As Lubbock Entertainment and Performing Arts Association and the Buddy Holly Educational Foundation prepare to celebrate Buddy Holly’s 85th Birthday with a star studded show on August 6, 2022, Texas Tech University’s own Dr. Roger Landes had the opportunity to speak with Peter Frampton about his music and this very special upcoming event. We are […]
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By: Stacy Keith Don Caldwell, the Cactus Theater, and Caldwell Kids are all vital pieces of the fabric of Lubbock music, but perhaps no one has quite the perspective on these Lubbock icons as musician Dustin Garrett. Born to parents who were jamboree performers, Dustin began singing on stage at two and was actually
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By: Stacy Keith D.G. Flewellyn is a name well-known in the Lubbock music industry. Flewellyn is a Lubbock native, and graduate of Estacado High School and a Texas Tech University educated musician, Flewellyn has a long history in the community and an encyclopedic knowledge of venues, musicians and Lubbock history. He is an incredibly
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By Stacy Keith When Lubbock received its Texas Music Friendly Community certification in 2020, the committee began working to fill niches in Lubbock’s rich music culture and industry. One of the areas the team felt could be impactful was the professional development for music students and young professional musicians. Specifically, in the areas of business
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By Stacy Keith Lubbock is known for its wealth of great performers. Lepidoptera founder Jennifer Hanners Gutierrez is doing it right – talent, professionalism and a heart for people, she is not typical in any way. A musician and singer from childhood, Gutierrez is taking a new and impactful approach to her chosen genre of
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By Stacy Keith As the mission of the Lubbock Cultural Arts Foundation is to champion and cultivate the arts in Lubbock – I try to keep a look out for new arts groups and businesses in Lubbock and “Mockingbird Guitar Studio” caught my eye on social one evening. It was a new name I’d not
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So often, the power of music comes alongside a great cause to impact lives for good. The Inside Out Foundation (IOF) has hosted the Annual Women’s Health Seminar for the last ten years to promote the importance of women’s preventative health care, introduce new women’s products and services and celebrate recovery. In celebrating their 10th
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By: Stacy Keith Quiet even shy was the Butch Avery I encountered when we visited about his music and career, but that is not the Butch Avery that performs R&B dazzlers around Lubbock, Texas. Butch began performing with his dad in a gospel group as a child. The group, Wayside Travelers, toured and performed regionally
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What kind of talent does it take to write books, paint, compose music and then bring it all together for one splendid evening in Lubbock? Well, lots of talent and lots of collaborations between artistic minds working together to create an extraordinary evening for the 75th Anniversary of the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra. I was lucky
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There is something quite magical about Lubbock, Texas, and its seeming ability to produce amazing musicians from this West Texas city. This Texas Music Friendly Community has a history of great music, and of course, the names Buddy Holly, Mac Davis and Josh Abbott are among a few of the best known but there are
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