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Jordan Mackay
Early August
Dwight Yoakam in transition but with a new record; Willie at the Led Zep reunion; Spoon gets good press; and a CD Review of Houston's Blue Wing.
Early July
ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons has been making his way around Austin where he's said to be songwriting, Mexico Regional is named a new Grammy category, and King Coffey's Trance Syndicate label comes to an end.		 Middle July
Pushmonkey finishes recording their major-label debut; Indefatigable Pervis plays on; Scandinavian cowboy Eric Moll charms with his plaintive strains; and Austin roots king Don Leady debuts Alamo Suite.
Early June
Edgefest in Arlington creates a roar outside the ballpark; Junior Brown's sizable tribute to Jimi Hendrix; and the lite read Texas Music hits bookstore shelves.		 Middle June
Elias Haslanger's Kicks are for Kids is a classic-sounding jazz with a serious groove that will grab you with its quiet confidence; Santiago Jimenez, Jr. has a new release with Corridos de la Frontera.
Early May
A Scot's take on western swing; Austin's Fastball tops the charts; new CDs from George Strait and the Gourds.		 Middle May
The new Bass Performance Hall opens in Fort Worth, local musicians return from the Lone Star Music Fest in Florida, and Don Walser's new CD is a welcome blast from the past.
Early April
Soused by Southwest		 Middle April
Viva La Mafia, Blues club opens its Gates, The Horse Whisperer
Early March
Going home with a Grammy, Swingin' in Cyberspace, Tinseltown Tunes		 Middle March
Best of the Fests, Michael Fracasso, The Hunger
Early February
SXSW, Tejano Music Awards, Eric Johnson, Los Skarnales		 Middle February
The Toadies, The Black Experience in Country Music, The Bobby Fuller Four
Early January
Texas music year in review		 Middle January
And the grammy nominees are...
Early December
Long John Hunter, Watermelon Records,The Derailers, Steve Earle		 Middle December
Axes to Grind, Crowded Townes, Lone Star in England
Early November
Nanci Griffith, The Crickets. Texas Radio, Reckless Kelly		 Middle November
Austin Lounge Lizards, Trippin' Daisy, Lisa Loeb, Denny Freeman
Middle October
Willie Nelson, Beck, Lisa Loeb, Swing

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Early September
The Sexton Brothers, Erykah Badu, Blues on the Move, Jackopierce, Houston Blues, Lyle Lovett, Chris Duarte Group, Santiago Jimenez Jr., Buddy Miller, Texas Chainsaw Orchestra
Middle September
Chris Perez, Buddy Holly, Jimmy Rodgers, Austin Record Convention, Blues Across America: The Dallas Scene,Lowell Fulson, Los Leoncitos, Little Jack Melody, Texas Polka, Too Much TV		 Late August
The Crispy Chronicles, Peter Keane, The Cherubs, Eric Johnson, Float for Instruments, Kelly Willis, Jeff Gramm's Aden, The Gourds, Iain Matthews, Timbuk-3
Mid-August
Selena's Widower, Old 97's, Sacred Harp Singing Convention, Ornette Coleman, Johnny Copeland, Steve Earle, Sue Foley, Tutu Jones, Rick Orozco, and Stevie Ray Vaughan.		 Early August--Special Larry King Edition
Storyville, Ian Moore, Shoulders, The Sex Pistols, The Spin Doctors, Gal's Panic, Tripping Daisy, Poi Dog Pondering, Starfish, Junior Brown, Ugly Americans, and more.

