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June 2019
Go big, or go home! Dumplin’ follows an outspoken plus-sized teenage girl named Willowdean (Danielle Macdonald), who’s known as Will to her friends and Dumplin’ to her mother (Jennifer Aniston), a former beauty queen who now runs the local Miss Teen Blue Bonnet pageant. In her small Texas town, Will confidently ignores comments about her weight and listens to Dolly Parton songs obsessively. But when she decides to enter her mother’s pageant in protest, her bold move encourages other contestants…
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Honky-tonk vibe with rock-and-roll stomp An alt-country band with punk roots, The Vandoliers formed in 2015, bringing together a group of Dallas/Fort Worth musicians led by frontman, Joshua Fleming. Fiercely proud of their homeland, the Vandoliers put their own spin on the Texas country tradition with 2016's Ameri-Kinda, a debut album that mixed honky-tonk twang with hard-edged, rock-n-roll stomp. The band's follow-up release, The Native, arrived less than a year later, doubling down on The Vandoliers' modern approach to traditional influences with barreling…
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Levitt National Tour presents Flor de Toloache The Latin Grammy-winning, all-female mariachi sensation! The 2019 Levitt National Tour presents the Grammy-winning, all-female mariachi sensation, Flor de Toloache, for an electrifying evening of soaring vocals, plush harmonies, and genre-busting fusions of mariachi, jazz, salsa, pop and more! The New York-based ensemble continues to win the hearts of both contemporary and traditional mariachi music fans alike through their distinct artistic vision and sophisticated, fresh interpretation of mariachi classics. The group’s diverse ethnic and…
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Bluegrass tunes meant to last The Texas songwriter tradition casts a long shadow today, and Austin-based Americana roots juggernauts and 2018 Grammy Award nominees, Wood & Wire, could easily rattle off a long list of songwriters who inspire them from Willie Nelson to James McMurtry and everyone in between. But ask them what it is about Texas that brought that produced so many great songwriters, and they stop cold. That’s because they don’t romanticize their culture or their past, they’re…
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Donovan Keith's concert is part of Light UpArlington!, the city's annual Independence Day celebration with food and activities starting at 6 p.m. all around the pavilion and Downtown Arlington. Fireworks are at 9:45 p.m. For Light Up Arlington! information and a schedule, please click here. A soul-singing dynamo with infectious moves The man who never stops moving. First known as the founder and frontman of Soul Track Mind, Donovan Keith embodies the ideals of both stunning vocal ability and infectiously…
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Hannah Kirby's concert is part of Light UpArlington!, the city's annual Independence Day celebration with food and activities starting at 6 p.m. all around the pavilion and Downtown Arlington. Hannah will pause her concert at 9:45 p.m. for fireworks, then resume at 10 p.m. For Light Up Arlington! information and a schedule, please click here. Bluesy rock from a finalist on The Voice Hyper-stylized but incredibly honest, Hannah Kirby is a musician out of time, out of this world, and…
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Roots-bound music in three-part harmony Blue Water Highway runs just outside of Freeport towards Galveston along the Texas Gulf Coast, where Texas and Louisiana cultures collide in a melting pot steeped in the traditions of both states. It’s here, in Lake Jackson, that Zack Kibodeaux and Greg Essington became high school friends. Their partnership included performing in musicals and local coffee shops, until they went their separate ways after high school. Soon, Zack was writing songs and sending them to…
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Real life, real country music Authenticity. Self-reliance. Hard work. Camaraderie. Gratitude. These are the qualities Zane Williams sings about in his rootsy anthem, Texas Like That, the title track of his fifth studio album, so it comes as no surprise that these are also the qualities that describe his rapidly growing music career. Respected by his fans, The Zaniacs, as a down-to-earth family man, Zane is also a charismatic entertainer and a prolific songwriter. It's a rare combination of abilities…
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Infectious tribal pop KatsüK is a world/folk fusion group with an infectious tribal pop atmosphere. Created by composer/performer Daniel Katsük, accompanied by a phenomenal group of world-beat and symphonic instrumentalists, KatsüK is a fiercely prolific, dynamic and exhilarating musical experience ranging from folk to rock to reggae to raga to funk and soul to highly charged percussive eruptions to sweet and melodious symphonic textures. KatsüK has played numerous music festivals, retreats and venues across the world, sharing the stage with acts like…
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The Queen of Austin Soul When Austin native Tameca Jones opens her mouth and sings, jaws hit the ground. Her honey-smooth powerful vocals have been captivating her hometown for more than a decade. She started with Austin-based band, 8 Million Stories, as the group’s lead singer and songwriter. Tameca was part of the band for more than two years when the band called it quits. This left her without someone to help her create original music. So, she turned to…
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