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  Guit With It and See Junior Brown at McGonigel's Mucky Duck

  January 18 at 5 a.m.

  Junior Brown is a country western workhorse. Consistently touring for decades, he began as a back up musician for such acts as The Last Mile Ramblers and Asleep at the Wheel. “I had no other skills in life than playing music,” Brown has said. “I played more nights in honkytonks...

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  9 Houston Rappers to Follow in 2019

  January 17 at 5 a.m.

  In many ways 2018 was a quiet year for Houston hip hop. Sure, we got Astroworld, the career defining album by Mo City's favorite son, along with the nostalgic festival of the same name. We also welcomed break out independent phenom Tobe Nwige into the national spotlight and enjoyed the enduring...

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  Fastball Celebrate Two Decades Since Breakthrough Album and "The Way"

  Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at 4 a.m.

  The members of Fastball are in a pretty good mood these days. The Austin-based band have just released a 20th anniversary reissue of their breakthrough album All the Pain Money Can Buy that includes the original album’s 13 tracks, plus 9 more rarities, demos, and outtakes. “We wanted to mark...

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  James McMurtry Ponders the State of the Union

  Friday, November 30, 2018 at 4 a.m.

  Since the events of the last U.S. Presidential election, there’s one regular social event that has gotten a lot more, um, interesting. And that’s the family gathering! I mean, what could possibly go wrong when you throw together in one confining house relatives who may not have seen each other...

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  Houston All-Stars Pay Tribute to the Texas Tornado

  Friday, November 16, 2018 at 4 a.m.

  The name Doug Sahm would not make any list of the Top 20 Most Famous Texas Musicians. Nor would it likely appear on a Top 50 roster. But among diehard fans of Texas music, his name and influence ranks far higher. After all, this is the guy who wrote “Texas...

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  Starting With His Own Stories, Houstonian Luke Brawner Has Assembled a Podcast Network

  Monday, November 12, 2018 at 5 a.m.

  Three and a half years ago, Luke Brawner was commuting to work from Tomball to the Heights. As a worship leader and long time musician he was hearing more than enough music at work every day. The Fort Worth native needed something else to pass the time during the hour-long...