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Album Review: Lucas Hudgins – The World Left Is Mine
You won’t find soaring vocals, full-bodied production, loud arrangements, or a hint of pop on The World Left Is Mine. In fact, you’re unlikely to even hear Lucas Hudgins’ name mentioned anywhere else, but what you will find is classic country music that’s simple, but effective, from an artist whose covers of Webb Pierce [...]
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SXSW 2008: Friday and Saturday Music Wrap-Up
Burleson Heights Unplugged at Ventana del Soul
Friday’s venue hopping kicked off just after lunch at Cafe Ventana, a little cafe/coffee shop tucked into the Ventana del Soul Cultural Center. It’s located away from the bustling activities of SXSW in downtown Austin, and as it turned out, just about everyone in attendance was either an employee [...]Continue reading "SXSW 2008: Friday and Saturday Music Wrap-Up"
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Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You” Brought Porter Wagoner To Tears At The Opry
Austin 360 has two reviews of the free Road to Austin concert that took place this weekend. I assumed the lines would be exceptionally long, especially after the website was touting that over 20,000 tickets had been downloaded. However, the reviewers says it was a comfortable 7,000. I guess that’s what I get for assuming.
Michael [...]
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A Few Albums Worth Checking Out
I’ve listened to a lot of music in the past month that’s worth recommending and have thus compiled a list of a few of the albums I have acquired myself. I’ll be doing some recommendations like this every so often just so people get a sense of the type of music I like and that [...]
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MySpace Artist Of The Week: Lucas Hudgins & The First Cousins
The talent that you can find on MySpace amazes me. Lucas Hudgins & The First Cousins are one such talent, and although they are from Austin, Ive never heard of them before.
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