Texas Heritage Songwriters

West Texas simplicity and the stuff of legends: The tale of songwriter Sonny Curtis

By Arden Ward

02.14.13 | 1:12 pm

The tale of Sonny Curtis unfolds as any great Texas songwriter’s should, with equal parts simplicity and the stuff of legends. Starting with West Texas sandstorms of mythic proportions and fe ...

Legends Live

Guy Clark brings "That Old Time Feeling" back to Austin with two-night engagement

By Arden Ward

11.01.12 | 1:04 pm

To celebrate his 70th birthday in November 2011, legendary songwriter Guy Clark spent a night at the Long Center with a host of musicians whose musical journeys have been influenced by the master w ...

Artist Profiles

Music to our eyes: Songwriter and artist Bernie Taupin visits Austin to share his visual point of view

By Michael Graupmann

08.15.12 | 1:13 pm

Most people know Bernie Taupin as the lyricist for Elton John's greatest hits like "Tiny Dancer" and "Rocket Man." Together, Taupin and John have recorded 30 albums worth of ...

Music Matters

Hayes Carll on the Americana road, small stage storytelling and life after Lost Highway

By Arden Ward

06.25.12 | 2:47 pm

Hayes Carll’s trajectory has followed a rough and tumble country road. If you ran across the troubadour half a decade ago, chances are it was in the form of one of his poetic anthems on one o ...

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40 years of folk: Kerrville Folk Festival celebrates a Hill Country music milestone

By Arden Ward

05.27.12 | 3:30 pm

Since its founding in 1972, the Kerrville Folk Festival has grown into an internationally recognized event for the songwriting industry. Founded by Rod Kennedy, it’s the longest continuously ...

Music is a Family Songwriting Retreat

El Cosmico

05.17.12

The answer is elusive but one thing is known: collaboration and community are key to getting us beyond personal limitations and into a place of artistic freedom. Over the course of two and a half d

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A List of Lists: Our top three Divine Presents

By Austin Sanders

12.21.11 | 5:00 pm

Christmas is only four days away, and I sincerely hope none of you readers will be forced to venture out into the harsh, unforgiving world of last minute shopping. A cruel band of relentless procra ...

Hook, line and singer

A memorable musical gift: Songwriter Kevin Welch offers immersive, inspirational songwriting workshops

By Meredith Rainey

12.10.11 | 2:45 pm

In this music city, there is no shortage of songwriters and guitar players. For those of you with music types on your Christmas lists, I’ve got a suggestion that comes with a level of exclusi ...

Songwriter Reinvented

Texas Book Festival Preview: Singer Lisa Loeb adds 'author' to list of credits

By Michael Graupmann

10.17.11 | 4:30 pm

You know her as the cute alternative folk singer in the cat-eye glasses that sang "Stay (I Missed You)," but your kids might know her as the funny lady that sings about rock-hard pancakes ...

Austin Creative Alliance presents: Pat Pattison's "Prosody Songwriting Workshop"

Victory Grill

10.21.11

Austin Creative Alliance and Capitol View Arts are giving the city’s songwriters something to sing about: Pat Pattison’s Prosody Songwriting Workshop. A professor at Berklee College