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Jan. 1, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
Austin's Hip-Hop Pioneers, in Their Own Words
The Austin History Center-archived rappers and industry innovators share stories
"...Ryan Blake, offering a rare recording of undigitized Eighties/Nineties Austin girl group Cooly Girls. Alongside taking over Manners' longtime..."
Sept. 15, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe
Austin FC Season Kickoff, Black History Month, and More Community Events
Get out and about in Austin while the weather's good
"...to offer free HIV testing. – James Scott Austin RV Expo..."
Feb. 23, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott
Faster Than Sound: Bartender-Turned-Activist Jeannette Gregor Amplifies Her Profession
Mohawk's new venue manager on her "messy and fickle" industry and getting back to live music
"...Last September, the night before a rally with Austin Texas Musicians demanding release of local SAVES (Save Austin's..."
June 25, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
Faster Than Sound: Free Lunch Creatives Feed Austin’s Unhoused
Musicians rally for emergency storm relief, and Spicewood's Katy Kirby debuts on Keeled Scales.
"...surprise Mills now oversees a program providing nourishment to Austinites without homes...."
Feb. 26, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
Qmmunity: Embrace Austin Seeks to Build Bridges Between Queer People and Queer Initiatives
Qmmunity members organize to launch new LGBTQIA coalition
"...It's time to welcome a new org into Austin's qmmunity: Embrace Austin, which officially launches this Friday, Jan...."
Jan. 22, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan
Faster Than Sound: Remembering Chet Himes, Johnny Limón, and Riley Osbourn
Three Austin music scene stalwarts passed in late August
"...Antonio. The scene also says goodbye to three dedicated Austin music contributors. Nonstop Recording Engineer Chet Himes..."
Sept. 4, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
Faster Than Sound: City Council Supports Music-Focused Arts Facility on East 11th Street
Harold McMillan breaks down civic steps to the envisioned Kenny Dorham Center
"...In 2007, Austin City Council created an African American Cultural Heritage District..."
Sept. 10, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
Faster Than Sound: City of Austin Delays Venue Funding – Again
Live music venues have asked for dedicated COVID-19 relief since March, but the city says applications won't open until next year.
"...of dollars remain designated, but the money to sustain Austin's live music venues never arrives. For venue owners and..."
Nov. 27, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
Faster Than Sound: Music Advocates Say Convention Center Expansion Key to Unlocking City Funds
Can the commercial music industry finally get a cut of the HOT action? Also: City protects venue employees from receiving sound citations and Austin rapper Hella Sketchy dies of overdose.
"...industry doesn't see a penny. Under Reynolds' leadership, a coalition of music supporters, Music Makes Austin, now pushes for..."
July 5, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
Faster Than Sound: The Austin Music Census Returns While the Live Music Fund Faces Delays
A spring music ecosystem news roundup with all those familiar players: the Austin Music Census, Live Music Fund, and HAAM
"...In 2015, the first Austin Music Census highlighted fault lines in the local music..."
May 27, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
Guide to Austin Improv
The venues, events, troupes, and individuals who have transformed Austin into a "Yes, and" boomtown
"...spontaneity, practitioners of the unpredictable. They are improvisers, and Austin is overrun with them...."
Aug. 26, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
For the First Time Since 2015, a New Austin Music Census Is Now Open
Survey seeks measurable industry feedback to guide policy and support
"...The first-ever Austin Music Census, circa 2015, is still referenced to this..."
July 15, 2022 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe
Faster Than Sound: Jana Horn Is Cautiously Optimistic
Cautious and cerebral ATX singer-songwriter finally releases her solo debut
"...output carefully. After performing eponymously for years, the cerebral Austin singer-songwriter finally offers a debut statement. Optimism masters clear-eyed,..."
Oct. 9, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re listening to
"...more assured back-half. It also works back the band's sound, "Lover's Heart" sliding into soft-swell anthemics and "Just the..."
