Cozy Show

Cozy Show

Tune in to ktru’s 4th annual cozy show on Friday, February 26th! We’ll be live streaming performance videos from local Houston artists from 8:00pm - 9:30pm cst. Anyone can tune in to stream on our Facebook page and YouTube channel (embedded below). Can’t catch the show live? No worries! The videos will stay up on our pages indefinitely 🙂
the artists performing will be:
oki yume
Velveteen Echo
Mind Shrine
Check out the artists on our official cozy show playlist.

KTRU 2021 Update

Upcoming website content:

KTRU will be covering SXSW Online 2021 this year. While SXSW '20 was cancelled, we went forward with conducting interviews with artists from the lineup (as well as other artists) over Zoom, and we will be releasing them here at ktru.org, on our Youtube channel, and on our Soundcloud.

We are excited to release new content. Stay tune!

"Come From Away" Lands in Houston

"Come From Away" Lands in Houston

The North American Tour of Come From Away Photo Credit Matthew Murphy

By Harrison Lorenzen

As writer Elie Wiesel once said, “Even in darkness it is possible to create light.” There is no better story to prove this than what occurred in Gander, Newfoundland, in the week following September 11th, 2001. Opening Tuesday at the Hobby Center, Come From Away presents how the townspeople of Gander came together when 7,000 travelers were stranded by the closure of the American airspace. While addressing such subject matter can be depressing, Come From Away focuses on the relationships formed and the countless selfless acts performed throughout the week.

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ktru top 35 - 03/01/2020

1 - bon iver - i,i - jagjaguwar
2 - gong gong gong - phantom rhythm - wharf cat
3 - angel olsen - all mirrors - jagjaguwar
4 - big thief - two hands - 4ad
5 - tapes + 7fo - electronic aura explosion - em
6 - kishi bashi - omoiyari - joyful noise
7 - charly bliss - supermoon - barsuk
8 - bodywash - comforter - luminelle
9 - y la bamba - entre los dos - tender loving empire
10 - (sandy) alex g - house of sugar - domino
11 - guerilla toss - what would the odd do? - nna tapes
12 - sudan archives - athena - stones throw
13 - mariachi los camperos - de ayer para siempre - smithsonian folkways
14 - girl in red - beginnings (chapter 1 +2) - s/r
15 - levitation room - headspace - greenway
16 - peaer - a healthy earth - tiny engines
17 - bridal party - too much - kingfisher bluez
18 - palehound - black friday - polyvinyl
19 - hot chip - a bathful of ecstasy - domino
20 - great grandpa - four of arrows - double double whammy
21 - belle and sebastian - days of the bagnold summer - matador
22 - anamanaguchi - [usa] - polyvinyl
23 - v/a - paris cafe - putumayo
24 - black midi - schlagenheim - rough trade
25 - steel blossoms - steel blossoms - billy jam records
26 - pan american - a son - kranky
27 - turnover - altogether - run for cover
28 - gauche - a people's history of gauche - merge
29 - kyd - awkward i - antifragile
30 - swans - leaving meaning - young god
31 - grand vapids - eat the shadow - s/r
32 - los coast - samsara - new west
33 - land of kush - sand enigma - constellation
34 - dead neighbors - without - s/r
35 - cfm - soundtrack to an empty room - in the red

A Show "More Amusing Than Mangoes"

A Show "More Amusing Than Mangoes"

The Company of the North American Tour of ONCE ON THIS ISLAND. Photo by Joan Marcus. 2019

By: Harrison Lorenzen

The North American tour of Once On This Island drifted into Houston this week, as part of the Theater Under the Stars’ 2019-2020 season. The 2018 Tony-Award Winner for Best Revival, this show brings rushes of emotions throughout, such as both joy and sorrow, love and loss. Providing something for everyone, wrapped up as beautifully performed Caribbean-style storytelling, Once On This Island is a must-see while it is in Houston through March 1st.

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Water by the Spoonful at Stages Theatre

Water by the Spoonful at Stages Theatre

By: Harrison Lorenzen

Water by the Spoonful, by Quiara Alegría Hudes, tells a story about making connections and forming relationships, whether its family or friends, both near and far. The show follows Elliot, a marine who struggles with his own drug addiction, attempting to reconnect with his mother, a former heroin addict who runs an addiction support chat room. In addition, the other users on the site are forming connections, both digitally and physically, and breaking down emotional walls in order to connect through their shared experiences. Water by the Spoonful is being produced by Stages at The Gordy, open through February 23rd.

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