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Texas Music Matters featuring ZZ Top, Wooden Birds, Crooks, Earle & Nash

Series: Texas Music Matters
From: KUT
Length: 00:55:07

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Features a song from the nearly mythical forthcoming album by ZZ Top is leaked to the Space Station crew. Also new tunes by Austin’s Wooden Birds, a conversation with up-and-coming alt-country band Crooks, and in our Austin Undercover segment: indie band Oh No, Oh My! pay glorious homage to Harry Nilsson. Also Justin Townes Earle and Graham Nash pay tribute to Buddy Holly. All that plus the Texas Top Five, the week’s music news and more on the next Texas Music Matters. Read the full description.

Wooden_birds_pic_small This is the Texas Music Matters hour-long broadcast for the week beginning Friday June 10, 2011 hosted by veteran public radio journalist David Brown and produced by the award-winning music journalism unit at KUT Austin. 

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Piece Description

This is the Texas Music Matters hour-long broadcast for the week beginning Friday June 10, 2011 hosted by veteran public radio journalist David Brown and produced by the award-winning music journalism unit at KUT Austin. 

Broadcast History

First broadcast in Austin June 10, 2011

Timing and Cues

Segments A & B conclude with "...stay with us", followed by music pad of approximately 1:30 to 2:00 to use at your discretion.

Musical Works

Title Artist Album Label Year Length
Two Matchsticks Wooden Birds Two Matchsticks. Barsuk 2011 03:01
The Clap Hands Song T-Bird and the Breaks Never Get Out of this Funk Alive. Unsigned 2010 03:15
Maybe Baby Justin Townes Earle Rave On!. Fantasy/Concord 2011 02:08
Raining in My Heart Graham Nash Rave On!. Fantasy/Concord 2011 03:26
Atlantic Givers Live from KUT's Studio 1A. n/a 2011 04:50
Flyin' High (edit) ZZ Top Unreleased. n/a 2011 02:33
Downtown Crooks Lonesome, Rowdy and Restless. Self-released 2011 03:13
Jump Into the Fire Oh No, Oh My! Live at KUT's Studio 1A. n/a 2011 04:14

Additional Files

Related Website

http://kut.org/category/music/