When I moved to Austin to attend UT, a close friend of mine that I had grown up with, Ben, called me to tell me he had moved up to Austin. Reason #4 to Enjoy Our Burgeoning Music Scene: All of the up and coming popular artists stop here. With up to 14 musicians (12 horns and 2 percussionists), Bay Area-San Francisco-based Inspector Gadje brings a big sound to the beautiful and bumpin’ brass band music of the Balkans of south-eastern Europe.

With events like I Dream of Richmond and Repressed III, Gallery 5 shows us the best of what community arts can be, providing not just a space, but a communal and aesthetic context for critically engaged art. The announcement was made by SABC’s chief operations officer, Hlaudi Motsoeneng on Wednesday and the following day – Thursday 12 May 2016 – SABC radio stations implemented the 90{68ab7ef761c65eeb270870388ae9314cf530c873df1132f4e380a5e76222688c} local music …