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THE DALLAS SONGWRITERTAssociation will hold it’s “Hall ofFame” inaugural induction ceremonyof T-Bone Walker and Blind LemonJefferson July 22 at the Sons ofHermann Hall. Jimmy Wallace &the Stratoblasters will be the fea-tured band for the night. Visitdallassongwriters.org for more infor-mation.

As BUDDY Magazine turns 43 youshould check out KNON’s Gene theScream show “Notes From The Un-derground” which got its name fromBuddy founder Stoney Burn’s firstunderground paper from the Springof ’67. Few people are aware that hegot the name from Dostoevsky’s novel(journal) of the same name. GeneSoslow plays the music from that eraand before—psychedelic and ’60sunderground, with many other ’60ssurprises. “I love reminding formerhippies and others how it felt grow-ing up in the ’60s and what we stoodfor and believed in. We had manycauses to address, while trying tospread our message of love and peacefor all. I was acquainted with Stoneyand saw him at many venues. Themusic he loved and the politics hebelieved in are central to my show.”Listen any Wednesday night 8-10pm at 89.3 FM or at knon.org.

EventsTHIS SEPTEMBER 8-10, SOMEthe best artists in Americana, Folk,Bluegrass, Singer-Songwriter and ev-erything in between will come to-gether at Kit Carson Park in the heartof Taos, NM for a musical gatheringunlike any other. From its humblebeginnings as an informal barn danceheld every fall, Michael Hearne’sBig Barn Dance Music Festival hasbecome a signature event of not onlyTaos, but of the state of New Mexico.A favorite of Taos himself, Barn Dancefounder Michael Hearne strives tobook artists whose songs move yoursoul and whose music moves yourfeet. Over the past 14 years, the BigBarn Dance stage has hosted legend-ary songwriters and young up-and-comers alike. In addition to MichaelHearne and his band South by South-west, the 2016 lineup will feature:Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis, DaleWatson, Walt Wilkins & TheMystiqueros, Gary P. Nunn, TejasBrothers, Terri Hendrix & LloydMaines, Shake Russell, WarrenHood, Kevin & Dustin Welch, hONEyhoUSe, Susan Gibson, The Rifters,Chuck Cannon, Lari White, ChrisArellano, Thom Shepherd & ColeyMcCabe, Bill Hearne Trio, BobLivingston, Kelley Mickwee, JimmyStadler, Jed Zimmerman, JimmyDavis, Tommy Alverson, JackTempchin, Buzz Cason, Trout Fish-ing in America, Dana Louise & TheGlorious Birds, Claude Butch Mor-gan, Malina Brothers, Tom Faulkner,Jay Boy Adams, Gary Nicholson,Luke Reed and more. For details visit

MichaelHearne.com/BigBarnDance.KHYI is nearing the time it will

be selecting bands to compete in its10 th Shiner Rising Star. The dead-line was June 30 to enter this bandcontest. Each year, there are 24 bandsselected from the many who enter,and those 24 go into Round 1. Aftereight weeks, three bands per week,eight go into Round 2, and four finalsmake up the final round. The win-ning band appears on the next TexasMusic Revolution, usually held inMarch each year; gets a recordingcontract with Shiner Records; andcollects numerous other career-ad-vancing prizes. Stay tuned to KHYI,95.3, for announcements of all thesecontest milestones.

KNON’s 7th Annual HarmonicaBlowout is July 31 at Poor DavidsPub in Dallas. This year the eventfeatures Ted Roddy with JamesHinkle, The Dallas Blues All-Starsfeaturing Mike Morgan & HashBrown, Jeff Stone, Stompin BillJohnston, and the Superkings andhosted by Texas Blues Radio’s SonnyBoy Mark. The event also has freeBBQ. Doors open at 4 pm for an earlyshow. More info and tickets atKNON.org

Jackie Don Loe and Texas Slimwill perform at a “Birthday Extrava-ganza” for Mike Babb of Babb BrosBBQ on July 29. Nathan Peck ofNate’s Seafood also is planning abirthday and eleventh anniversaryfor Nate’s Seafood Sunday BluesHappening on July 24.

