SHUNYA CARROLL

As we saw with Crowdstrike's outage in July, AT&T's massive data breach , and Amazon Web Services breaking , robust systems can fail. How would we act if our music libraries fail? Will we google how to fix it? Will we hope it fixes itself? Will we switch to a different streaming service? Will we rebuild?  You are stranded on an internet-less island. What do you have?

For KUT News in Austin, Texas. Karen Hernandez and Emily Bazaldia pose for a portrait at the ACL Festival. Shunya Carroll / KUT News The Austin City Limits Music Festival wouldn't exist without the fans. And whether it was a love of Sabrina Carpenter, Doechii or Luke Combs that brought them to Zilker Park, they all had their own style. In addition to the music fans, there were also the bartenders and security guards behind the show. The people of ACL were kind, hard-working,

What can we learn from music in 1976? In the Billboard Hot 100 we can find John Sebastian’s “Welcome Back” at no. 1, Diana Ross’s “Love Hangover” at no. 7 and Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” sitting at no. 11. Nowhere in the charts you will find Earth’s most beloved Rastafarian. His eight studio album continues as a voice for peace while naming humanity’s turmoil. In 1976 we were electing the first president after Nixon’s resignation, recovering from the Vietnam War and fighting

Fortune-cookie sized paper from Lorde's kickoff performance at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas on Sept. 19, 2025 There’s something special about going to a show with no previews from social media —  no set-lists to satisfy curiosity or beautiful fomo inspiring photos. And that’s what all the Austin Moody Center buzz was about. Lorde began the Ultrasound tour in Austin, Texas Wednesday night, her first time doing so. Friends speculated what she’ll sing first or if she’ll sin

After news spread that Swedish Spotify CEO, Daniel Ek became chairman and led a €600 million ($694) investment to German Weapons manufacturer, Helsing, artists publicly announced removing their catalog from the platform.      But why might Daniel Ek invest in war? Since the Obama administration, the EU has been pressured to spend more on defense according to professor of Government at the University of Texas, Dr. Rachel Wellhausen. “Europe is buying American weapons to supp

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