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This episode will re-air on Thursday, December 24, 2020.Despite little national popularity, the genre of music known as the "West Side Sound" was a…
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Every two years, the Texas Commission on the Arts nominates a select number of artists who "inspire others through their unique creative expression" to be…
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A 7-foot tall clown dressed in white and wearing a small crown walks into a bar. He orders a Suicide. That’s all the soft drinks mixed together. No…
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Despite little national popularity, the genre of music known as the "West Side Sound" was a distinctly San Antonio and South-Central Texas cultural…
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Throughout the history of U.S. politics, music has been used as a rallying cry, a unifying message and most potently, a call-to-arms for voters.…
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Lydia Mendoza, known as “La Alondra de la Fronteras (The Lark of the Border),” would have turned 103 on May 31. She was honored the day after her birthday…
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A Texan born and raised, singer-songwriter Roy Orbison got his start in a rockabilly band in high school. He broke into professional music under Sam…
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When the subculture of psychedelia emerged in the early 1960s, the social movement influenced elements of music, visual arts, politics and literature for…
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The 1970s in America was the era of disco – the dance floor phenomenon that gave us "The Hustle," the Solid Gold Dancers, Donna Summer and "Saturday Night…
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The site of the music festival, now a sprawling compound, is added as the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love looms.