New ReleasesLEGENDARY SONGWRITER ChipTaylor was inducted into theSongwriters Hall of Fame (along withMarvin Gaye, Tom Petty, and ElvisCostello) in a special ceremony onJune 9 in New York City. The authorof “Wild Thing,” “Angel of the Morn-ing” and “Try (Just a Little BitHarder),” among many others, con-tinues to make his mark on the mu-sic world. Taylor’s new album, LittleBrothers (out June 17 on Train WreckRecords, is distributed by RED), is acharming collection filled with en-gaging, graceful songs that will makeyou both smile and think. It is theperfect soundtrack for a peaceful,sunny morning; a quietly fun albumthat also rewards close listening. Thecover photo is an old boyhood snap-shot of Chip and his two brothers(actor Jon Voight and renowned vol-canologist Barry Voight) on the cover.Recorded at Athletic Sound inHalden, Norway, Little Brothers fea-tures Taylor backed by a splendidband that includes Goran Grini (key-boards), long-time musical compa-triot John Platania (guitar), BillTroiani (bass), and a backing chorusof Taylor’s granddaughters, Riley,Kate and Sammy Ennis.

Austin native Jane Ellen Bryantwill release her new EP, Twenties.Producer Frenchie Smith (Jet,

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BLAHSantana and The Toadies) said “Ofthe bands I’ve personally gottenrecord deals/agents/management etc.in the past ... Jane is fundamentallythe most important artist I’ve met.”Twenties is a follow-up to her Ameri-cana album Hourglass. The July 8release party at Lambert’s.

Travis Green’s new CD titled ALittle Too Late showcases the Austin-based singer/guitarist on ten originalsongs backed by a group of WestCoast all-star musicians, includingKid Andersen (guitar – who also pro-duced),–Randy Bermudes (bass),Jason Hansen (drums), Jim Pugh(keyboards), Nancy Wright (sax), andLisa Leuschner Andersen andCourtney Knott (backup vocals). Thesongs on A Little Too Late “strike aperfect balance between blues-ori-ented tracks and roots rocker/rockabilly sounds, creating a trove ofgrooves just right for dancing andlistening.”

Mark May’s new CD titled BluesHeaven from blues-rock guitaristMark May, a former member ofDickey Betts’ Great Southern Band.Special guests include Greg Martin(Kentucky Headhunters), HaddenSayers, Eric Demmer (GatemouthBrown) and Steve Krase. The newalbum also features backing by TheSoul Satyr Horns, who provide extrapunch to May and the band’s incen-diary blues riffs.

The new Love in a Hurricane isthe Connor Ray Music label debut ofHouston-based singer/guitarist, a2016 International Blues Challengefinalist The Mighty Orq. Recorded atHouston’s legendary Sugar Hill Stu-dios and produced by The MightyOrq and Josh Applebee, Love in aHurricane features his regular tour-ing band: The Mighty Orq (vocals,electric, acoustic, resonator, cigar boxand Weissenborn guitars); JimmyRose (drums, percussion, mando-lin); Barry Seelen (organ, piano, ac-cordion); and Terry Dry (bass).

The self-titled debut album fromCharlie Faye & the Fayettes finallyhits the streets since getting somenice buzz out of SXSW. Charlie Fayeand BettySoo are Austin-basedsinger-songwriters with a solid fol-lowing in Americana. Akina Adderley(granddaughter of jazzman Nat andgreat niece of Cannonball) comesfrom R&B and jazz. The three meldvoices and dance moves seamlesslyas the Fayettes. The pillar of greatpop is great songwriting, of course.“This album marks Charlie Faye’smove into the Brill Building-esquesong turf of Carole King & GerryGoffin and Barry Mann & CynthiaWeil. The songs may hearken toMotown,” according to the press re-lease. But “Eastside,” for example, isa biting comment on gentrificationand cities out-pricing its creatives.The Shangri-Las and Supremes didnot play their own instruments,whereas the Fayettes do. ■