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Following a triumphant and empowering 2023 debut, Andrea Magee’s She Rises Music Festival is returning for its second year in the vibrant backdrop of  Taos, New Mexico, this Labor Day weekend (Aug. 30 - Sept. 1) at Kit Carson Park, located at 211 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte, Taos, NM 87571.

Now that the “Barbie” hoopla has passed, you can seek out queer energy in new places. Just kidding — it’s time to sort out…

You may initially recognize Andrea Magee’s name as one half of the crowd-electrifying, multi-instrumentalist roots duo, Beat Root Revival, who consistently draw large crowds at Michael Hearne’s …

Gina Chavez Gina Chavez is a 12-time winner at the Austin Music Awards, and if you know just what a crazed music town the Texas capital is, you know that’s big stuff. She’s an Austin native whose music bounces through genres, from classic pop and American roots music to cumbia, bossa nova and the Latin folk she discovered as a student in Argentina for a spell early in her career. She’s released a series of ever-better albums, packed with powerful social commentary and deeply pe...

You can call 2020 Latin Grammy nominee Gina Chavez a lot of things: Queer. Catholic. Bilingual. Singer. Songwriter. Pop rock artist. Social justice

Deborah Sengupta Stith  Mobley “A Home Unfamiliar.” One month into the lockdown, pop composer Mobley tapped a community of artists whose lives had just been upended to create quick turnaround audio and video works conceptually guided by the piece’s title, “A Home Unfamiliar.” The stunning lineup of top Austin talent he assembled included Shakey Graves, Sabrina Ellis, Bright Light Social Hour, Deezie Brown and Kalu James working alongside local filmmakers. Collectively they created a ...

Austin 360 Austin360 On The Record is a weekly roundup of new, recent and upcoming releases by local and Austin-associated recording artists. This week, take a look back at a select batch of 50 local albums that made waves in 2020, plus a handful of notable EPs, live albums, archival releases and other oddities. For our critics’ personal favorite records of 2020, watch for next weeks year-in-review music wrap-up. FIVE OLD-SCHOOL ACES Willie Nelson, “First Rose of Spring.” No Grammy nom...