KUT/X Staff

We look at this latest COVID surge in Austin and ask: What do we do now?

We talk to musicians about what’s changed for them at this stage of the pandemic. You’ll learn what they’re doing differently creatively and how they’re feeling about the constantly changing Austin music landscape.

We talked to three club owners about what's changed for music venues since things have opened back up. We also explore the saga behind the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant.

This episode is all about the fans. You’ll hear how they coped when there were no live shows and how they feel now that things are opening back up.

This episode is about whether or not the change in mask guidance for vaccinated individuals coupled with the big reopening in Austin music venues signals the end of the pandemic for Austin’s music scene.

We asked 15 Austin musicians the same questions: Have you performed during the pandemic? Are you ready to perform now? What would it take to make you feel comfortable performing the way we used to pre-pandemic?

In the latest episode of Pause/Play we talk to the lunch ladies of Free Lunch, musician J Soulja, the founders of Mosaic Live Wire, and entrepreneur and artist Cam The TSTMKR about how they've pivoted during the pandemic.

Businesses in Texas can now operate at 100% capacity. The statewide mask mandate has also been removed. We talked to musicians, venue owners and staff about how they plan to navigate the reopening.

In March 2020, the coronavirus began to change our city: the sounds, the music and the people within it. KUT and KUTX asked Austinites to write love letters to their empty city.

We talked to people from across the spectrum of the Austin music ecosystem on the anniversary of the cancellation of South by Southwest. In this episode, you’ll hear how they’ve coped, pivoted, evolved, gained new perspectives and dealt with trauma during the last 12 months.