Doug Freeman is a music journalist based in Austin, Texas. He has a passion for covering the local music scene and has written for The Austin Chronicle for several years. Doug's articles focus on highlighting upcoming concerts, album reviews, and showcasing the talent of Austin artists.
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Doug's focus is on local music events and artists in Austin, Texas. He primarily covers event-related content such as concerts, album releases, and festivals. To effectively reach out to Doug, consider pitching stories related to upcoming music events in the Austin area or exclusive interviews with local artists and bands.
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Annual fest still seamlessly threads contemporary country
By: Derek Udensi, Doug Freeman, James Scott, Abby Johnston, Michael Toland, Elizabeth Braaten
Invited recently to the Austin Music Commission, yours truly testified about journalism and all-ages music ops. Burned into my soul remains the image of my preschooler sneaking a surreptitious blow on a Honk!TX tuba pre-pandemic. Year 12 now, the marching band summit crescendos the capital’s best free music festival, a four-day brass fantasy of honking, whistling, thumping mania. Thursday: “pre-clipse” takeover of the Ballroom, 8pm. Friday: 6-10pm at Central Machine Works, as well as East Cesar Chavez diner Sawyer & Co. and French brasserie Justine’s. Saturday: all day, for the main event at Mueller Lake Park. Then Sunday’s Pan Am Park parade, 1-6pm. HONK. – Raoul Hernandez
By: Derek Udensi, Elizabeth Braaten, Genevieve Wood, Michael Toland, Maggie Q. Thompson, Jana Birchum
The Boot ranch outside of Gonzales kicks off its first Cattle Country Music Festival with a stacked lineup anchored by Texas stars. Koe Wetzel leads Friday with his country and alternative rock blend, setting up a Saturday with new Country Music HOFer Tanya Tucker preambling red-dirt superstars Whiskey Myers and the Randy Rogers Band. Sunday aptly delivers Eric Church, along with Austin’s
By: Jo Harvey Allen
New authorized biography vividly exhumes the artist’s West Texas world Reviewed by Doug Freeman, Fri., April 19, 2024
By: Carys Anderson, Derek Udensi, Genevieve Wood, Abby Johnston, Jake Rabin
Having avoided a third consecutive snowpocalypse, Austin’s enjoying a spectacular spring, so KUTX’s four-part Rock the Park concert series continues soundtracking perfect weather and a seasonal music harvest akin to wildflowers. Lesly Reynaga whipped up millennial mariachi pop the week following SXSW and now Austin rap duo Geto Gala follows up HonkTX! at Mueller lakeside. Jake Lloyd’s genre-blind soul rock and Deezie Brown’s upbeat rhymeslaying double down. “Interspersing tuneful hooks with clever, inspired bars, the project spotlights struggle as subtext to a rejoicing of Black excellence, perseverance, and ownership,” opined the Chronicle upon Geto Gala’s debut EP in 2021. Singing zoologist Lucas Miller opens. – Raoul Hernandez
By: Doug Freeman
Georgetown fest evades storms in its second year
Austin musician/filmmaker’s poetic phrases demand double takes
By: Brant Bingamon, Doug Freeman, Kimberley Jones, James Scott, Richard Whittaker, Lina Fisher, Rachel Rascoe, Katherine Mcnevins
Get reading, go shopping, or just enjoy a gala this week
By: Carys Anderson, Abby Johnston, James Scott, Rachel Rascoe, Michael Toland, Raoul Hernandez, Derek Udensi, Doug Freeman, Kevin Curtin
Choose your fest: Psych, Death, or Blues
By: Derek Udensi, Doug Freeman, Katherine McNevins, Frances Grinnan
With soft, intentional singing and comforting guitar ruminations, Chicago’s Nico Play blows into town once again – toting his on-point indie acoustic catalog, very friendly for fans of João Gilberto or Natalia Lafourcade. Real name Nicolás Perea, the Mexico City-born artist most recently released March soother “Vente a Cenar.” An opening set from gooey Austin psych-popper Redbud resets their prior pairing last September at Cheer Ups. Luckily, it’s a bill absolutely worth repeat listens. – Rachel Rascoe
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