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KUT starting work on Austin Music Map
It seems like a new place to hear live music pops up each and every day here in Austin.
Keeping up is difficult, to say the least.
That’s why the crew behind “Texas Music Matters” on 90.5 KUT-FM is starting work on the Austin Music Map, an interactive project aiming to document the city’s “distinct sonic geography.”
Producer Delaney Hall will spend the next year working as producer-in-residence at KUT, overseeing the project — one of 10 in the works nationwide.
“You hear all the time that Austin is the Live Music Capital of the World, but we want to explore why,” Hall said. “We’re curious to learn more about the stories and histories that thread through Austin’s different musical traditions — whether it’s bluegrass or conjunto or hip hop — and we want the whole city to help us map the places and venues that make Austin’s many vibrant musical subcultures possible.”
A celebratory music festival will take place when work wraps up next year, the station says.
More details to come.
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