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Dana Tynan/Artist Website Joan BaezWednesday, February 25Paramount Theater (713 Congress Avenue)Doors @ 7:30[info] | [tickets] For such an iconic folk veteran as Joan Baez, it is refreshing that her last decade of work does not rehash the first. No longer a pristine soprano touting traditional numbers and topical Dylan, Baez... continue reading on Austinist

Blue Corn Music Ruthie Foster - The Truth According To Ruthie Foster (Blue Corn Music) For The Truth, Ruthie Foster switched from Austin’s Malcolm “Papa Mali” Welbourne, producer of 2007’s tremendous Phenomenal Ruthie Foster, to Chris Goldsmith, who just won yet another Grammy with Blind Boys of Alabama. The results... continue reading on Austinist

CIRPAIt would not be February without a constant blitz of SXSW news. Today’s salvo - SXSW.com has begun to list this year’s official music showcases. The 4th Annual Canadian Blast BBQ at Brush Square Park will open the festival on Wednesday, with performances from the likes of Alberta electro-wizards Shout... continue reading on Austinist

Bruce Springsteen’s new album Working On A Dream is book-ended by two uber-traditional works. That is not to say they are simply paint-by-number Boss songs, but rather they are driven by his essential Eastwood-esque passion to retrace and reconfigure Americana and the myths therein. The opener “Outlaw Pete” is... continue reading on Austinist

Filling the dead-space between indiedom and the first major label outing for his band Lucero, Ben Nichols’s solo debut is as quiet and mannered a record as he’ll ever sing on. The sound - a bed of rambling guitar, pedal steel, piano and accordion - harkens back to, if... continue reading on Austinist