Late July
Grey Ghost, Lollapalooza, Smokin' Grooves, Houston Press Music Awards, Ian Moore, Houston Jazz Festival, Shaver, Herb Steiner, Paul Kingsbury

Late July
Kelly Willis, Rob Thomas, John Cougar McConaughey, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Shawn Colvin, Jerry Jeff Walker, Spoon, Smokin' Grooves Tour, Pantera

Mid-July
Antone's 21st anniversary, Brave Combo, H.O.R.D.E., Conjunto Shootout, David Ball, Bobby Bland, Roger Brown & Swing City, Johnny Rodriquez,Texas Tornados, Rick Trevino

Mid-July
Comet, jackopierce, Eric Johnson, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Butthole Surfers, Spot, Michele Solberg, The Reverend Horton Heat, Austin's Musical Instruments Campaign

Late June
Western Swing Festival,Willie Nelson's Picnic, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, The Reverend Horton Heat, Kris McKay, Don McCalister, Jr., Tarver Quindon, Cedar Walton, Eve Ybarra y Su Conjunto, George Gimarc and Pat Reeder

Mid-June
Fastball, Kris McKay, Craig Ross, Bedhead, Antone's gets discovered, Lollapalooza, Pushmonkey gets KISSed, Sex Pistols, Freedom Records, Toadies

Mid-June
Pura Vida Hispanic Music Awards, Clarksville Jazz and Arts Festival, Tejano Celebration, International Mariachi Festival, Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett, Lone Star soundtrack, Slobberbone, Dale Watson, Anthony Philputt

Early June
Kings X, Trance Syndicate Trio, Wannabes, Free For All: The Austin Music Sampler, Baboon meets Chuck Norris, Storyville, Doyle Bramhall II, Tripping Daisy, Don McCalister, Jr.

Early May
Accordion Abuse, National Poka Festival, The Old 97s, Selena, Sister 7, Kirk Franklin and the Family, William James IV, Prescott Curlywolf, Kimmie Rhodes, Jones, George, and Tom Carter's I Lived to Tell It All

Late May
Joseph Gonzalez, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Walter Hyatt, Threadgill's Supper Sessions Vol. II, Sincola, Monte Wardon, The Backyard at the Beach, Tracy Chapman, The Gourds

Late April
Houston International Festival, Louisiana Swamp Romp, Moontower Madness, Bob Wills Day, Vicki Carr in Overdrive, ZZ Hill, Lydia Mendoza, Waylon, Willie and the outlaws, George Strait, Dave Oliphant

Mid-May
Prescott Curlywolf, Sincola, Butthole Surfers, The Hunger, Soak, Craig Ross, Poi Dog, Original Gangstas, Ed Hall, Elliot Sharp, Dale Watson, Flaco Jimenez, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Kelly Willis, Willie Nelson, Billy Joe Shaver, Eric Johnson, Reverend Horton Heat, Kris McKay

Early April
Tejano Music Awards, Selena, Dallas Observer Music Awards, Deep Ellum, Lucinda Williams, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Sarah Brown, W.C. Clark, Geto Boys, The Best of Amos Milburn

Early May
Bob Mould, The Instruments, Holy Barbarians, Escovedo, The Jesus Lizard, Sons of Hercules, Kelly Willis, Daniel Johnston, Robert Earl Keen

Late March
Fifth Annual Texas Music Conference, Tejano Music Awards, Poor David, Austin Music Awards, South by Southwest, Pat Boyack and the Prowlers, Alejandro Escovedo, Roy Heinrich, Bobby Patterson, Don Walser

Late April
Sons of Hercules, Peglegasus, Moontower Madness, Jackopierce, Meg Hentges, Spoon, The Toadies, Pork, Plum, Edson

Early March
Merle Haggard, Texas Polka Festival, Austin City Limits, Edie Brickell, Krist Novoselic, Texas Grammy winners, Robert Earl Keen, La Diferenzia, Ronnie Dawson, The Cornell Hurd Band

Early April
Austin Music Awards, John Croslin, Little Sister, Texas Instruments, No Depression, Slobberbone, Texas Music Office, Butthole Surfers, Literary Doings

 

Late March
Stretford, SXSW, Alejandro Escovedo, Outlaw Shows, The Rainravens, Spoon, The Motards, "Pretty Vacant", Butthole Surfers