25 Sep 09 Jhankaar to Appear at the Old Pecan Street Festival
As we stated when we started the Texas Music Journal, Texas music is nexus of many cultures and their music forming a unique fabric of song and style. In fact, we are proud of the fact that Texas music displays the influence of all of the cultures that have been a part of our history.
Over the past few years, Texas has also been the the cultural melting pot… Continue reading
Posted by: John South
30 Jul 09 Performance Opportunity for Christian Musicians
Event Name: University of Dallas Ministry Conference
Event Date(s): October 23-24, 2009
Event Time(s): 9AM to 7 PM
Event Location: The Dallas Convention Center
The University of Dallas is soliciting applications from performers, either as individuals or in bands, to provide Christian music in 30-min time slots throughout the two-day conference, the musical climax of which will be a concert with John Michael Talbot on Friday evening. Given… Continue reading
Posted by: John South and Rick Matos
Tags: Christian music, John Michael Talbot, University of Dallas Ministry Conference
01 Jul 09 Recording the Beatles
The Recording Academy® Texas Chapter in partnership with the Producers & Engineers Wing presents The P&E Tour 2009. The event in Houston will showcase Brian Kehew and Kevin Ryan discussing their book “Recording the Beatles”.
The event will be at the Hard Rock Cafe, 502 Texas Avenue, Houston, Tx on Saturday, July 11th. The program itself will be from 2:00 to 4:00 PM, followed by a mixer from 4:00… Continue reading
Posted by: John South
24 Jun 09 Correction: IGNITE 2009
Though we strive to present the information about events as accurately as possible, we incorrectly identified the event host for IGNITE 2009 as the Student Discipleship Ministries (see our original article here). In fact, CW Festival was the organizational group who hosted the event and the Student Disciple Ministries was one of the larger private donors. Check out the website for CW Festival (www.cwfestival.com) for more information on… Continue reading
Posted by: John South
Tags: CW Festival, IGNITE 2009
03 Jun 09 Album Review: The Snakecharmers – Been Gone Too Long
The Snakecharmers formed in 2002 as a family affair. Marie Angell, Will Blumentritt and their son Eric Blumentritt brought together diverse musical backgrounds to form an incredible blues sound. The missing element for the band was a lead guitarist that could feel the music and integrate into “the family”. They found that in the person of Larry Meeker, a saxophonist by… Continue reading
Posted by: John South
Tags: Eric Blumentritt, Larry Meeker, Marie Angell, The Snakecharmers, WIll Blumentritt
26 May 09 Anna Thomas – Matt Gaskins at Cafe Bohemia
Anna Thomas dazzled the audience at Café Bohemia in Plano, Texas on Saturday, May 23rd, with a selection of sultry jazz and lively pop standards and originals. Her originals highlighted songwriting capabilities that have come a long way in a short time. Thomas is only 13-years old.
Of her originals, Thomas performed three notable songs, “Little Red” (a very sophisticated take-off on Little Red Riding Hood), “My Circle” (about… Continue reading
Posted by: John South
Tags: Anna Thomas, Matt Gaskins, NAMS, Neighborhood Arts and Music School
20 May 09 Album Review: Mike Darnell – The Promised Land
Mike Darnell brings us an offering of the “flues” as he calls it – a combination of Folk and the Blues. Like much of Texas music, it’s really the confluence of the many events, people and music that have impacted Darnell. He moved around the country as a youth and was impacted by folk and rock that he heard.
Darnell… Continue reading
Posted by: John South and Sam Moore
Tags: Big Lizard Boys, Bill Aspinwall, Lloyd Daniel, Mike Darnell, Smythe and Taylor
17 May 09 Album Review – Bill Aspinwall “Free Range Trout”
Bill Aspinwall offers us an album that crosses a number of Texas musical styles including folk, pop and blues. He has brought together a talented set of friends to produce an album that highlights their versatility and creativity including Gibson, the dog and Satchmo, the cat (highlighted in “Mister Crippen’s Banjo”). This is the first of two albums that we will… Continue reading
Posted by: John South
Tags: Bill Aspinwall, Free Range Trout, Lloyd Daniel, Mike Darnell, Smythe and Taylor
10 May 09 Album Review: Connie Mims “Go Deep”
At the recent Texas Music Awards, Connie Mims was named Songwriter of Year. Though that is an honor in itself, Connie also found herself that afternoon among a quintet of Houston songwriters, all excellent musicians and performers. This year, Connie stood out among that elite group of peers as the one selected to be Songwriter of the Year.
Behind that… Continue reading
Posted by: John South
Tags: Connie Mims, Songwriting
08 May 09 Hendrix, Maines Combo Creates Outstanding Texas Music
One of the great things about living in Texas is you never know where and when you will run into some great music.
TMJ recently attended a concert in Fort Worth at the First Jefferson Unitarian Universalist Church. Each month they host the Jefferson Freedom Café, a listening room which features mainly Texas performers. On this night, we were treated… Continue reading
Posted by: Sam Moore and John South
