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  The Houston Press Guide to Seeing Every Act at Your Favorite Music Festival

  August 14 at 6:45 a.m.

  Recently, the world celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing. It was a universal reminder that when humans set their minds to monumental tasks, we find ways to make milestones from the improbable. If we are looking for the next Neil Armstrong in 2019, might we suggest a...

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  Peter Yarrow on the Promise of Folk Music - Then and Now

  July 19 at 4 a.m.

  During the folk music revival of the early 1960s – which saw both older performers rediscovered and new ones step to the forefront of the genre – there was no bigger or more important venue than the Newport Folk Festival. And there were few acts with both the critical and...

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  Five years Strong: Splice Records Still Turns the World One Album at a Time

  July 5 at 4 a.m.

  “Make the world go round one album at a time” is a slogan used by Houston’s Splice Records and written by its CEO Shaun Brennan. In a city full of everything under the sun, Brennan started Splice Records in an attempt to offer artists better support and the city better...

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  6 Best Bets This Weekend in Houston: Sizzling Dance, Airplane by Gonzo247

  May 30 at 4 a.m.

  GONZO247 didn't know there were still mountains to climb. The local artist has tackled graffiti murals, beer silos and cars before, but this will be the first time he's painted an entire airplane. There's a demo this Saturday at the 1940 Air Terminal Museum, but back up those datebooks because...

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  Houston Director Eyes Completion of Rock Doc...and Spinoff Shows

  May 10 at 4 a.m.

  When last we left off with Louie Comella – producer/director and head honcho of Houston’s IVOX Media studio – he was about to embark on final filming for the documentary Rockabilly Weekend: 21 Years of Viva Las Vegas. The film tells the story of the Viva Las Vegas festival, held...

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  La Izquierda Festival: Celebrating Surf, Music, and Community on the Pier

  April 29 at 4 a.m.

  This is the second year for Galveston’s La Izquierda Festival and last year definitely got them off on the right footing. “It was beyond anyone’s imagination how well it went, it went so good. Lots of people came out, it was a beautiful day and it had a little magic...