Music Under the Star 2011
Fridays, July 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29
from 6-9 pm
Music Under the Star, the Museum's popular FREE concert series, is back for its eighth season!
Families are invited to come out to the Museum for five fabulous Fridays in July. Guests may bring chairs and blankets to place on the Lone Star Plaza under the 35-foot-tall bronze star and listen to local artists perform live music. Rain or shine!
Between music sets, guests are invited to explore the three floors of main Exhibits free, each evening from 6-9 p.m. In addition, free event parking is available in the Museum's underground garage on the corner of 18th St. and Congress Ave.
Here's the line-up:
July 1: The Invincible Czars
The Invincible Czars have made their mark by creating exceptionally original music: songs and instrumental pieces that are like four-to-five minute "mini-symphonies" chock full of memorable melodies, meticulous arrangements, dynamics, and humor. Their music fuses all kinds of styles including riff rock, classical music, loungey grooves, spacey klezmer, country shuffles, and circusy polka. They draw from influences as disparate as Igor Stravinsky, Van Halen, Louis Armstrong, The Melvins and Ween.
July 8: White Ghost Shivers
"Peeling faces off the unexpecting for nearly a decade," Austin's own White Ghost Shivers are a six-piece musical whirly-gig of string band music from the 20's and 30's, mixing early jazz, hokum, vaudeville, ragtime, western swing, and hillbilly. Texas Music Magazine calls their show "better than cozying up around the wireless with a jug of wicked moonshine." Equally adept at raunching it up or keeping it clean, their Music Under the Star performance will be family-friendly, and swell!
Opening act: Academicos da Opera.
July 15: Del Castillo
The multi-award winning latin rock band Del Castillo plays an eclectic blend of Flamenco, Rock, Latin, Blues, and World music. Rolling Stone calls Del Castillo “tumbling brilliance on nylon-string classical guitars” with “eruptions of technique and taste (that) conjure images of Eddie Van Halen fronting early Santana (with an assist from the Gipsy Kings)."
Photo credit: Rachel Waller
Opening act: Tony Airoldi and the Charming Devils.
July 22: Nash Hernandez Orchestra
Nash Hernandez Orchestra is Austin's longest running big band. Established in 1949 by trumpeter Nash Hernandez, the orchestra continues today under the direction of his youngest son, drummer Ruben Hernandez. The band has been playing big band swing and Latin music for generations of fans throughout Texas. Come out and see this high-powered band and "dance 'til you drop."
July 29: Cindy Cashdollar and the Kings of Swing
Austin-based Dobro and steel guitarist Cindy Cashdollar's years of touring with the premier western swing group Asleep At The Wheel helped her introduce the classic sounds of the non-pedal steel to audiences worldwide, and brought her five Grammy Awards and opportunities to work with musicians of the caliber of Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Dolly Parton and The Dixie Chicks. Performing with the Kings of Swing featuring Floyd Domino and Rick McRae.
The Music Under the Star 2011 concert series is sponsored in part by:
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