Only a week before the July 1 publication of a cover story I wrote for the Austin-based quarterly Texas Music, with the premise that Shinyribs is the fastest-rising comet on the Texas scene, the band ...

Kevin Russell went back to his roots for his latest release. The frontman of the Austin, Texas-based swamp-boogie, rootsy-soul and funk outfit Shinyribs has on most of the band’s recorded catalog ...

Musician Kevin Russell isn’t much into descriptors. The Texas-based musician has been part of the music game a long time, first known in this region as a member of the beloved Austin, Texas, ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Kevin Russell started Shinyribs as a solo acoustic act five years ago, it was as a monthly offshoot of the Gourds, the popular redneck rock band he co-fronts with Jimmy Smith. But after the ...

Kevin Russell’s post-Gourds project, Shinyribs, has had one of the most successful 2015s of any band, ballooning its audience way beyond its original confines of hippies, slackers and music ...

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 ...

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 ...

Terence Simien performing last Thursday, July 29, as part of the NBT Bank Summer Concert Series. The band Shinyribs was slated to perform this Thursday, August 5, but had to cancel their performance ...

Back when skewed-roots band The Gourds went on what became a permanent hiatus in 2013, Kev Russell — who shared lead songwriting duties with Jimmy Smith - told a reporter that he never had enough room ...

Every month we host a clip from the previous summer’s Pickathon as part of the ongoing Starlight Series, showcasing the performances that took place on the nocturnal Starlight Stage. And today we kick ...