Sept. 25, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman
Faster Than Sound: Austin Industry Bands Together for March Music Week
Why Austin venues and musicians need you to turn out the next 10 days, and where to do it
"...In the wake of the city of Austin's cancellation of South by Southwest at 4pm last Friday,..."
March 13, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
UT-Austin Faculty Say They’ve Lost Confidence in University President After Protest Arrests
Faculty, staff, and elected officials decry DPS deployment
"...were arrested Wednesday at a peaceful pro-Palestine protest at UT-Austin – most of whom were subsequently released with charges..."
April 26, 2024 News Post by Lina Fisher
Faster Than Sound: Select Live Music Reemerges
ACL Live reintroduces in-person audiences, alongside steady outdoor calendars at the Far Out Lounge and Sagebrush on South Congress.
"...Beverage designation under loosened state rules, utilizing the W Austin Hotel's kitchen. This allows for 75% capacity, but like..."
Oct. 2, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
Faster Than Sound: HAAM Day Fundraises Onscreen
The Health Alliance for Austin Musicians’ biggest fundraising day of the year goes online
"...South by Southwest on March 6, Health Alliance for Austin Musicians Executive Director Reenie Collins immediately feared for HAAM..."
Sept. 11, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Commission Considers a Black Live Music Fund
Envisioning a Black Live Music Fund and fixing the Broken Spoke
"...Like institutions across the country, the Austin Music Commission grappled with how to address systemic racism..."
July 10, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
Faster Than Sound – Summer in the City: Concerts, Protests, Relief Controversy, Potentially Less HAAM
Clubs navigate show safety, local musicians soundtrack protests, and HAAM asks for city aid.
"...and more with varied music offerings. In response, nonprofits Austin Texas Musicians and the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians..."
June 12, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
Austin Studios Takes Flight
The past year has been witness to an amazingly cooperative tag-team project between the Austin Film Society, the Austin City Council, and the Mueller Neighborhood Coalition that -- as of now -- has resulted in a superstar studio setup that could well change the very fabric of filmmaking in Austin.
"...This is Austin I'm talking about, of course, where the past year..."
Dec. 8, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Faster Than Sound: R&B Innovator Nayome Gets Personal
Sade-loving local Naomi Sutton previews sophomore EP, Latin music enters Live Music Fund conversation, and more music news.
"...as Nayome by utilizing beats off YouTube. Moving to Austin in January, the 23-year-old singer searched for producers to..."
Aug. 14, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
Sound Walls Coming to MoPac
Details to be discussed at final noise-education forum this week
"...Neighborhoods in the MoPac Neighborhoods Associations Coalition have waited for sound walls along MoPac for so..."
Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves
Point Austin: Down in the Grove
Agreement on latest PUD portends … a little progress?
"...ARG Bull Creek Ltd., and the Bull Creek Road Coalition of nearby neighborhoods entered mediation trailing mutual expressions of..."
Dec. 9, 2016 News Column by Michael King
Point Austin: A Modest Proposition
How much misinformation can you buy for $2 million?
"...I suppose Austinites should feel somewhat flattered that Uber and Lyft are..."
April 22, 2016 News Column by Michael King
Austin @ Large: Wreck on the Highway
Why the dogs can't catch the toll road speed machine
"...Monday's vote, that cracks might be appearing in the coalition, his was the only vote that changed, and the..."
Sept. 17, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
From Austin to Travis County -- With $$$$$$
Travis County's upcoming bond election asks mostly urban voters to fund suburban sprawl.
"...the reason some political groups, such as the South Austin Democrats, are opposing the package in its entirety, advocating..."
Oct. 19, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith
Faster Than Sound: Islands in the (Live)stream
Crossing over from 3D to the pixelated world of livestreams
"...loitering by the venue's water cooler, and "Best of Austin"-winning bartender Kathee Lozano commented that he's welcome to anytime...."
May 1, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
Safety Resources Every College Student in Austin Should Know About
Get to know the local orgs that center community well-being
"...that exceed the walls of a classroom. This may sound like a no-brainer, but in the midst of everything..."
