Road to Recovery: Musically Fed Food Drive to Benefit Music Industry Workers

by Leean Vargas on April 7, 2021

Live music is back in Austin and better than ever! And for a great cause, too.  Long Live Music, in partnership with the Long Center and the Luck Family Foundation, has been raising funds and...

#MusicMonday: Zach Person’s Lead Single Can’t Stop Climbing the Charts

by Leean Vargas on March 29, 2021

Zach Person’s lead single “Can’t Stop Running,” continues to climb college and non-comm radio charts. 40 stations have added the track nationwide, with five of them quickly charting the song in their Top 30.  The...

#TXVoices: Texas Tween Movie Actress Kiley Opsal

by Bob Valleau on March 24, 2021

Kiley Opsal is no stranger to the movie biz.  At just 12 years old, the Texas tween has gone from licking lollipops with the multi-talented Will Smith between takes in the 2020 action/comedy “Bad Boys...

Head West from Wherever You Are with The Briscoe’s “Night of Artists” Exhibition and Sale

by Dawn Robinette on March 18, 2021

Venturing out into wide open spaces, soaking in the beauty and untamed spirit of West, sounds like the perfect escape. And thanks to the Briscoe Western Art Museum, you can enjoy that escape without ever...

#TXVoices: Kilgore’s Ally Venable, Award-Winning Blues Rock Guitarist & Singer

by Bob Valleau on March 17, 2021

Ally Venable has found her passion. And it's going to make this young Texas musician a powerhouse. The turning 22-year-old, leader of the Ally Venable Band, started singing at an early age in her church...

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South By South Wherever You Are: The Evolution of SXSW

by Daniel Ramirez on March 16, 2021

March is here and, this year, it marks a severe milestone. It has been one year in this pandemic landscape, and it is beyond denial that life has changed in such a significant way. We...

#Music Monday: Singer, Songwriter Israel Nash Soothes Texas with “Topaz”

by Gracie Watt on March 15, 2021

Recorded near his home in the Hill Country, Topaz, the new album from singer/songwriter Israel Nash, hits close to home in more ways than one.  Released March 12, the candid, textured album was recorded at...

Abby Ross is on a Roll with “The Poop Diaries”

by Gracie Watt on March 10, 2021

After the ‘snow-pocalypse’ that Texans went through, we should all have a newfound appreciation for the plumbers of the world.  Speaking of which, to honor World Plumbing Day on March 11th, we talked to Amazon...

#TXVoices: Showbiz Siblings, Austinites Charlotte and Tristan Riggs

by Bob Valleau on March 3, 2021

Acting is a family affair for the sister and brother pair of Charlotte Delaney Riggs and Tristan Riggs. Actors Charlotte Delaney Riggs (15), and younger brother Tristan (12), already have nearly 80 TV/film combined credits...