FACTOID # 139: Canada is immigrant-friendly. It confers the most new citizenships per capita and per $ GDP, and the second-most new citizenships overall.
 
 Home   Encyclopedia   Statistics   Countries A-Z   Flags   Maps   Education   Forum   FAQ   About 
 
WHAT'S NEW
RECENT ARTICLES
More Recent Articles »
 

SEARCH ALL

FACTS & STATISTICS    Advanced view

Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:

 

 

(* = Graphable)

 

 


Encyclopedia > Austin City Limits
Stevie Ray Vaughan performing on Austin City Limits. The set resembling the Austin skyline is visible in the background.
Stevie Ray Vaughan performing on Austin City Limits. The set resembling the Austin skyline is visible in the background.

Austin City Limits is an American television music program and a staple of the Public Broadcasting Service. Known for featuring country music, the show also broadcasts performances of folk, jazz, bluegrass, blues, rock and roll, alternative rock, indie rock and other genres. Image File history File links Svaughan. ... Image File history File links Svaughan. ... Stephen (Stevie) Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990), born in Dallas, Texas, was an American blues guitarist. ... The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States, with some member stations available by cable in Canada. ... country music, see Country music (disambiguation) Country music, the first half of Billboards country and western music category, is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and for the common people. ... Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans at around the start of the 20th century. ... Bluegrass music is considered a form of American roots music with its own roots in English, Irish and Scottish traditional music. ... The blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of the blue notes and a repetitive pattern that typically follows a twelve-bar structure. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Alternative rock (also called alternative music[1] or simply alternative) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ...


First aired in 1976, Austin City Limits has become American television's longest-running concert music program. The program is taped live by PBS member station KLRU on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. Images of Austin, Texas, the self-proclaimed "Live Music Capital of the World," are seen in the opening credits. ACL's set also features a mock skyline of Austin. The show inspired the Austin City Limits Music Festival, an annual live music festival at Zilker Park in Austin. 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... KLRU is the local PBS public television member station in Austin, Texas, in the United States of America. ... The University of Texas at Austin, often called UT or Texas, is the flagship[3][4][5][6][7] institution of the University of Texas System. ... Nickname: Live Music Capital of the World Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Country United States State Texas County Travis County Mayor Will Wynn Area    - City 669. ... Main entrance of the 2005 Austin City Limits Music Festival in Zilker Park. ... Zilker Metropolitan Park is a recreational area in western Austin, Texas (near Rollingwood), which comprises over 350 acres (1. ...


In 1977, ACL producers made London Homesick Blues, written by Gary P. Nunn, the ACL theme song. The show originally used the version performed by Nunn, but beginning in the mid 1990s the song was rearranged and performed by a different group instrumentally. Gary P. Nunn is a Texas singer/songwriter. ...


In 2009, ACL will move to a new purpose-built studio complex [1] that will substantially increase the number of audience members that can attend. It is also possible that KLRU will increase the annual episode order beyond 13 hours at that point.


The only television show ever to receive the National Medal of Arts.


Austin City Limits performances

See: List of Austin City Limits performers The following is a list of musicians who have appeared on the American television music program Austin City Limits. ...


See also

Sessions at West 54th was an American television program that featured music performances, and was in some ways a pop music variation on the theme set by the long-lived Austin City Limits, though the featured musicians represented a number of musical genres. ... Public broadcasting (also known as public service broadcasting or PSB) is the dominant form of broadcasting around the world, where radio, television, and potentially other electronic media outlets receive funding from the public. ... Main entrance of the 2005 Austin City Limits Music Festival in Zilker Park. ... Stevie Ray Vaughan statue on Austins Town Lake. ... KLRU is the local PBS public television member station in Austin, Texas, in the United States of America. ...

External links


  Results from FactBites:
 
TxTell: Austin City Limits (2213 words)
Encouraged by Austin's burgeoning live music scene in the early 1970s, Bill Arhos, an instructor in The University of Texas's Radio/TV/Film department from 1965-1970, wrote the proposal to PBS to fund the pilot of the popular TV series.
The indoor set shows the skyline of Austin cut out of cardboard, various plants, and three tables placed in front of the stage where executive and associate producers of the program are hastily writing and answering urgent calls on their cell phones.
Hernandez, an Austin City Limits veteran, patiently waits in line for his daughter and two of her friends who have flown in from Louisiana to see the show.
Austin City Limits - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (357 words)
Austin City Limits is an American television music program and a staple of the Public Broadcasting Service.
Images of Austin, Texas, the self-proclaimed "Live Music Capital of the World," are seen in the opening credits.
The show inspired the Austin City Limits Music Festival, an annual live music festival at Zilker Park in Austin.
  More results at FactBites »


 

COMMENTARY     


Share your thoughts, questions and commentary here
Your name
Your comments
Please enter the 5-letter protection code

Want to know more?
Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:

 


Lesson Plans | Student Area | Student FAQ | Reviews | Press Releases |  Feeds | Contact
The Wikipedia article included on this page is licensed under the GFDL.
Images may be subject to relevant owners' copyright.
All other elements are (c) copyright NationMaster.com 2003-5. All Rights Reserved.
Usage implies agreement with terms.