Month: November 2016

JOIN ME AS I PROUDLY SUPPORT THE SIMS FOUNDATION IN A GRAND CELEBRATION 12/3!

True Stories, Sordid Confessions and Music from the Heart of the City 

Austin is a city of music. And with each song comes a story – stories of love, passion, joy and even bittersweetness. Join us as we celebrate the music that has punctuated our lives and honor industry legends in front of and behind the microphone.

On stage, Austin’s finest musicians alongside top music tastemakers will become storytellers and share their seldom-heard stories and disclose sordid confessions …all while providing a historic and uniquely memorable experience for the audience directly from the heart of the city.

Staying true to the walls of Emo’s Austin, this evening promises extraordinary stagecraft with the authenticity of being little rough around the edges.

With Master of Ceremony Joe Nick Patoski, and music direction by Grammy award-winner Adrian Quesada, this evening affair of soul-stirring songs, anecdotes and musical recollections is sure to be chronicled in Austin’s music anthology.

Songs and Stories by:

Kathy Valentine
Israel Nash
Louis Black
Margaret Moser
Pete Astudillo
The Jones Family Singers
Redd Volkaert
Riders Against the Storm
Nakia
Michael Ramos
Carson McHone
Greg Gonzalez
The Soul Supporters
Stephanie Bergara
Graham Williams
Andy Langer
Leo Rondeau
John Speice
Sonia Moore
Grupo Fantasma Horns
Charlie Sexton
Erika Wennerstrom

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MEMORABLE MOMENTS FROM OUR PAST EVENTS

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STARGAZING: SIMS 20th Anniversary Star Party

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STARGAZING: SIMS 20th Anniversary Star Party

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Heart of the City: A Celebration of Soul

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Femmes for SIMS: Night of the Chanteuse

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YOU CAN JOIN BILLY HARVEY ON HIS NEXT MUSICAL RELEASE: HALLELUJA

Over the years Billy Harvey has been playing his own brand of Post Modern Pop, working not only as an artist but also as a musician (Patty Griffin, Forest Rangers, The Courtyard Hounds), or a producer (Luke Wade, Charlie Mars, Bob Schneider, Slaid Cleaves, Steve Poltz).


As an artist he has been the recipient of the International Songwriters Award for Best Rock Song “Frozen Through,” and broke into the Top 100 on the CMJ charts with his hauntinglysoulful release “Bearsick.” The caffeine-addled do-it-yourselfer that he is, he has also been quietly directing, animating, and editing the accompanying music videos to his records, culminating in the making of the documentary film “Everywhere Now”. Filmed entirely on his laptop camera, Harvey intimatelychronicled a 7000-mile plus tour in a car powered by waste vegetable oil. Given the diversity of his interests, it is not much of a surprise to learn that he has been pursuing acting as yet another form of expression gaining his first LEADING role for the thriller “Strings.” Over the course of its festival season “Strings” won multiple awards including Best Ensemble Cast, and Best Song…Harvey’s own, “The Greatest Escape.” 


2015 brought with it the release of Harvey’s latest effort, a 10 song album daringly called “Dear Danger,”. His most personal to date this record plays like any classic vinyl you’ve just rediscovered from your collection and then fallen back in love with. Billy can not sit still, Billy is currently MAKING A NEW ALBUM AND IT IS ONE THAT YOU CAN BE A PART OF. 

I share this announcement just after my favorite poet Leonard Cohen passed. I brought Billy to see him live a few years back and it wsa his first show, he was moved to write three hours of poetry and lyrics himself that night. I hope to be able to share that work with you someday soon but as a placeholder I am proud to share this. He performed this many years before evering seeing Leonard Cohen sing it….

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