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Bonnaroo performances now streaming on YouTube


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Published June 11, 2010 at 2:19 p.m.

If you couldn’t afford the ticket or travel out to Tennessee or you just want to get primed for Austin City Limits in October, you might want to tune in to Bonnaroo’s YouTube channel, which begins streaming performances, both live and on tape delay, today through Sunday ... As I write this — 1:20 p.m. CST — Neon Indian’s Thursday night performance is currently running on the service. The rest of the weekend includes a full slate of great performers, including Nas and Damian Marley, the

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Weekend Music Preview: ROT Rally, Chronic Vibrations, & East Side Block Party


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Published June 11, 2010 at 10:12 a.m.
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Image courtesy of Knuckle Rumbler ... Chronic Vibrations ... Saturday, June 12 ... Scoot Inn (1308 E. Fourth) ... 9 p.m ... $3 with RSVP; $5 without ... [info] [RSVP] ... The annual extravaganza that is the Republic of Texas Biker Rally offers up plenty of fun activities in town all weekend long. Check out the complete live music schedule here and get ready to head down memory lane with L.A. Guns tonight and Bret Michaels tomorrow ... The latest installment of Knuckle Rumbler’s ever-popular

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'ACL' to welcome major festival acts to the studio


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Published June 10, 2010 at 3:01 p.m.
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One of the many great things about the Austin City Limits Festival is that it offers the opportunity for its namesake TV show to host some big names during the days before and after the Zilker Park madness. For those who don't attend the fest, it offers a chance to see bands they would have otherwise missed, and for those attending the fest, it offers a chance at a respite from the heat. And for thousands around the country, it means more great programming from the public television powerhouse

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Giveaway: Nas & Damian Marley at Stubb's [Tonight]


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Published June 9, 2010 at 2:20 p.m.
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Image from Nas’ MySpace Nas & Damian Marley ... Wednesday, June 9 ... Stubbs (801 Red River) ... 7 p.m ... $35 ... [info] [tickets]Collaborations between established musicians normally lead to intriguing results. And although the whole is definitely not always greater than the sum of its parts, we’ve learnt over the decades that the certain partnerships can indeed inject that extra oomph into a recording session. The Beatles and Ravi Shankar were able to come together for a few stellar

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Chocolate Droppin' into the Parish June 18


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Published June 9, 2010 at 1:01 p.m.
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Kelly West/AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF ... The first time the Carolina Chocolate Drops played Austin, in March at SXSW, they didn’t see much of the town. “It seemed like we were constantly being shuttled from one place to another,” the trio’s main fiddler Justin Robinson says of the five sets and countless interviews the North Carolina old-timey music enthusiasts did. “It was a big blur.” ... The group, which picked up 100 decibels of buzz at SXSW, returns to a gentler Austin June 18 at

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Food: East Austin Trailer Park & Eatery Opens


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Published June 9, 2010 at 9:45 a.m.
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Located at 2326 E. Cesar Chavez, E.A.T ... currently has six food carts serving "innovative and upscale trailer cuisine." These are: Beso de Luna , which serves al pastor and pollo de lingua tacos, tamales, aguas frescas and Mexican coffee; Upscale Slider Guys , with little burgers (perhaps made from little cows, roped by little cowboys, but probably not); the Tex-Mex Man , offering up Mexican burgers and hot dogs; Sesa Tea Cart , a local tea manufacturer that's been around for a few years

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Reggae royalty and country (both new and old) coming to 'ACL' stage


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Published June 8, 2010 at 3:03 p.m.

On the heels of last week's announcement that Trombone Shorty and Spoon would be taping episodes of "Austin City Limits" in June and July, respectively, word comes today that the venerable show is also readying its stage for Jimmy Cliff, Robert Earl Keen, and Hayes Carll ... Jimmy Cliff will tape on a date still to be determined near the end of July, while Keen and Carll will tape on the same night, August 4th. Those looking for more "hip" bands can rest assure that "ACL" intends to release more

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Nigerian singer brings world to Stubb's


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Published June 8, 2010 at 1:50 p.m.
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Nigerian soul/hip-hop/Afro-beat singer Nneka Egbuna is a breath of fresh air. With influences like Bob Marley, Nina Simone and traditional Nigerian music, her music is a call to action ... The 29-year-old, who played South by Southwest Music Festival earlier this year, talked from Germany about her take on life and touring the States with Nas and Damian Marley; the tour stops Wednesday at Stubb’s ... Seattle Times: How did you get paired up with Nas? ... Nneka Egbuna: He had listened to my

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Preview: Cage The Elephant @ La Zona Rosa [Tonight]


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Published May 4, 2010 at 5:05 p.m.
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Cage The Elephant by Danny Clinch Cage The Elephant & Morning Teleportation ... Tuesday, May 4 ... La Zona Rosa (612 W. 4th Street) ... 8 p.m ... $17 ... [info] [tickets]Raised in a strict Christian family, the brothers Schultz , Matt and Brad , grew up in Bowling Green, Kentucky, where belligerent rock ‘n’ roll was not necessarily considered an ideal career path for the youth. Be that as it may, the siblings, inspired by the likes of Hendrix and Dylan, formed Cage The Elephant in

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Arianna Huffington in Austin Today [Politics]


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Published May 3, 2010 at 2:12 p.m.
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Arianna Huffington, co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post and now potential sitcom creator, has two speaking dates in Austin today. This afternoon she'll be speaking with Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith at the Austin City Limits studios on the Drag, and will follow that up with an appearance with the Texas Freedom Network at 7:30 this evening. Tickets are still available for the Texas Freedom Network event here ...

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