For four decades--as a songwriter, musician and producer (and New Wave flag-bearer)--Nick Lowe has exerted an influence that cuts across generations and genres. His embrace of various strains of roots music, humor, inimi…

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Bill Bentley, Chris Stamey, Kathy Valentine, Ron Sexsmith, Scott McCaughey, Rob Seidenberg

Catch an extended 45 minute Q&A with Arhoolie Records founder and president, Chris Strachwitz moderated by Texas writer, Joe Nick Patoski after the Alamo Ritz Screening of "This Ain't No Mouse Music!" on Wednesday, March…

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Chris Strachwitz, Joe Nick Patoski

The Fab Four’s global influence from the 1960s to the present is immeasurable and is felt today as much as it was in 1963. Gain—or regain—an appreciation for the Beatles as musicians, composers and iconic figures of our …

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Bill Flanagan, Robyn Hitchcock, Rodney Crowell, Ron Sexsmith, Bob Santelli

"The close presence of the woman", Leonard Cohen, singer, songwriter, poet, novelist, unflinching sage and celebrated ladies man has said, was always "a very important element. The presence of the female voice allows my …

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Julie Christensen, Perla Batalla, Ronee Blakley, Sylvie Simmons

"Man, I wish this band had been recorded live because it was really a bad motherfucker," said Miles Davis, legendary trumpeter and bandleader, who managed to shift the course of music several times throughout his career.…

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Bootie Brown, Imani , Meghan Stabile, Nell Mulderry, Vincent Wilburn Jr, Ashley Kahn

Dickerson will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “My Time With Prince” following his panel.……

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Dez Dickerson

What’s the secret behind the Muscle Shoals Sound, and what took place in the studios where world-famous artists such as Clarence Carter, The Rolling Stones, Cher and Paul Simon recorded hit records backed by the now lege…

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David Hood, Jimmy Johnson, Spooner Oldham, Holly George-Warren

Australia and New Zealand are extremely close geographically, yet their music creations are frequently very different. What is the impact of the comparative geographical isolation from the rest of the world? Examine the …

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David Fricke, Emma Swift, Iain Shedden, Simon Baeyertz, Stuart Coupe

Jim Dickinson, recording artist, producer, raconteur, Memphian and Mississipian, conservator of Southern music and World Boogie, gets the retrospective treatment from those who knew and worked with him in his many guises…

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Cody Dickinson, Jim Lancaster, Jody Stephens, Luther Dickinson, Mary Lindsay Dickinson, Mojo Nixon, Joe Nick Patoski

The documentary Born in Chicago is the story of first generation blues performers who had made their way to Chicago from the Mississippi Delta and their ardent and unexpected followers – young white, middle class kids wh…

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Barry Goldberg, Bill Bentley, Corky Seigel, Harvey Mandel, Nick Gravenites, Sam Lay

Country music had been primarily a boys club until the arrival of a couple of very different superstars. Kitty Wells, who died in 2012 at age 92, and Patsy Cline, who would be 80 if not for her death in a plane crash 50 …

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Kelly Hogan, Kristi Rose, Laura Cantrell, Rosie Flores, Holly George-Warren

Starting with Funk's roots in Jazz and the James Brown bands of the '60s, the documentary "Finding the Funk" takes a road trip to the Bay Area to celebrate Sly & the Family Stone, then it's off to Dayton, Ohio, the birt…

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Arthur Baker, Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Lumar LeBlanc, Nelson George

Joe Boyd, Nick Drake's discoverer and producer gives a sneak preview of his forthcoming tribute album "Way To Blue". Hear about Nick's life and career through live performances by Robyn Hitchcock, select BBC clips, the K…

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Davia Nelson, Robyn Hitchcock, Joe Boyd