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Both Kinds of Music
Nominated as the Best Radio Show by the Austin Chronicle, DJ Salty Cracker champions independent country music and the musicians
Pearl’s General Store
Pearl’s General Store has always been a fun variety show broadcast from the store, which is conveniently located inside the
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This is the sound your brain makes when stare at too many feeds. So many screens, too many inboxes &
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Latest Updates
City of Austin Opens FY27 ACME Grant Cycle
Austin’s creative community has another major opportunity to bring new ideas to life. The City of Austin’s Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment (ACME) Office has officially opened the FY27 ACME Grant
World Refugee Day Celebration Event: What Refugee Communities Can Contribute to Societies
by Asfa Awan Preparations for this year’s World Refugee Day event began against a backdrop of institutional nervousness and in an increasingly precarious political environment. Challenges almost prevented an in-person
KOOP’s Boots On the Air Receives “Excellence in Media” Award in the Radio Category
Boots producer and host Michael A. Brown (L) with Tom Palladino, Executive Director of the Texas Veterans Commission.
KOOP Celebration Event – The Difference in This Year’s World Refugee Day: Community
A few years ago, an Iraqi refugee walked out of a Walmart and saw two police officers heading towards him. He dropped his bags and raised his arms. The officers
Program Highlights
Jacob Kyle on The Austin Bandstand
The Austin Bandstand welcomes Jacob Kyle this Friday August 8, 9-10pm. Jacob is a singer songwriter who’s been performing for over a decade. He draws influence from deep Texas blues.
Adventures in (Jazz) Sound
Tune in on Saturday, August 8, for a special two-hour Adventures in (Jazz) Sound! Every four weeks, Dennis Campa combines The Jazz Show and Adventures in Sound for a celebration
Boots on the Air
KOOP’s series Boots On The Air continues Monday, August 10 at 1:00pm (1300 hrs) USA central / GMT -6. Join US Army vets Michael A. Brown and Perry Jefferies, and
Sarah Walker on The Singer and the Song
The Singer and the Song welcomes Sarah Walker. I actually like to call her Sarey Jeff Walker, because we’re both big Jerry Jeff fans, and she even hosted a Jerry
The Blog
Course of Empire’s 1998 Album Telepathic Last Words Reissued by DFW Legacy Series
By Ryan J. Nim DFW Legacy Series is a label whose mission is to make vinyl releases available for some of the bands active in the North Texas scenes from
Welcome Home: The 54th Kerrville Folk Festival
By Cheyenne Young On a Saturday morning in late May, I woke up, cut my overall pants into overall shorts and hit the road. After a two-hour drive on a
Texas Country and Tinikling: ATX Pinoy Cowboy Adobro Album Right Here, Right Now Debuts at Antone’s
By Alison Roh Park Local artist Adobro dropped his debut country album Right Here, Right Now at a self-described “Filipino-Fiesta-meets Texas-Dancehall” album release party on July 12th at the historic
“We’re the Evergreen”: A Fiddlehead Discography Dive
By Ryan J Nims (Fiddlehead L-R: Nick Hinsch, Alex Dow, Pat Flynn, Alex Henery, Shawn Costa) Fiddlehead, the post-hardcore band from Boston, is still going strong since launching in 2018.
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