Shinyribs Frontman Kevin Russell Will Perform Gourds Set for Electric Lounge Reunion

Reliving the wild and woolly Nineties music scene downtown

"...careers of Spoon, Fastball, and Graham Reynolds. Shinyribs leader Kevin Russell held down a Tuesday night residency with his..."

April 11, 2019 Music Post by Michael Toland

Checking In (Again): Kevin Russell Hasn’t Wavered Amidst the Great Wall of Empty Time

Shinyribs Santa closes the questionnaire circle on No. 100

"...On March 25, I emailed Shinyribs ringmaster Kevin Russell five quickly-conceived COVID queries in order to “check..."

Dec. 22, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Shinyribs’ Frontman Kevin Russell Keeps His Fingers Crossed & Washed

Concern in a quarantine for Austin’s pied pipers

"...out to more people than usual for sure,” agreed Kevin Russell by email. In a town with the sound..."

March 27, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

ACL Live Shot: Shinyribs

Gourds’ off-shoot kills it

"...not much of a stretch to imagine Shinyribs frontman Kevin Russell as the guy at the party with the..."

Oct. 7, 2013 Music Post by Melanie Haupt

Check Out the New Q&A Hole Trailer

Kevin Curtin chats up Sabrina Ellis, Abhi the Nomad, Ray Benson, & more

"...of Q&A Hole, in which Austin Chronicle staff writer Kevin Curtin blindsides musicians with insane theoretical questions...."

Jan. 28, 2020 Music Post

Playback: The Austin Music Industry Awards Come of Age

Kevin Curtin reverses his “awards are bullshit” stance

"...will follow. Sun Radio's A Hill Country Saturday host Kevin Connor collected his Best Radio Music Program plaque with..."

March 2, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Life, Death, and Shoofly Pie

Chatting with the Gourds' rabid online fan base, family through thick and BAD.

"...the 600-some-odd fellow fans about Chris Wagner's funeral details, Kevin Russell of the Gourds stepped forward to do so...."

Sept. 13, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Songs of Innocence and Experience

From poetry scrawled on walls to poetry inscribed on CD: the saga of the Gourds.

"...But this is now. First, then.Songs of Innocence Kevin Russell, who plays mandolin and guitar while also singing..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Photos From the 2020-21 Austin Music Awards on Wheels

"...2020-2021 Austin Music Awards host Kevin Curtin lays out the Winner Wagon game plan using..."

March 3, 2021 Photo Gallery

The Sacred & the Profane

The Gourds co-frontman flew the coop for Shinyribs and ain't looking back

"...Buddha and toy cannon jostle on the dashboard of Kevin Russell's Ford F-150, pointed southeast to Port Aransas down..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Drive-In Concerts ATX Presents Shinyribs With Hank Erwin

"...Austin field. Pictured: a pre-show portrait with Shinyribs principal Kevin Russell...."

May 26, 2020 Photo Gallery

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...Following January’s tease of six titles, SXSW Film has..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

What's in a Face?

A lot, Mike Woolf discovered while making his short doc 'Growin' a Beard' -- and especially If the face Has got whiskers on the chin and Jowls

"...the end of the Shamrockers' dirgelike track "Hangman Drums," Kevin Russell erupts into a fumarole of guttural tongue-speak. It's..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Screens Feature by James McWilliams

Black Sea

This undersea actioner stars Jude Law as a submarine captain leading a team of Brits and Russians in the recovery of a sunken fortune.

"...Directed by: Kevin Macdonald. Starring: Jude Law, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, Tobias..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Margaret Moser Plaza

"...Jon Dee Graham and Kevin Russell lead the crowd in a chorus of Doug..."

May 16, 2014 Photo Gallery

3000 Miles to Graceland

"...Directed by: Demian Lichtenstein. Starring: Kevin Costner, Kurt Russell, Christian Slater, David Arquette, Jon Lovitz,..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The 12 People You Meet at Sam’s Town Point, Austin’s Real-Life Roadhouse

You’d never know the South Austin honky-tonk is there, but wait 'til you meet its cast of characters

"...he attests. "Penny is the spirit of this place." Kevin Russell..."

April 26, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Here Are Your 2018/19 Austin Music Award Winners

Best band, musician, song, radio station, and more Top 10s chosen by you

"...Runners-Up: Kevin Flatt, Joshua Thompson, Hard Proof, Shinyribs Horns, Adrian Ruiz..."

March 1, 2019 Music Feature

The Gourds

Texas Platters

"..."Kevin loves Bob Wills and Jimmy loves the Pogues," one..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Still Good Beeble: The Catalog

"...and missing for days," came the mournful voice of Kevin Russell, moaning his way through "Trampled by the Sun."..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

ACL Interview: Shinyribs

6pm, BMI stage

"...Nothing screams "Austin" more than migas with Kevin Russell at Cisco's. Best known as co-frontman of iconic..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature

Caught 'em in Autumn

Earthpig & Fire

"...according to Pig "plays a powerful good bass," while Kevin McKinney (ex-Soulhat lead singer) does his usual monkey business..."

Sept. 22, 1995 Music Feature

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...Freedom Fest: Arc Angels, Stray Cats, Cheap Trick, Leon Russell, Bruce Hornsby & the Range. Kicking about in front..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Faster Than Sound: Only in Austin: The 2020-2021 Austin Music Award Sweepstakes

Austin Music Poll's 40th anniversary inspires mobile sweepstakes and emotional write-ins

"...A bow-tied Kevin Curtin then hops out with a wireless mic to..."

March 5, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Checking in With Area Musicians Yielded 80,000 Words of Pandemic Realness

Stay TF home

"...Four minutes is all it took for Shinyribs major-domo Kevin Russell to respond affirmatively, so I jotted them down..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Jimmy LaFave Songwriter Rendezvous

"...Shinyribs’ Kevin Russell..."

May 19, 2017 Photo Gallery

Playback: Gourds Co-Leader Jimmy Smith Heads to Montana

Jimmy Smith heads for higher ground, Pete Mitchell reaches a higher plane, and Izzy Cox would like to remain upright on terra firma

"...modest reception and short life span. Meanwhile, Gourds co-frontman Kevin Russell became a major draw, locally and nationally, as..."

July 29, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Frank's Wild Years

The back roads of Ramsay Midwood

"...with a scruffy beard and eyes o' mischief approached Kevin Russell after a Gourds gig at Antone's in early..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Dog Years

Austin's version of the Band – the Gourds – steps into those brown shoes almost literally with Old Mad Joy

"...a young trio called Spoon. The original foursome of Kevin Russell, Jimmy Smith, Claude Ber­nard, and drummer Charlie Llewellin..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW Wednesday Picks and Sleepers

"...10pm, Blackheart Shinyribs serves up Austin's Kevin Russell, frontman of local twang-rockers the Gourds, who play..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

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