So maybe you know, or maybe you don’t, but I have been doing weekend deejaying on KNBT in New Braunfels for the last month or so. I am digging being back on the radio. Later today, at 3 pm CT, I am going to have an on-air visit from Paul Thorn during my show. You can listen at KNBT, 92.1 FM in New Braunfels, TX, or check it out on the world wide web on line at KNBT.FM, for a dose of homespun real-speak and spot on music. Paul is playing at Gruene Hall this evening. That will be a fun night of music, for sure.

The Dirty River Boys are a fairly new band on the scene these days, hailing form the dust and the hard scrabble of El Paso. The first time I saw them they were playing in the backyard of the exquisitely cool bar, Luster Pearl in Austin, and I loved their mix of energy, acoustics and percussion. They have been making the rounds themselves lately, and just wrapped up an eight gig summer tour with Cory Morrow sponsored by Red Bull.  A new EP, Train Station, is due soon and includes four songs recorded last year in Los Angeles during the Long Cold Fall sessions. They also planning to record a full album in Austin for January release. Music Fog caught up with them this past January at MusicFest at Steamboat Springs, where they played one from their first EP, Long Cold Fall, here is the Music Fog recording of “Boomtown.”

-Jessie Scott