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Bonnie Raitt brings her best to Austin — and she’ll be back again soon
Bonnie Raitt and drummer Ricky Fataar at ACL Live on Wednesday, April 27, 2016. Photo by Suzanne Cordeiro for American-Statesman Bonnie Raitt is such a spectacular singer and guitar player that it can...
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The 5 best moments of the 2016 iHeartCountry Fest
The third annual iHeartCountry Fest just finished at the Frank Erwin Center, but the show’s 11 acts will surely have fans talking for a while. Whether it was the opening pyrotechnics of Florida Georgia...
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11 acts, 4 hours, 1 big party: The 2016 iHeartCountry Festival
There may have been 11 country music acts on the bill at the third annual iHeartCountry Festival at the Erwin Center Saturday night, but it was clear from the get-go that the show belonged to Miranda...
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Jimmy Webb’s songs and stories illuminate Glen Campbell at One World Theatre
Jimmy Webb opening his show with “Galveston” at One World Theatre on Sunday, May 1, 2016. Photo by Peter Blackstock Songwriter Jimmy Webb’s performances long have been a mix of music and stories, with...
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My Morning Jacket renews its bond with ‘Austin City Limits’
My Morning Jacket taping “Austin City Limits” on Monday, May 2, 2016. Photo by Scott Newton/Courtesy of KLRU-TV Though it had been almost eight years since My Morning Jacket was last on “Austin City...
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Sturgill Simpson teaches a master class in cool at ACL Live
Watching the crowd at a Sturgill Simpson show is always half the fun. It’s never the typical country music clientele. You’ll see cowboy hats and boots next to tank tops and tattoos; someone will be...
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The 1975 march to the beat of their own replacement drummer
Matthew Healy of the 1975 at Austin360 Amphitheater on Thursday, May 5, 2016. Photo by Suzanne Cordeiro for American-Statesman By Chad Swiatecki Special to the American-Statesman About 40 minutes into...
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Paul Simon’s rhythm & words enchant at Bass
Paul Simon and his nine-piece band at Bass Concert Hall on May 10, 2016. Photo by Suzanne Cordeiro for American-Statesman Could Paul Simon have become an icon of American popular music if he’d stuck to...
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Rihanna puts her mind to ‘Anti’ matters in Austin
Oh, you thought you knew what a Rihanna concert would be like? You know nothing, and the pop superstar brought her floating plexiglass catwalk to the Frank Erwin Center in Austin on Saturday to prove...
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Hall & Oates can’t carry the spark of their radio hits on a breezy night
Hall & Oates at the Austin360 Amphitheater on Tuesday, May 17, 2016. Photo by Suzanne Cordeiro for American-Statesman Midway through Hall & Oates’ two-song encore after a 10-song main set on...
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Billy Gibbons, Jimmie Vaughan and pals put the blues in Blues on the Green
Thousands flocked to Zilker Park Wednesday evening for an all-star cast that emphasized the “blues” of Blues on the Green, KGSR’s long-running free summer concert series. Summer might not officially...
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Austin360 On The Record: Megafauna, Boyfrndz, Please Please Me
OUT THIS WEEK Megafauna, “Welcome Home.” Intriguingly trippy sounds mark this fourth full-length release from the prog-rock trio led by singer-guitarist Dani Neff. We’ll have more on the band in next...
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Grupo Fantasma Prince tribute was rich with unforgettable moments, but long
Wednesday night’s sold out show, An Austin Tribute 2 Prince at Antone’s, began at 8:30 p.m. with a proclamation from Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo, declaring June 1, 2016 Prince Day in Austin. It ended...
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For Blink-182 at X Games Austin, growing up and poop jokes are eternal
Nobody likes you when you’re 23. But everyone likes you when you’re 44 — if you’re blink-182. On Saturday, X Games fans got battered by rain, evacuated from Circuit of the Americas, disappointed by...
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Sweden’s Refused still burn with punk’s spirit at Mohawk show
Swedish band Refused played Sunday at the Mohawk. Photo courtesy of Epitaph Records By Chad Swiatecki Special to the American-Statesman If the past 30 years are a reliable sample size, hardcore punk...
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Boston, Dennis DeYoung christen new Statesman Skyline Theater
The view from the Statesman Skyline Theater at the Long Center at the start of the Boston/Dennis DeYoung double bill on June 11, 2016. Photo by Scott Moore for American-Statesman The music was a...
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Andra Day raises her powerful voice for healing at ‘ACL’ taping
Photo by Scott Newton Courtesy of KLRU-TV In her debut “Austin City Limits” taping, rapidly rising R&B artist Andra Day demonstrated phenomenal vocal prowess. From the soaring extended bridge in...
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Selena Gomez’s Austin show less a ‘Revival,’ more a struggle for survival
If you don’t talk to your kids about Selena Gomez, who will? The pop star boasts a young fanbase, entirely due to the Disney trenches from whence she came. But if your teenager’s first concert was at...
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Liberty Lunch reunion brings back old times at ABGB
Thousands of Austinites attended, plus a few from a long way away. Thousands of old memories were relived, and some new ones were created. Thousands of dollars were raised in a silent auction...
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James Taylor showers the people with a lovely Erwin Center show
James Taylor at the Erwin Center on Wednesday, June 22, 2016. Photo by Suzanne Cordeiro for American-Statesman Let’s take a trip with James Taylor, back to 1968. He’s down on his luck, back home in...
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