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Austin American-Statesman music writer Peter Blackstock reflects on covering the music community in the city where he grew up, before he heads west.

Guest columnist John Job writes about the Jim Lauderdale band and The Alex Leach Bands concerts in Oak Ridge on July 16, 2022.

When a young Keith Galloway Jr. couldnt sit still in church, his mother suggested he take up a seat next to the pianist. That sage advice eventually led the Ft. Worth native to UT-Austins jazz program, where the keyboard maven finishes his sophomore year. His own solo musical outlet, KindKeith, a dreamy alternative R&B guise, debuted full-length bow Take What You Need last Friday in collaboration with longtime friend and co-producer Ian Salazar, who Galloway calls "Skinny." "With gospel mu...