David Brown Is Public Radio's Pin Up Boy!
David Brown's voice is alone is worth the time spent listening to perfectly constructed, expertly produced documentary. I know many folks miss David on Marketplace, but his ability to grab and hold listeners attention is home where it belongs--engaging our listeners in cultural propriety.
Ok, this naval gazing doc on the evolution of Austin as America's home of live music is a bit snobby, pretty much like the folks who run organizations known better by their name than by their acronyms, but no matter. This is an accessible showcase of talented musicians who defy the "alt-country" label associated with the heart of Texas. Even better, experts from around the country and public radio chime in on the change. It's totally listener friendly and the music hole left for the NPR Newscast is sweet! And so are the underwriting spaces. Nice Job Guys!
I am a bit surprised not to hear more from the SXSW and the Austin City Limits Festival more directly in the piece. After all, they are the events that are most public and most known by the rest of the country.
What is nice about this piece, and frankly surprising, is the ability to highlight the rock and alternative bands that are coming out of the town. In AAA radio, we are at a crossroads, WTMD's Altered Fridays. Y-Rock on WXPN, the continued success of KEXP all remind us that Gen X is now 40 and are listening to public radio. If you haven't seen that chart on public radio listening by generational cohort in Audience 2010, you need to pull it up NOW and you'll understand why this program belongs on every public radio station, news, AAA or news/old fogy music combo.
This piece is not only about the changing of the guard in Austin, but in public radio and America as well.
Review of The Changing of the Guard--The New Austin Sound
Steve Yasko
Posted on September 30, 2006 at 08:47 AM
David Brown Is Public Radio's Pin Up Boy!
David Brown's voice is alone is worth the time spent listening to perfectly constructed, expertly produced documentary. I know many folks miss David on Marketplace, but his ability to grab and hold listeners attention is home where it belongs--engaging our listeners in cultural propriety.
Ok, this naval gazing doc on the evolution of Austin as America's home of live music is a bit snobby, pretty much like the folks who run organizations known better by their name than by their acronyms, but no matter. This is an accessible showcase of talented musicians who defy the "alt-country" label associated with the heart of Texas. Even better, experts from around the country and public radio chime in on the change. It's totally listener friendly and the music hole left for the NPR Newscast is sweet! And so are the underwriting spaces. Nice Job Guys!
I am a bit surprised not to hear more from the SXSW and the Austin City Limits Festival more directly in the piece. After all, they are the events that are most public and most known by the rest of the country.
What is nice about this piece, and frankly surprising, is the ability to highlight the rock and alternative bands that are coming out of the town. In AAA radio, we are at a crossroads, WTMD's Altered Fridays. Y-Rock on WXPN, the continued success of KEXP all remind us that Gen X is now 40 and are listening to public radio. If you haven't seen that chart on public radio listening by generational cohort in Audience 2010, you need to pull it up NOW and you'll understand why this program belongs on every public radio station, news, AAA or news/old fogy music combo.
This piece is not only about the changing of the guard in Austin, but in public radio and America as well.