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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 Band's concerts in Oak Ridge on July 16, 2022.

When a young Keith Galloway Jr. couldn't 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-Austin's 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 music, you're taught jazz theory from the jump," says 20-year-old Galloway. "It felt like a job as a...