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Texas Music Magazine New Releases Just Released - Here's a list of the latest albums, singles, and EPs by Texas musicians.

2021 is the 75th anniversary of 1946, a year in which the Cubs were defending National League champions and posted a winning percentage they would not surpass until 1967. In 1945, they had been 9...

This weeks Austin360 On The Record looks at new and recent releases from Wayne Sutton, Tee Double, Asleep at the Wheel, Jamestown Revival and more.

Cubs who led NL in pitching categories, Part 1 By JohnW53 on May 11, 2021, 6:38am CDT + 431 times, an average of more than 3 per season. They have led in at least 1 of the 36 categories shown at Baseball-Reference.com in 110 of the 120 seasons. Three of the 10 in which they had no leaders have come in the past 20 seasons: 2001, 2009 and 2014. In 1992, a Cub led in 16 categories; in every one, the leader was Greg Maddux. In 1938, they led in 18, with Bill Lee on top in 14. And in ...

Austin 360 Both Pat Byrne and Jaimee Harris are alumni of our Austin360 Artist of the Month series, Byrne in April 2019 and Harris in June 2018. Harris moved to Nashville a couple of years ago, but Byrne is still in Austin and is gearing up for a July release of his new album "Into the Light." One of that albums best tracks, "Losing Heart," is being released as a single this week. Were premiering it today on Austin360. Byrne wrote the song with Harris, then brought her into the studio to sing i...

Austin 360 Shannon McNally isnt an Austinite, but the singer-songwriter who currently calls Nashville home has ties to the Live Music Capital. Shes spent much of the past few years singing Texas songwriter Terry Allens band alongside prominent Austin musicians such as Lloyd Maines and Charlie Sexton. And South Austin venue Sams Town Point has became a local home base of sorts for McNally, a place for her to work out new material with her band in an intimate setting. On May 28, Compass Records...

Austin 360 It’s a mantra that’s been passed from musicians and venue owners to mayors and senators over the course of the coronavirus pandemic: Live music venues were among the first to close and will be among the last to reopen. So, 13 months in, just where are we in that re-emergence? Many of Austin’s top music destinations remain shuttered for now: iconic South Austin haunts the Continental Club and Saxon Pub, to Red River anchors the Mohawk and Cheer Up Charlies, to Congress Avenu...

Many issues need to be addressed before indoor concerts can resume and be viable, like whether to require masks or serve food. "The biggest thing," Bobby Garza says, "is to fix your HVAC system." When the concert business shut down in March 2020, Bobby Garza abruptly shifted from putting on live events to tearing them down -- his company, Austin-based Forefront Networks, had to cancel the California food-and-music festival Yountville Live later that month. In early April, his life changed eve...

Bobby Garza Many issues need to be addressed before indoor concerts can resume and be viable, like whether to require masks or serve food. "The biggest thing," Bobby Garza says, "is to fix your HVAC system." When the concert business shut down in March 2020, Bobby Garza abruptly shifted from putting on live events to tearing them down -- his company, Austin-based Forefront Networks, had to cancel the California food-and-music festival Yountville Live later that month. In early April, his life ...

Austin community enjoys socially-distanced live music on Easter Sunday Austin community enjoys socially-distanced live music on Easter Sunday n front of a slowly changing downtown background, a return to an Austin original on Sunday: live music. AUSTIN, Texas - In front of a slowly changing downtown background, a return to an Austin original on Sunday: live music. "A lot of event staff and artists out there have just been dying for that energy and interaction with," said Cory Baker, CEO of The ...