Janet and Wrecks Bell are a match made in musical heaven. The two own the legendary Old Quarter Acoustic Café, which opened in Galveston in 1996. Photo by Zach Tate
Though the walls can’t talk at Galveston’s legendary Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe, they speak virtual volumes of music history to anyone who walks through the door, with the finer details happily filled in by owners, Wrecks and Janet Bell. [Read more…]
Living the dream for many artists often is synonymous with surviving the reality. And for League City singer-songwriter Mark Lum, an appearance on the popular TV talent show “The Voice” was one such tale of survival. [Read more…]
Keith Neubauer’s deep and abiding affection for Galveston is obvious as soon as you meet him. [Read more…]
Songs about heartaches and hangovers are par for the course for most honky-tonk flavored songwriters. Houston troubadour Mike Stinson, in from Virginia by way of Los Angeles, gives listeners that and a whole lot more in his lyrically rambunctious songs. [Read more…]
In the early 1970s, when Texas singer-songwriter Bob Livingston was forming the legendary Lost Gonzo Band, backing up and recording with the likes of Jerry Jeff Walker and Ray Wylie Hubbard, and contributing to the formation of the Austin outlaw country scene, he was known as “Cosmic Bob.” Today, in other parts of the world, Livingston could very well be known as the “Buddy Holly of Bangladesh” or the “Texas Troubadour of Tunisia.” [Read more…]
Photo by Scott Wade.
If there’s one thing to know about Kevin Fowler, it’s that he likes to have a good time. [Read more…]
Singer-songwriter Robert Kuhn was born and raised in Houston. But at age 18, he set out to see the world — or at least other parts of it. [Read more…]
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Geoff Fish was 10 years old when he got his first guitar. Since then, he’s never looked back.
By day, Fish, who grew up in La Marque, works as a medical technologist at the University of Texas Medical Branch. But by night — at least two or three times a week — he plays at venues around the county. [Read more…]
Luke Boor has loved music for as long as he can remember. So much so, he left his hometown of Galveston for Nashville, where he intends to make his name. [Read more…]
Galveston’s Deep Cuts takes on Texas music sceneGalveston band Deep Cuts plans to share its sound with the world, starting with the Texas circuit.