If you're down south, nothing beats a spring evening in Gruene. Stop in Thursday night, where I'll be rocking the house with folk-rock diva and fiddler Mandy...
Yup, I'll be at Snuffy's in Hutto this Saturday night, May 17. Hutto's no haven for hippies, but it is for hippos, and I'll be playing just down the road from...
After 18 days away from newspapers, out at the Kerrville Folk Festival, I hear they still haven't found any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Oops! But...
Doing a suppertime show hosted by Jim Stricklan on Tuesday, June 24, 7:30 to 10 at Hill's Cafe, 4700 South Congress, between Ben White and Stassney. With us...
I'll be out on the patio, at the home of a hundred beers this Saturday night. Besides great burgers, pizzas and beer, B.B. Rover's is one of the few Austin...
It's an action-packed weekend ahead. My last two shows before I head for New Mexico, and my first gig with a band in years. And if you're a fellow patriot for...
Yup, I'm heading out this morning for cooler parts, though my first stop tonight is a hotter part - Terlingua, where the West is still wild. I feel like Dante...
Howdy, Back in Austin, You never know what adventures will strike when you hit the road. Like performing this morning for the Texas Eleven here in Albuquerque....
I'm home from serenading Senators, motoring over mountains and sitting in sweatlodges. So it's right back to bidness in Austin: Playing music and being a good...
I'm home and catching up on sleep from the Labor Day edition of the Kerrville Folk Festival. I didn't see any Texas senators, but I did honor lots of requests...
I don't have any shows around Austin this weekend, but I want to recommend a few shows that friends of mine are doing. Also want to recommend that you get out...
After a fun-filled and profitable weekend in Houston and Galveston(it turns out Unitarians buy a lot of CDs), it's back to the swing of Austin life. So much...
Wouldntcha know it, I forgot my most important gig of the weekend. This Sunday, Sept. 28 I'll be part of a star-studded Central Texas lineup playing a benefit...
Here's where I'll be for the next month, shivering and shaking while y'all enjoy a Texas autumn. Please forward this schedule if you have friends in...
After a month of, "If it's Tuesday, this must be South Dakota," I'm back on Tejas Firma. You can help me celebrate this Saturday night at B.B. Rover's, North...
Waterloo Ice House, that is, the one at 6th and Lamar. My last Austin gig of the year will be an Austin Conspiracy showcase this Saturday night. For $5, you...
Yup, for you Yankees (I'm a reformed Yankee, myself, who's heading home to Pennsylvania for the holidays), I'll be up North this Saturday night, at a new Round...
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. How’s that for an original lead? 2003 was a terrible time to be an American, and to be a Texan. Both ...
This side of paradise. I got home from Oahu this weekend, after a wonderful week of sea-kayaking, snorkeling, whale-watching and coconut-sipping. Hope the sea...
Liberal media, my ass! Funny how the national press jumps all over one Democrat's primal scream, while giving a free pass to a president who butchers the...
I'm writing to recommend two shows. One of them I'm playing. The other I'm not, but it's damned special and I hope lots of folks see it. - Fri./Sat., Feb. 7-8,...
If Friday the 13th doesn't leave us hip-deep in ice or snow, I'll be sharing the stage with five of my Austin Co-Conspirators, at our fourth annual Folk...
Sleet happens, but as of 11:30 this morning, Austin from Live Oak assures me all systems are go for our Live Oak show. So you need not worry about getting...
I'm about to head off to San Diego for Folk Alliance, the folksingers' answer to SXSW. Before I head off, I want to let you know about a couple of dates for...
Oops! A sharp-eyed reader pointed out I gave the wrong date on Lago Vista: The correct info: FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 8:30 to 11 p.m. STEVE BROOKS THE DELI WERKS 7500...
I'm home from Folk Alliance, and as Austin Kessler likes to say, I got a good night's sleep - I got it over the space of four nights. While I'm catching up on...
I don't even own a TV, but I believe the music network's an asset to Austin musicians. Amid noise ordinances and police and TABC harassment of musicians and...
I don't normally send out this many notices in one week, but urgent stuff keeps happening. A lot of you on my list go to the Kerrville Folk Festival, and I...
Thanks to all who came out to our first Peace Open Mike - everybody had a blast, and we certainly gave peace a chant. This coming week, you can hear me live or...
Such a night! I made my second-ever appearance on the big screen. This movie's a documentary, narrated by Ann Richards, titled "Barbecue: A Texas Love Story."...