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Special to the Daily Tedeschi Trucks Band – led by guitar-wielding husband-and-wife duo Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi – has earned the reputation from both audiences and critics alike as one of the premier live bands in the world. Touring the country at large, iconic venues such as Red Rocks, members of Tedeschi Trucks Band will perform an intimate show at the 530-seat Vilar Performing Arts Center at Beaver Creek on Aug. 3. “Equal parts musical historians and innovators, Derek Trucks an...

For Austin-based Tennis superstar Andy Roddick, years of preparation have all been leading to this moment. No, it’s not the final match of the U.S. Ope

Andy Roddick nets famous investors and renowned master distiller for new Austin bourbon Andy Roddick and business partner Mark Rivers were inspired to create the bourbon brand by a Tennessee golf club called Sweetens Cove. Author: Trey Gutierrez (CultureMap Austin) Published: 8:02 AM CDT May 25, 2021 Updated: 8:02 AM CDT May 25, 2021 Editors note: The video published above is a KVUE report about the growth of the whiskey scene in Central Texas. (C...

Andy Roddick nets famous investors for launch of new Austin bourbon Photo by Roger Ho. Photo by Roger Ho Photo by Roger Ho For Austin-based Tennis superstar Andy Roddick, years of preparation have all been leading to this moment. No, it’s not the final match of the U.S. Open, nor is it a star-studded gala for the athlete’s nonprofit foundation. Right now, at this cozily lit cocktail speakeasy in the heart of downtown Austin, Roddick is finally stepping into his latest role: one the city’...

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Luton election results paint a mixed picture Top Story May 9, 2021 LUTON: Local elections in Luton have painted a mixed picture. The mixed results come on a bad polling performance for Labour as it retained one seat but lost one to the Liberal Democrats. Labour’s Umme Ali won the High Town Ward seat with 717 votes. Conservative candidate Shakaina Khan received 327 votes. Other candidates were Green Party’s Lyn Bliss, Lib Dems’ Nigel John Marshall and Communist Party of Britain’s Marku...

Elections 2021: Lib Dems win Round Green seat in Luton by-election Published Labour has lost its seat to the Liberal Democrats in a Luton Borough Council by-election. A vote was held to fill a seat in Round Green ward after councillor Mark Rivers resigned. Steve Moore received 1,041 votes while Labour candidate Fatima Begum got 910. Labour retained its seat in the by-election for High Town Ward, which had been prompted by the resignation of councillor Rachel Hopkins, who became Labour MP for Lu...

Austin 360 Like all good drinking stories, this one involves a traveling circus, a champion tennis player and the capital of Texas.  Well. Maybe all tales dont have those things, but they should.  Drinkers hip to the whiskey world might have heard of Sweetens Cove, the Tennessee bourbon brand named after a golf course near Chattanooga and Nashville. It’s booze with a big-name backer in Peyton Manning, but it’s also one with deep Austin ties. The other owners include tennis...