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  How Stax Records Merged the Music and the Message in 1968

  October 22 at 4 a.m.

  As both the history books and an endless stream of 50th anniversary documentaries have taught us, 1968 was an Especially Important Year in the United States. It was a time of particular upheaval with civil rights and jobs issues, the Vietnam was spiraling out of control and sparking protests, sharp...

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  Country Blues are a Big Damn Deal to This Musical Preacher

  October 5 at 5 a.m.

  Call the Rev. Peyton a “throwback,” and he’ll likely take it as a compliment. Looking like he stepped out of a 1930s kinescope about rural mountain people (or a “Popeye” cartoon), the singer/guitarist/songwriter gets both inspiration from and is a practitioner of the kind of acoustic fingerpicking country blues that...

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  Teen Blues Rocker Ally Venable is Nobody's Puppet

  September 11 at 4 a.m.

  A couple of weeks ago marked the anniversary of the death of Stevie Ray Vaughan in a helicopter crash. But in the nearly three decades since, the Texas blues legend has continued to inspire musicians—including those not yet even born for nearly another decade after that tragic event. That category...

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  Eric Lindell Calls for a Revolution, But Not the Kind You're Thinking

  September 5 at 4 a.m.

  These days on the streets, on TV, and in comments sections of thousands of social media platforms, there’s a lot of call for revolution. But for seasoned Americana artist Eric Lindell, that sort of change—or at least as he sees it on a personal level—needs to come from a different...

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  River Revival Is Ready To Flex

  August 24 at 4 a.m.

  No matter what you think a music festival should be, it is after all a gathering of like minded individuals. The River Revival Festival organized by Houston's Splice Records,is now in its fourth year, stretched from two days to three, and from a handful of bands to more than double...

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  Houston Press Singles Club: Tee Vee, Lera Lynn, So, so

  August 14 at 4 a.m.

  This week the club gets richer with new tracks from Tee Vee, Secret Sands, Lera Lynn, From Beyond and So,so. While we appreciate you subscribing to this playlist, we remind you to visit these artists in their respected artist shops or when they perform so that they can keep the...