ACL 2021 (Weekend 1) Play-by-Play

ACL 2021 (Weekend 1) Play-by-Play

By Jacob Pellegrino

The first weekend of 2021’s iteration of Austin City Limits was something to be remembered. From a diverse and busy lineup to the sunny weather in spite of forecasted rain, the festival was engaging and left me feeling uplifted throughout.

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TUTS Rocks Hobby Center

TUTS Rocks Hobby Center

The cast of the new TUTS production of Rock of Ages. Photo by Melissa Taylor.

Theater is back in Houston after 19 months and TUTS started their return-to-the-stage with a bang! After 582 days without an audience in the Hobby Center, Theatre Under The Stars opened their 2021-2022 season this past Tuesday with a rocking performance of the Tony nominated musical Rock of Ages.

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One Last Take on SXSW Online

By Harrison Lorenzen

Following a hiatus in 2020, the South by Southwest festival returned in March 2021 with its same international renown as ever before. SXSW 2021 was presented in a fully virtual format, which had its pros and cons, but was able to provide much of the content that festival-goers have come to expect from the event.

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SXSW Online - Experiencing SXSW Virtually

By Jacob Pellegrino

2021 was an immensely unconventional year for entertainment: from concerts and cinema to large festival events. SXSW 2021 was no exception to the necessity to improvise around an established in a new, remote format. Although nothing can fully match the experience of large crowds and the movement of a festival atmosphere, SXSW created a simple app and website driven experience that allowed for compartmentalized viewing of the festival’s events. This interface removed a lot of the chance occurrences that would happen at the physical festival but also allowed for convenient viewing and an easier ability to see everything one might want to.

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ODS is Back!

ODS is Back!

GET HYPE FOR KTRU’s 29th ANNUAL OUTDOOR SHOW! Join us in celebrating all the incredible acts on our longest lineup EVER.

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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!