Miles Bloxson
Producer and HostMiles Bloxson is a producer and host for KUT 90.5 and KUTX 98.9. The Austin native and UT Austin graduate has a passion for technology, music and pop culture. She has interviewed such stars as Halle Berry, Samuel L. Jackson, Kristin Chenoweth, Morgan Freeman, Cee-Lo Green, Forest Whitaker and Robert Townsend.
Bloxson is the producer and co-host of the podcast Pause/Play. She is also the host and creator of the podcast and lifestyle brand Miles To Mogul.
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The Austin Federation of Musicians has been active in Austin since 1907. -
Los residentes y comerciantes de la zona este apoyaban el cambio de nombre de la calle, pero al oeste de la I-35 la situación era distinta.
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Journalist Erna Smith remembers that period as a time of activism in the Black community. "The city was changing."
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As a nonprofit, Spaceflight is not dependent on sales to recoup money it invests in artists. Instead, it gets funding from donations and grants.
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There are a lot of music-focused nonprofits in Austin. Many of them provide services to artists, like health care or professional development. But there are two that actually give musicians money — Sonic Guild and DAWA.
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Sponsorships can provide needed financial support for an artist while helping a corporation's brand.
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Canada has a robust system of support for the arts in general and for commercial music specifically.
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Few people achieve massive success in commercial music here. But those exceptions prove capitalism works, says one ethnomusicologist, and therefore that commercial music doesn't need outside support.
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June 19 marks the day in 1865 when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston to demand emancipation for people enslaved in Texas. In this hourlong special from KUT, we hear what the day means to Black Austinites and their reflections on freedom.
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So, Pause/Play hosts Miles Bloxson and Elizabeth McQueen decided to do a mini-season of the podcast explaining NFTs — how they work and what they could mean for Austin music.
