musical mainstays

Alejandro Escovedo reflects on Texas music and his journey prior to Gruene Hall

By Dixon Milner

02.06.13 | 9:35 am

Alejandro Escovedo is a true Texas original. He hails from a musically inclined family and his father came here from Mexico. Settling in Austin in the '80s, he's also spent time in Cal ...

Amy Cook at Continental Club

The Continental Club Austin

12.05.12

Amy Cook will return home to Austin to open for James McMurtry at Continental Club on Wednesday, December 5th in support of "Summer Skin."  With "Summer Skin," cook has hit

Banned Book Bash: A Celebration of the Censored

Scholz Garten

10.04.12

Join the Library Foundation for a membership event celebrating the American Library Association’s Banned Books Week. Featuring local writers, musicians, artists and other prominent Austi

Austin Albums

Amy Cook lets go, welcomes Plant and others on new Summer Skin

By Chad Swiatecki

08.26.12 | 5:02 pm

You don’t say “no” to a legend. When former Led Zeppelin vocalist and Austin transplant Robert Plant offered to sing on Austin folk singer Amy Cook’s song “It&rsqu ...

Amy Cook Album Release: Summer Skin

Victory Grill

08.28.12

Amy Cook and friends celebrate the release of her latest album Summer Skin with a party at The Victory Grill. Mother Falcon will kick off the night followed by a performance from Amy Cook and f

Blues on the Green Presents: Ben Kweller and Amy Cook

Zilker Park

06.27.12

Every other Wednesday during the summer, Zilker Park is filled with thousands of people, blankets and lawn chairs, families and music lovers. As Austin’s largest FREE concert series KGSR

Marfa Madness

The first two nights: A starry El Cosmico start

By Clarissa Hulsey

09.24.11 | 7:12 pm

I am casting a vote to establish a new time zone: Marfa Standard Time. A day in the Chihuahuan Desert is a time warp. An easy late-morning rise, a lengthy breakfast with friends, slow-movement ...

festival fever

Bunkhouse's Trans-Pecos Festival of Music and Love furthers its mission, donates to Wildfire Relief and offers more tickets

By Caitlin M. Ryan

09.13.11 | 5:13 pm

Today, El Cosmico announced that $5 of any music or camping ticket purchased for the 6th Annual Trans-Pecos Festival of Music and Love between now and September 20th will go to the Central Texas Wi ...

7th Annual Trans-Pecos Gathering of Music and Love

El Cosmico

09.27.12 - 09.29.12

A celebration of friends, music, sandlot baseball, arts and crafts, unique vendors and a sky full of stars. Meshell Ndegeocello & Chris Bruce, Bobby Patterson, Hotel Brotherhood, Eastern Se