Warren Hood is an accomplished musician who plays violin, fiddle, mandolin, and composes and sings as well. He lives in Austin, Texas and performs with his local band, Warren Hood and the Hoodlums, in a blend of jazz/blues/newgrass acoustic fusion of music, on Sundays @ Momo’s. In the 2005 Austin Chronicle Best Musician Awards, Warren [...]

“Like the Possum (George Jones) Dayton is the possessor of a tear-stained voice, a lost soul sensibility and probably a high degree of familiarity with the kinds of places mama warned you about.” — The Austin American Statesman              

A combination of the sensitive and sophisticated with a good bit of dirty possum-ness. Come get some on ya. Come get ORQED!! For ten years The Mighty Orq has been performing solo and with his band across the US and Europe. He has won three Houston Press Music Awards (“Best Guitarist”- 2007, “Best Guitarist”- 2010, [...]

Cactus Music is very pleased to announce an in-store performance with Dawes on Friday, Sunday, June 2nd at 6:30 pm.  The band is performing at The Free Press Summerfest that afternoon, but general admission passes have sold out and Fancy Pants tickets are going fast. As June approaches, the Cactus concert will present the only chance for non-ticket holding fans [...]

” A refreshing straight forward great American rock & roll song. The Jordanaire like background vocals only add to the coolness.” – Matt Phipps/WXRV “‘Rule The World’ is one of the Best New Songs of January 2013.” – Esquire “Songs such as ‘Rule The World’ and ‘Run From You’ display a directness and depth that [...]

It is our pleasure to welcome these boys back to the Cactus stage. Always an amazing performance that should not be missed. With each passing day, more and more people are coming around to discovering the magic of Quiet Company. Hope you can be one of those people! “I know my time is coming” Taylor Muse [...]

THIS FRIDAY May the 10th, in addition to our previously announced Houston show at Walter’s, we will be doing a #FREE #ALLAGES in-store performance at Cactus Records in that same city. It starts at five pm, and don’t be late, because it has to be pretty short – we gotta leave some gas in the [...]

By Tyran Grillo, March 2013 – A jazz vocalist and a full-time geologist in the Texas oil industry, who is also a visual artist, writer, and dancer. In only one person can you find such a package: Raquel Cepeda. The Venezuelan-born and, since 2005, Houston-based chanteuse grew up in a musical family, where the voices [...]

The buzz surrounding San Antonio’s Hacienda may signal a rebirth of young rock n’ roll -with emphasis on the “roll”- to the country’s landscape. With brothers Rene Villanueva (bass/vocals), Jaime (drums/vocals) and Abraham Villanueva (keyboards/vocals), this Mexican-American trio blends a raw yet sophisticated style of pop music with harmonies reminiscent of the Beatles and Beach [...]

“Carrie Rodriguez first came to public notice as a result of her duet records with Chip Taylor, but she’s been a thriving solo artist for a while now. She released her début album, “Seven Angels on a Bicycle,” in 2006, and recently put out her fifth, “Give Me All You Got.” Along the way, Rodriguez—who [...]