Phoebe Hunt CD Release Show

Cactus Cafe

06.28.13

Singer-songwriter Phoebe Hunt may have relocated from Nashville to New York, but before she did she returned to her hometown of Austin and recorded her first full-length album, Live at the Cac

Mum's the Word

In-demand band Mumford & Sons hits Texas stages this summer

By Alex Bentley

03.26.13 | 9:24 am

Austin fans of the folk rock group Mumford & Sons will be rewarded on June 8 and 9 when the band plays two nights at the Austin 360 Ampitheater alongside Michael Kiwanuka and Mystery Jets. ...

Day 10

Dana Falconberry: Austin's own princess of pop-folk with mystique

By Arden Ward

02.24.13 | 3:17 pm

Name: Dana Falconberry Featured track: "Lake Charlevoix" Country/City of origin: Austin, Texas Genre: Folk In one sentence: "Her vocal experimentation nestles in camp ...

Day 2

Bare bones desert folk from El Paso's Dirty River Boys

By Arden Ward

02.16.13 | 6:03 pm

Name: Dirty River Boys Featured track: "Carnival Lights" Country/City of origin: El Paso, Texas Genre: Folk In one sentence: From the heart of the Texas desert, this fo ...

DAY 1

Tender banjo-driven folk from Austin's Jess Williamson

By Caitlin M. Ryan

02.15.13 | 1:30 pm

Editor's Note: Today we begin our 30-day long nod to the showcasing artists of SXSW. Each day until March 17, we will highlight a musician or band, including either a click to play or downloada ...

Listen Live

The "songwriter's songwriter" returns: John Prine heads to Austin for a night of folk

By Arden Ward

09.11.12 | 5:56 pm

John Prine may not be a household name in modern times, but his dry, expertly penned songs have been gracing record players and inspiring musicians for over four decades. This month, Prine retu ...

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 ...

Celtic Nights - A Journey of Hope

The Long Center for the Performing Arts

02.24.13

Six of Ireland's most prominent vocal talents are joined by six of its most accomplished step dancers, to create an exhilarating picture of a proud people who dared to dream big and doggedly ca

Going to Europe

Local songstress Vanessa Lively brings her "global reverberation" to Europe with new UK release deal

By Gabino Iglesias

05.23.12 | 7:00 pm

Vanessa Lively embodies what Austin music is all about. Her sound could be comfortably labeled as Americana, folk or singer/songwriter music, but there are a plethora of layers to her compositi ...

Fusebox Festival presents Lulacruza

Fusebox Festival Hub

05.03.12

LULACRUZA is an electronic folk duo operating at the junction of the hypermodern and the ancient. Their music weaves together hypnotic female singing, South American instruments, found sound object