Bands

Kevin Anthony: “45 Southbound” The Road Back Home

params=’groups=102&limit=1&orderby=random&container_html=center’] By Kimber Fountain I met Kevin Anthony on a sunny day outside Mod Coffee Shop, and admittedly I did not recognize...

Zak Perry: A Gentle Soul with A Tough Determination to Succeed

Zak Perry started playing music when he was in high school, but this wasn’t exactly a new concept for him. Zak’s mother...

Little Jewford: The Colorful, Funny, Quick Wit, and Unusual Humor

  As Always, On Stage, Singing, and Playing His Heart Out The music talent in Galveston always astounds us. The variety is...

The Sound Bar: Karaoke 7 Nights a Week

    By Terry Card How is it possible to stay in business in Galveston with so many bars and restaurants? It...

Brandon McDermott Band: Keeping It “Texas County” Real

Galveston favorite, Brandon McDermott Band will be playing around the island in the next few months. If you haven’t had the chance...

Kevin Anthony: “I’m as ‘Local’ as ‘Local’ Gets”

  Upcoming shows : Friday, December 9th – “Live at Old Quarter Acoustic Café” CD Release Party with Greg Ustinoff, Old Quarter...

Let’s Dance with Mickey Hobbs

  Written by Joanna Yates, Photo by Sharis DeJaynes On any given day there’s so much going on in Galveston that it’s...

The Ukuladies: An Organic Form of Music

By George Douglas Lee Certainly, one of the most unusual musical groups to appear anywhere in Galveston are the Ukuladies, featuring Catherine...

Max Stalling: A Creative Passion with A Body of Work

By Mario Tarradell Texas country singer-songwriter Max Stalling pens tunes that connect, songs that form a snapshot of his life, songs that...

Hurricane Warning! Catch Coastal Fury

By Michael Alan Basham Recently I was able to catch Coastal Fury playing to a packed house at Crow’s Southwest Cantina, located...

Shaun Michael: From Georgia With A Smile

By Michael Alan Basham, Photos by Sharis DeJaynes “Some ladies might use the term “a tall cool drink of water,” probably a...

“Two For The Road:” Two Awesome Hometown Galveston Bands

By Michael Alan Basham, Photographed by Sharis DeJaynes I recently got the opportunity to interview two truly amazing Galveston Island Bands that...

Trinity aka William Newby IV: The Real Thing

By George Douglas Lee William Newby IV is a genuine blues man. Most people in the Galveston area know him as Trinity....

Geoff Fish Turns Down The Volume

By George Douglas Lee If you’re a fan of the Galveston area music scene, you’ve seen or heard Geoff Fish. He’s played...

Old Quarter Acoustic Café: Only Real Music Need Apply

By Kimber Fountain, Photos by Christa Schreckengost Galveston has witnessed the burgeoning of quite an ample music scene over the past few...

The Wizard of Ahhhs: Jeb Adame, The “One Stop, Rock, Pop, Go-to Man”

Written By Michael Alan Basham, Photographed by Sharis DeJaynes In the movie “The Wizard of Oz,” there is a line where the...

“Made To Be Played:” A Seventies Vinyl Album by George Douglas Lee

Galveston Djembe: Drumming Up Beats at Jimmy’s on the Pier

By Kimber Fountain It has been said that “talking about love is like dancing about architecture.” The same could be said for...

Robert Kuhn And the Album “Everybody Knows”

By Kimber Fountain Pick any decade. Pick any genre. Chances are, no matter which you choose, you will hear it reflected in...

Joe Pena: The Granddaddy Of Galveston Rock And Roll

By George Douglas Lee One night a few years ago, I dropped in at the late, lamented Bobbie’s House of Spirits to...

Ocean Roots: Island Life, Island Music

By Kimber Fountain Where does music come from? From notes on a page, from instruments, from voices? Yes, but that is a...

The Zach Tate Band: A Texas State of Mind On Stage and Off

By Kimber Fountain Oscar Wilde put forth the notion that “Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life,” arguing that the...