Results tagged “jackjohnson”

Many artists make a living on the road, but few have been able to do it as successfully, and consistently, as Garrett Dutton. The Philadelphia native and his band, better known as G. Love & Special Sauce, have been churning out albums and have been known for their fantastic live shows for a decade and a half now. Their unique blend of rock, hip-hop, and blues, among other ingredients, has made them a crowd favorite. However, they’ve never captured the more mainstream success like their friend Jack Johnson, who made one of his first appearances on a G. Love album in the late 90’s.

We know it's only February, but we would like to prematurely speculate and say that Lightspeed Champion has released one of the most accomplished debuts of the year.

A new radio station is born this morning. Houston will get its own “Jack” format, a format that has succeeded in other major markets for years. What is “Jack” you say? The idea behind the format is (as radio programmers say) your iPod on shuffle mode. That is, if you iPod only included popular mainstream songs from the 1960’s to present time. The switch will be happening on 103.7 FM at 10:37 a.m. this morning...

The first day of June, which means summer is upon us. It also means that it's time for another Houstonist iMix! Here's a collection of what Houstonist is currently listening to. We're ready for summer to begin (minus the extreme heat, humidity, and hurricane potentials), so we started the mix out with a few party songs: a new one from L.A. Latin/rock band Ozomatli; a classic summer song from Jimmy Buffett; a catchy hip-hop song...

Most music interviews focus on musicians who have already made the big time. Here, we want to do something different, and also look at artists at the beginning of their career. Micah Walker, lead singer on Houston’s Versecity, is an example of that. Versecity plays at Fitzgerald’s this Saturday night, with fellow Houston artists Brains for Dinner, Heptic Skeptic, Concerta Circus, and Stuck Lucky. What's behind the band's name? We were all from the university...