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Brooks & Dunn, Sugarland, and a host of others perform at the CMA Awards on Wednesday, but we're most excited about Keyshia Cole's Jay Leno appearance and Arcade Fire on Austin City Limits this week. Monday -NBC, 10:35pm: Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Garth Brooks -ABC: 11;05pm, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Matt Nathanson -NBC: 11:35pm, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Band of Horses Tuesday -NBC: 2:05am, Last Call with Carson Daly (repeat), Joss Stone -NBC: 12pm,...

Alright, we know it is almost the middle of September and we are only just now releasing our September iMix, but what can we say, we were getting ready for our wildly successful photo show...besides this month's iMix is worth the wait. There is some great new music from Josh Ritter and one of Houstonist's favorites Lyle Lovett. Other tunes from Camera Obscura, The Magic Numbers, and Brazilian Girls give this iMix some international...

Houston Arts Alliance Literary Salon Tonight, longtime Texas singer/songwriter and current Poet Laureate of Texas, Steve Fromholz will take the stage at Houston Arts Alliance’s (HAA) Literary Salon, and this time he will be without his guitar. Fromholz will speak at the event and read from a collection of his poetry. With a career spanning more than 40 years and involving the likes of Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett, John Denver and Jerry Jeff Walker, Fromholz’...

Lyle Lovett is definitely one of our hometown musical heroes. The multi-Grammy winner still calls Klein his home and can be spotted around town sometimes with his fiancé (no, not Julia). We, of course, admire him for his music and songwriting. When he first arrived onto the music scene in 1986, country radio embraced him and he had some hits on the country charts. Then, Nashville realized that not only did he write his...

We spend a lot of time on the internet. And occasionally, we run across something about this city or the state it's in that we like enough to share. So if you've got reflections on anything from why you're a Houstonian-not-a-Texan to why it is nobody ever says "Don't Mess With Rhode Island" with a straight face, send them our way. We'll use them in our new occasional series, Read This. Lilit Marcus is a...

The San Antonio Express News once called Hayes Carll "one of the most acclaimed young songwriters on the Texas scene," and it only takes one listen to Carll's debut album "Flowers and Liquor" to know what all the praise is about. Carll's lyrics are as expressively gritty as his fine-tuned Texas drawl. His songs reflect his chaotic life on the Bolivar Peninsula and life in Arkansas. Carll never had to recover a sophomore slump, and...

Finally, the concert scene is picking up for 2006, and it will only get better: Wednesday You could see Ricky Martin shake his bon-bon at Verizon Wireless tonight, but we recommend saving a few bucks and listening to Peter Hook spinning records at 1415. Hook was the bass player for Joy Division and currently, New Order. OK, it’s not “live” music, but it’ll still be a treat. He’s known to throw in some rare...