Covering the Limelight in ATX

Big Head Todd and The Monsters performed before a packed house at Stubb's BBQ on March 26, 2016. This was the final stop on the bands' 2016 Wipeout Turn Winter Tour. Big Head Todd And The Monsters Todd Mohr Big Head Todd And The Monsters band members include lead vocalist/guitarist Todd Park Mohr, drummer/vocalist Brian Nevin, bassist/vocalist Rob Squires, and keyboardist/vocalist Jeremy Lawton. Todd Mohr Rob Squires Jeremy Lawton Brian Nevin Big Head Todd and The Monsters is celebrating their 30th anniversary this year with a special show at Red Rocks Park and Amphitheater in Colorado on June 11. For more information about this special event:  http://www.bigheadtodd.com/ Todd Mohr Todd Mohr Todd Mohr Mike Doughty Opening the evening for BHTM was singer-songwriter Mike Doughty.

Singer-songwriter Ben Rector stopped by Stubb's BBQ Waller Creek Amphitheater on March 24, 2016 for a sold-out show as part of the Brand New Tour. The tour was in support of Rector's latest album, Brand New . Ben Rector Ben Rector Ben Rector Rector's band members include keyboardist/guitarist/vocalist Cody Fry, guitarist Cory Wong, bassist Kevin McIntire, and drummer Steve Goold. Cody Fry Cory Wong Kevin McIntire Steve Goold Setlist for Ben Rector's Austin show: Make Something Beautiful Brand New Favorite Song When A Heart Breaks Let The Good Time Roll The Men That Drive Me Places Fear Paris Forever Like That Steal Me Girl (One Direction cover) Like The World Is Going To End The Beat Note To Self Follow You Encore: White Dress Sailboat Ben Rector Ben Rector Gavin James Opening for Ben Rector was Gavin James. James is an Irish singer-songwriter who has toured with Sam Smith and won the...

Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade visited Austin on March 23, 2016, to tape a performance for the acclaimed PBS television series Austin City Limits. The show has begun taping episodes for their 42nd season, which will begin airing in Fall 2016. Austin City Limits Executive Producer Terry Lickona introduces Natalia Lafourcade Ms. Lafourcade, although not as well known in the United States, is one of the biggest names in Latin American indie-pop music. She has earned 8 Latin Grammy Awards including 5 for her 2015 album Hasta la Raiz.  For the ACL taping, she was backed by a talented quintet, including Alfredo Pino on trumpet, guitarist Gustavo Guerrero, and keyboardist Carlos "Champi" Benavides. Natalia played both the guitar and piano during some of the songs. Alfredo Pino Gustavo Guerrero Carlos "Champi" Benavides Many of the selections Lafourcade performed for this show are fr...

The most disgruntled feline in the world, Grumpy Cat, dropped  by the Interactive portion of Austin' s SXSW on March 12, 2016 to introduce the world to another new line of cat food. Grumpy Cat and several of her friends visited Austin last year during SXSW to introduce Friskies Bacon Flavored cat foods. This year the pop culture phenom came by herself. Tardar Sauce, AKA Grumpy Cat, and her owner, Tabatha Bundesen, came to Austin to promote Purina Friskies newest cat food line, Cat Concoctions.  The favors are a mashup of "unexpected flavors that only a cat could think up: Chicken in Creamy Crabby Sauce, Cod in Cheesy Bacon Flavored Sauce, Lamb in Clam Flavored Sauce, and Scrumptious Salmon and Chicken Liver Dinner Pate. You know it is time for SXSW in Austin, Texas when thousands of fans stand in line for hours just to get a chance to see and have their picture taken with a cat. Of course, Grumpy isn't just any old cat. Since first appearing on t...

Austin, Texas music fans were thrilled when legendary English singer, songwriter, Robert Plant entertained audiences with two shows at ACL-Live on March 20 and March 21, 2016. The Sunday, March 20 show was the last stop of Plant's Southern US Tour, which started in Florida with the Okeechobee Music and Arts Festival on March 4, and included 4 stops in Texas cities. The March 21 show was a taping for the 42nd season of the hit PBS television show Austin City Limits, which will be broadcast this fall. Plant also made an appearance at the Austin Music Awards on March 16 during SXSW. Robert Plant has had an incredible career spanning 50 years including 12 years with one of the biggest bands in history, Led Zeppelin. One of the many honors Plant has received over the years has been receiving the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire), the highest honor a British subject can receive below a knight or dame. After Led Zeppelin disbanded, Plant worked with a nu...