Kevin "Shinyribs" Russell invites you to a share a moment with him. Credit: Photo by Wyatt McSpadden Kevin Russell, also known as Shinyribs, has a bevy of nicknames. Before he takes the stage you can ...

A small Buddha and toy cannon jostle on the dashboard of Kevin Russell's Ford F-150, pointed southeast to Port Aransas down Highway 181. Doug Sahm blares on the stereo and Russell sings along to "At ...

While I was hanging out recently with Kevin Russell, the shaman of soul who fronts Austin swamp-pop party band Shinyribs, to talk about his new CD, I Got Your Medicine, something struck me when I ...

If you combined the three of the greatest musical genres — Texas blues, New Orleans rhythm and blues and Memphis soul — you’d probably get a band that sounds a lot like Shinyribs. The band originally ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... If you go Shinyribs. Texas soul, with opener A-Mac. 8 p.m. July 24 at Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St. Tickets $20-$25. globehall.com He goes by many names: the ...

It’s the last day of 2016, and thousands of Austinites have gathered at Auditorium Shores to ring in 2017 in the heart of downtown for the city’s official New Year’s Eve party. The seven-hour affair ...

Ever since Kevin Russell’s band Shinyribs debuted its first release, Well After Awhile, in 2010, his shows have emanated the energy of a rowdy tent revival. People don’t attend a Shinyribs concert to ...

Sometimes, when you make an expensive purchase, you take on a second job to pay for it. So when Kevin Russell of the Gourds bought his family a new car in 2007, he looked for a way to make about $500 ...

Kevin Russell of Shinyribs had heard the term, “swamp pop,” but it wasn’t until after a show in Tomball when a grandmother used that word to describe their type of music, that it stuck. Shinyribs, an ...

The sounds, images and themes of Shinyribs' second album span 1,000 miles, from El Paso to New Orleans, with an emphasis on the eastern-most third of that long stretch of Interstate 10. Kevin Russell, ...