earl Scruggs now commemorates the famed banjo..."

June 1, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Deepest Roots

Justin Townes Earle's blues, and more

"...mailbox, I was more than slightly puzzled. McReynolds, a bluegrass pioneer along with his brother, Jim, has been a..."

Sept. 30, 2010 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Two High String Band

"...Two High String BandHot Texas Bluegrass Burrito..."

July 24, 2009 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Michael Martin Murphey

"...Mixing cowboys and bluegrass might seem like a stretch until you remember that..."

March 13, 2009 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Year of the Squirrel

Ralph White, 21st century naturalist, 18th century musicologist

"...Gulf Coast Playboys. He did time with Austin's premier bluegrass punks the Bad Livers. He played fiddle and accordion..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

ACL Music Fest Preview

"...Nickel Creek's Grammy-winning bluegrass wildfire is the result of a charring combination of..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Feature

Ate Days a Week

How much more food and music can you ask for in this town around this time and after?

"...the Austin headquarters where lovers of great barbecue and bluegrass converge. On Sunday afternoons, Artz plays host to the..."

March 18, 2005 Food Feature

Saturday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...Meat Purveyors' catalog of countrified punk sounds. Capable of bluegrass meltdowns to make Ralph Stanley tumescent, this Austin fourpiece..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

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