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The Show: DAY 1 - Sunday March 15th 12-7 PM

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Randy Weeks :: TIME: 12:30 - 1:30
"Randy Weeks writes amazingly crafted, beautifully melodic songs and delivers them with his own brand of laid back vocals and surfboard cool." - LUCINDA WILLIAMS

If critical raves drove the record charts, RANDY WEEKS would rightfully be top of the pops. After all, consider just some of the evidence: “An amazing songwriter” (Salon.com). “Smart songwriting and a broad palette of pop music influences” (CD Now). “Amazing musician” (Billboard). “Cooler than an Eskimo beer box” (Houston Press).
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Dustin Welch :: TIME: 2:00 - 3:00
The songs keep coming, and one thing keeps leading to another.... “…he’s assembled a new band that oozes more chemistry than the Periodic Table… It’s Americana with a bruised black eye.” Dante Dominick, Austin Music + Entertainment Magazine issue 11. Soon Dustin expects to release his debut record “Whisky Priest”, which offers a mix of Roots Rock, Progressive Songwriting, and Complete Artistry. The diverse delivery of this young artist keeps the audiences hanging on every word.
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Gina Chavez :: TIME: 3:00 - 4:00
Gina prefers the stage. There, the guitar is more than melody, harmony, movement or sound. It’s a close friend. A reason to sing. A happy heart for an unsettled soul. With a mic at the ready and a guitar in her hands, Gina plucks and pounds to the beat of a new strum where traditional folk meets it match.

Often accompanied by Austin’s finest – (Roel Martinez - mandolin/guitar, Kenneth Null - bass, Sammy Foster - drums, Trisha Keefer - fiddle) – Gina’s live performance takes the girl-with-a-guitar scene to a place where blues, latin, jazz and bluegrass find a strong, soothing and unforgettable new voice. For tour dates and samples of Gina’s music.
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Dan Dyer :: TIME: 4:30 - 5:30
Dan Dyer greets his second decade as a musician with a self-titled album. From this soul-revivalist recording, produced out of an old snake-charmer church turned studio on the East side of Austin, emerges a spooky, diaphanous, and bright release drawn from an ever-deepening soul.

After many years of back-to-back releases and touring, Dyer took a few years to winter from performing - living in St. Louis, raising a family, and writing tunes for commercials. Sensing a need to return to his roots as a musician, in 2006 he started making trips to Austin, his musical birthplace, to seek out some old friends and resume his career. Dyer quickly reconnected with producer David Boyle, whose recently restored studio on the East side functioned as the perfect backdrop to the otherworldly atmosphere he desired.
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Suzanna Choffel :: TIME: 6:00 - 7:00
A native of Austin TX, Suzanna Choffel combines her poetic sensibilities and sweet smoky voice with funky urban rhythms to create a fresh and unique sound. She uses her guitar to create staccato rhythms underneath her dazzling soulful vocal melodies, all backed by a pulsing band with unique instrumentation. Her music has been described as “indie pop with urban beats”, and "jazz-infused soul pop" with comparisons ranging from Feist to Nelly Furtado to Norah Jones to Erykah Badu. Since the 2006 release of her debut album, Shudders & Rings, she has been finding her name atop many a music reporter's list as "one worth watching". Her song "Hey Mister" was licensed by the City of Austin for inclusion in the Austin Music Vol. 7 compilation CD (March 2008 release).

The Show: DAY 2 - Thursday March 19th 12 - 6 PM

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Dustin Welch :: TIME: 12:30 - 1:30
The songs keep coming, and one thing keeps leading to another.... “…he’s assembled a new band that oozes more chemistry than the Periodic Table… It’s Americana with a bruised black eye.” Dante Dominick, Austin Music + Entertainment Magazine issue 11. Soon Dustin expects to release his debut record “Whisky Priest”, which offers a mix of Roots Rock, Progressive Songwriting, and Complete Artistry. The diverse delivery of this young artist keeps the audiences hanging on every word.
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Blaze :: TIME: 2:00 - 3:00
Music for listening. Music for bangin' loud. Music for Funkin'. Music for head bobbin' and happy footz!! BLAZE has toured in parts of the US as well as tour dates in Canada, Taiwan, Germany and Spain bringing there infectious blend of Jazz, Funk, R&B, Soul, Electronica and HipHop to all of these audiences. For 8 consecutive years Austin, Tx music lovers and Austin Chronicle readers have voted this band "Best Jazz Band" in the Austin Music Awards poll. (2000-2008)
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Gina Chavez :: TIME: 3:30 - 4:30
Gina prefers the stage. There, the guitar is more than melody, harmony, movement or sound. It’s a close friend. A reason to sing. A happy heart for an unsettled soul. With a mic at the ready and a guitar in her hands, Gina plucks and pounds to the beat of a new strum where traditional folk meets it match.

Often accompanied by Austin’s finest – (Roel Martinez - mandolin/guitar, Kenneth Null - bass, Sammy Foster - drums, Trisha Keefer - fiddle) – Gina’s live performance takes the girl-with-a-guitar scene to a place where blues, latin, jazz and bluegrass find a strong, soothing and unforgettable new voice. For tour dates and samples of Gina’s music.
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Eleisha Eagle :: TIME: 5:00 - 6:00
DIn today's slickly produced music, true musicianship is often pushed to the side for a pretty face or fast feet. Gone are the days of stepping off the street, walking through curtains of smoke, slipping down the side of a glass hallway and letting the swill of vices translate the impossible distance between you and an angelic voice. Today we only hear such vocals rising above the crackle of a needle across a dusty record. Pianist/singer/songwriter Eleisha Eagle, it seems, is out to change this.