Tag Archives: Keith Langford

Austin-based origins combo Shinyribs was shaped in 2007 by Gourds co-founder Kevin Russell. In the beginning begun like a single venture, Russell began playing a regular monthly gig in Houston as a way of earning supplemental income to repay a fresh car he’d bought for his family members. His workman’s …

The Gourds certainly are a good-time, honky tonkin’ music group with plenty of quirk and underground appeal to justify the “alternative” tag in “alternative country-rock.” A part of Austin’s lively scene and well-known performers in the city’s nationwide music display SXSW, the Gourds 1st gained the interest of the Zero …