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  Patrick Myers Embodies Freddie Mercury in Killer Queen

  October 12 at 4 a.m.

  Easily one of the most iconic, dynamic, and unique vocalists in the history of rock and roll, Freddie Mercury, fronted Queen for just over two decades until his 1991 AIDS-related death. So it comes as a surprise – even to Patrick Myers – that Patrick Myers has embodied Mercury onstage...

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  Simon & Garfunkel are Reunited. Sort Of!

  October 9 at 4 a.m.

  While it’s been pretty big music news that Paul Simon recently played his last-ever show as a touring musician near his hometown borough of Queens in New York City, “Paul Simon” will continue to tour. And miraculously appearing decades younger and with his estranged partner (and similarly fresh-faced) Art Garfunkel...

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  The (Steven) Marshall Plan to Make it in Music

  October 8 at 4 a.m.

  It was a Saturday evening at the Ranch Bar + Kitchen in the north Houston suburb of Cypress. Steven Marshall sat alone on the small stage, dressed casually in jeans and a T-shirt, just him and his acoustic guitar. The crowd was fairly sparse at the time—it was still fairly...

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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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  The Sheepdogs Paint Their Colours of Classic Rock

  September 28 at 4 a.m.

  Hailing from up north in the mailing label-straining town of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, the Sheepdogs spent the early part of their career doing a lot of touring in the country. But as bassist Ryan Gullen notes, it turned out a bit different than if they had started out in the...

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  Nobody's Girl Launches Country-Folk-Pop Band of Sisters

  September 21 at 4 a.m.

  In the comic book world, a familiar storyline move is to put heroes who have established their own books and storylines together at some point to form a super team (think the Avengers or Justice League of America). When it comes to Texas-based contemporary folk and country bands, three of...