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Star-crossed lovers, two heavily armed families vying for political dominance - long before Game of Thrones, Shakespeare branded the enduring appeal of these elements with Romeo and Juliet.

Like every July, alternative Latin music will take over the city over a few frantic, energetic days.

Doyle Lawson can't tell you the exact number of times he has performed at the Doc & Rosa Lee Watson MusicFest 'n Sugar Grove, but he circles the date on his tour calendar as he makes his way toward his home in the hills of Tennessee.

Fred's General Lineup All concerts take place at 6:30 p.m. Sundays at Fred's General Mercantile.

As a UT student in 1980, Bill Daniel arrived younger, straighter, and in awe of the clientele at Drag-bound venue Raul's, birthplace of Austin punk, a scene he describes as a trans-class mix of art students and countercultural ruffians.

Every Monday morning, 88Nine DJs, programming coordinators and the program director meet in the studio at 10 a.m. to share new music.

After Jay Z wraps up his "On the Run" tour with Beyonce, he will headline Global Citizen Festival in Central Park on Sept.

"Well, it seems that I've been here before/ So if this means that there is more bring it on."

In 2000, a German producer under the guise of Seor Coconut y Su Conjunto released El Baile Alemn , an album's worth of tongue-in-cheek Kraftwerk cha-chas.

Six years after mourning the death of his wife in a car accident on Never Say Never , Austin's renowned UK expat and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame keyboardist turns his wizened eye to romantic relationships in all their glory and sorrow.

Recorded during a half-dozen sessions in Austin, Nashville, and Louisville, Spanish Gold's borderland bow, South of Nowhere , blurs the boundaries of band and genre.

Here are tips to help you get ready. Check out this story on cincinnati.com: http://cin.ci/1mhZZ72 After covering Bunbury last year, and having been to my fair share of music festivals before that, I've learned that a little planning can make all the difference.

The 18th annual Black Potatoe Music Festival promises music "from New Jersey to New Orleans to Nashville," with 42 acts playing rock, jazz, blues and folk on two stages through Sunday at The Red Mill Museum, 56 Main St, Clinton, N.J. This year's headliner is Rumble and Twang, an all-star roots-rockabilly-rock 'n' roll band featuring "Conan" show ... (more)

The fifth record from Ice T 's metal group is easily its best since its 1992 debut.

EDM is a propulsive, thumping launching pad for artists on the rise, blasting recent success stories Sam Smith and Aloe Blacc into the top 40 stratosphere.

The next day, the scene was much mellower. In fact, the reserved seat banks at Austin's largest venue were so barren it's a safe guess many music fans shelled out for the three-day reserved seating upgrade primarily to ensure entry to the Kanye show, only to see their music enthusiasm falter after three days of X Gaming in the 90-degree Texas heat.

Anyone who's ever seen Kentwood's sweetheart Britney Spears perform live will not be surprised that the singing, dancing, occasionally head-shaving pop starlet's voice is funneled through a multitude of effects, including the pitch-correcting software Autotune.

"Lost Sirens" was the influential synth-pop band's ninth studio outing -- and its first since 2005's "Waiting for the Sirens' Call."

It was the last show because that was the last time band leader, vocalist and rock icon Freddie Mercury shared a stage with bandmates Roger Taylor and Brian May. Since then Taylor and May have occasionally played Queen's music live with replacement singers who range from Elton John and Paul Rodgers to, well, Wyclef Jean.

There's no rule that says if you make music you have to have a tattoo, but the reality is that a lot of people who play music have ink on their bodies.