“Nina Diaz is one of the two or three most exciting, scary-good vocalists in rock today.” — David Brown, KUT/NPR NINA DIAZ Almost two decades ago, on January 9, 1998, musician Nina Diaz was heartbroken to learn her grandmother had passed away. Exactly 15 years later, on that same date, Nina was writing new material when she felt someone watching over her. “I was using that night and felt this crazy energy,” says Nina, who
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Ronald Ray Bryant, (born October 18, 1975) better known by his stage name Baby Bash (formerly Baby Beesh), is a Mexican-American rapper and singer. From 1995–98, he performed under the stage name Baby Beesh, as part of Dope House Records, after which he changed the last part of the name to “Bash.” His first album “Savage Dreams”, was followed by On Tha Cool; and Tha Smokin’ Nephew, which included the singles “Suga Suga” and “Shorty
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Happiness has always come naturally to Cory Morrow. With his rollicking, soulful, feel-good Texas country, he has made thousands jump on tabletops, shimmy, scream, and suspend worries for almost two decades, like a honky-tonk pied piper––and he shows no signs of stopping. But these days, Morrow is also devoted to something more. “I’ve always been able to find happiness and help others find happiness,” he says. “But there’s a difference between happiness and joy. Now,
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Roger Creager is an adventurist; he does not like to sit still while the world passes by. Whether it’s climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, jumping off his boat to snorkel with wild dolphins, snow skiing in the Rockies, catching tuna 100 miles from shore, piloting his airplane to far-off concerts, spear-fishing around oil rigs, scuba diving coral reefs, surfing in Costa Rica, or playing music through the Italian countryside, he tries to get the most
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Chingy, is an American rapper, singer, and actor. Chingy grew up in St. Louis, Missouri and began rapping in earnest in his late teens. He toured as an opening act with Nelly in the summer of 2002 and then became a protégé of Ludacris, who signed him to his newly formed Disturbing Tha Peace (DTP) record label. The rapper’s 2003 summer debut single, “Right Thurr”, put him on the musical map as a good-time rapper
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Kiss Guy (aka Yayo Sanchez) managed to play Monkey Wrench with Foo Fighters – and blow Dave Grohl’s mind. Yayo Sanchez (of Austin, TX) will be performing with is band at Bat Fest. He will also likely drop in with another band on the festival.
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Ghostland Observatory’s entire approach to music – sonically, aesthetically, conceptually – is essentially a melding of the two distinctly different personalities of its two members, Thomas Ross Turner and Aaron Behrens. Whereas Turner, the producer/drummer/keyboardist of the duo, finds solace in the minimal, bleak cable-patch squawks of Karlheinz Stockhausen and the analog-disco-thump of Giorgio Moroder, Behrens’ interests lie more along the lines of psychedelia, rock and various country and blues artists. The result is a
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Mike Jones is an American rapper, actor, and entrepreneur. He initially was with Swishahouse, then left to found his own label, Ice Age. Before he was on Swishahouse he was in a group called Souf Folk, in which he used the alias Sache. He released one album with Souf Folk called Country Thuggin in 2003.He is also known for his catchphrase “Mike Jones, who?” usually repeated several times and for handing out shirts with his
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Bio: The Mrs is an all-female, four-piece rock band from Austin, TX. Their music weaves a sonic blend of modern pop and retro rock with soulful harmonies and a powerful, positive lyrical groove. The Austin, Texas based four-piece band, The Mrs, features Andra Liemandt on drums, Jenny Mason on bass guitar, Larissa Ness on keyboard/vocals and Mandy Prater on guitar/vocals. The Mrs plays pop-rock with a retro edge and is on a mission to connect
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Dharma Kings have shared the stage with Flock of Seagulls, Faster Pussycat, Bullet Boys, One Eyed Doll, Hellion, Broken Teeth, Bumblefoot, WesCage, Soak, and rocked out with Eddie Trunk and many more. The band has been featured at Texas festivals including Batfest and the Heart of Texas Rockfest.
