When Austin musician Elizabeth McQueen was growing up in Columbia, Maryland, she thought she would become a professor. She didn’t expect to make a living as a musician and certainly never thought...
Classic rock fans who never got a chance to see Jimi Hendrix wail on his guitar or watch Oasis’ 1996 performance in Manchester can get a glimpse of those and other iconic moments in music at Modern...
Since 2008, the Zac Brown Band has dominated country music with its Southern style and powerful songs. Its music is some of the best in the genre, capturing even the attention of non-country fans. The...
Editor’s note: In this recurring column, music writer Chris Duncan suggests two albums to listen to this week. Have a suggestion? Send a tweet to @chr_dunc, and your pick might appear in next week’s...
Record Store Day was last Saturday — but some stores still have stacks of unsold records.
A group of store owners first launched Record Store Day in 2007 to promote local record stores. Record...
Alternative band Chipper Jones always strives to do better. For the duo, this means touring more, writing more and making music a full-time career.
UT alumnus James Lambrecht and childhood friend...
The sounds of cars rushing down the street and students shuffling into class aren’t just noise to public relations senior Daniel Sahad — they’re melodies.
“I just hear music...
Alabama Shakes’ first tour proved they have the charisma of some of the liveliest bands in music today. But their first album, Boys & Girls, failed to capture that performance style, leaving...
Editor’s note: In this recurring column, music writer Chris Duncan suggests two albums you should listen to this week. Have a suggestion? Send a tweet to @chr_dunc, and your pick might appear in...
KUT radio host John Aielli owes his lengthy 50-year radio career to a stroke of luck — and to a desperate job search he conducted as a teenager.
In 1963, Aielli had just been accepted into...
Late last year, former KISS bassist and singer Gene Simmons said what everyone was thinking. In an interview with Esquire, Simmons declared rock to be dead.
“The death of rock was not a natural...
The members of Austin-based Calliope Musicals haven’t had just one near-death experience on tour — they’ve had multiple.
A rattlesnake nearly bit guitarist Matt Roth on Tennessee’s...
