SXSWeek 2010 March 12-21 SXSWeek 2010 March 12-21 The South by Southwest, Interactive, Film and Music Festival is back this month in Austin, Texas.  Austin.com will be posting events related to the festival and some of Austin's more "local" events that are happening during the same week.  So stay posted! Interactive: March 12-16 Film: March 12-20 Music: March 17-21    Read more


“The View from Here” “The View from Here” February 27-March 27, 2010 artists’ reception: Saturday, February 27, 6:30pm-9:30pm *open to the public.  Our artists show their inner selves in “The View from Here”. With juror and feature artist,  Mo Scollan and 13 selected artists including Stella Alesi, Katie Jo Dixon, Tim Kerr, Joan Lawson, Olin Roth, and Mare Vaccaro.     Read more


NEW FEATURE! 22 Questions With Timothy Abbott NEW FEATURE! 22 Questions With Timothy Abbott Austin.com is happy to present this new feature in our music section, 22 Questions With Timothy Abbott feauring local musician and long time friend of austin.com Tim Abbott and his unique 22 question interviews with local musicians and celebrities.  We will post new interviews every week and please contact us if you wish to be interviewed by Tim for his new 22 Questions With Timothy Abbott feature thank you Read more


The Phantom Of The Opera at Bass Hall The Phantom Of The Opera at Bass Hall March 17–April 4, 2010. Austin, TX—The national tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, known as the Music Box Company, will play its final performances in Austin March 17–April 4, 2010 at UTPAC’s Bass Concert Hall. Tickets are on sale now. For more information, please visit www.thephantomoftheopera.com.          &nbs Read more


Local Austin Showcase @ 121 Bar Local Austin Showcase @ 121 Bar Gignaustin and Austin.com present, Sunday March 21,  Local Austin Showcase @ 121 Bar 6pm.  Come out and support local Austin Artists! Line upincludes: Dahebegebees, Mojo Aviator, Brian Hudson & friends, Abel James and more.  Read more for event details and go to the new gignaustin section of austin.com after the launch on 3-17-10 for details on all the acts, v Read more


The Loyalty Firm artists showcase The Loyalty Firm artists showcase Friday, March 19th @ Guero's in the Oak Garden from 2pm-10pm. Everyone is invited to come out to their little day show. They are hosting a KILLER lineup this year.  This is a free day party, all ages, just come by and rock out, drink some margarita's in the Oak Garden.  No RSVP needed, just bring yourself.  click "Read more"n for line up. Read more

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Seven Austinites Up for Grammy Awards
Written by Dante Dominick   

Grupo Fantasma, Marcia Ball, Redd Volkaert among Austin nominees.
Grupo Fantasma, new video coming
Photo: La Pistola Photography

The nominations for the 51st annual Grammy Awards were announced December 3, and seven Austinites are up for a golden gramophone. The 10-piece Latin funk orchestra Grupo Fantasma earned their first nomination in the “Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album” category for Sonidos Gold, released in June (Aire Sol Records).  If you still haven’t heard the bombastic Latin sound orgy of Grupo Fantasma, keep your eye on austin.com music listings, and take note the band just announced a New Year’s Eve gig at The Parish, where a new video (still image at right) will be unveiled.



Austin has contenders in the top two blues categories. Queen of the boogie, swamp blues, Marcia Ball earned another nomination in “Best Contemporary Blues Album” for Peace, Love & BBQ (Rounder). Ball has earned a number of blues music awards, but surprisingly not the Grammy yet. Meanwhile, nonagenarian Pinetop Perkins hopes to add another “Best Traditional Blues Album” trophy for Pinetop Perkins & Friends (Telarc), which featured duets with a slew of performers, including Eric Clapton, B.B. King, and Jimmie Vaughan. The Mississippi transplant shared the same award last year for Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live in Dallas with Robert Lockwood Jr., David Honeyboy Edwards, and Henry James Townsend.

Two Austin bands are up for “Best Tejano Album,” a category the state of Texas owns. Ruben Ramos & The Mexican Revolution are up for Viva la Revolucion and Tortilla Factory for All That Jazz. Ramos, a king on the Tejano circuit, is hoping to add another Grammy (he earned one with Los Super Seven) to his slew of awards and trophies.

Redd Volkaert, Telecaster Master in Austin, TX
Redd Volkaert
Monster guitarist Redd Volkaert could win a trophy in “Best Instrumental Performance” for his part on Braid Paisley’s “Cluster Puck” on Paisley’s recently-released Play (Arista). It’s the second time Volkaert has been nominated for instrumental work with Paisley.

Finally, Austin’s world-class choral ensemble, Conspirare, which earned two nominations last year, receive another nod in “Best Choral Performance” for their part on Tarik O’Reagan’s Threshold of Night (Harmonia Mundi). The award would go to choir's leader, Craig Hella Jonshon, as the conductor on the performance.

 

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