Monday, March 12th, 2012 // Events,News,SXSW
As you may have heard, WRCT is in Austin, Texas, this week for SXSW. We’ve assembled a team of seven reporters dedicated to bringing you up to date information on all that’s happening musically here in Austin.
We’ll be hosting a daily broadcast live from Austin every day through Friday, March 16, at 1 p.m. EST. You can also hear it at 1 a.m. EST or online at any time. The broadcast will feature show reviews, interviews with bands, and commentary on Austin’s cultural scene.
If a daily broadcast isn’t enough for you, be sure to check out our blog section, where we’ll be posting more show reviews, photos, and videos throughout the week.
We also have a Facebook page, and we’ll be updating our Twitter (@wrct883) frequently each day, so be sure to follow us.
We wish all of you were here with us, but since you’re not we’re doing our best to stay connected in every way possible. So spend your spring break with us.
Hugs and kisses,
Allison (Blogs Director)
Monday, March 5th, 2012 // Events,News
Hello regulars,
I know that wrct.org has become the most frequented site on all of your browsers, surpassing even facebook and google, and we appreciate you tuning in to listen to us on our webstream, and read our blogs.
Purchase of a new rack for our servers has recently been completed, and because of this, our servers will be migrated over on March 6th 2012. At approximately 7:00pm all of WRCT’s servers will be powered down, which means that this site will be offline, as will the web stream. Please bear with us as we physically move our servers. We will not be going off the air however, and our regular Tuesday programming will continue as normal, you will just need to tune in over the air.
I appreciate your understanding and am looking forward to the new opportunities this will afford WRCT.
Thanks!
Friday, March 2nd, 2012 // Events,News
Jean Grae, Invincible, and Tamar-Kali have been cutting their teeth as professional recording artists since the late 90s. They should be at the point in their careers where their fanbases start fading away, but somehow the opposite is true. The first two are hip-hop artists. The last, Tamar-Kali, is a rock vocalist. All three are women. Tokenization as female performers is something that all three fight against. However, their identities as fiercely independent women may be what keeps drawing fans in — and what has kept them from the mainstream for so long.
All three artists will be performing at a free concert at Carnegie Mellon University on March 5, as part of the Born In Flames Tour. The name of the tour speaks to the pressure these artists feel from a world that’s often at odds with their very existence — be it black, woman, queer, punk, etc.
This multi-genre tour will cross over into education and activism, as the participating artists will host a workshop at Carnegie Mellon. The workshop, directed toward students and community members, will take a critical look into the marginalized impact of women, women of color, and queer folk in the history of music – from both artistic and business perspectives.
The workshop is scheduled for 4:30 p.m., in the University Center Building, Connan Room.
Doors open at 7:30 p.m. for the concert, which will take place in the University Center Building, Rangos Ballroom.
RSVP and get more details on Facebook.
Born In Flames Tour at Carnegie Mellon is a production of The Arts Greenhouse at Carnegie Mellon. The Arts Greenhouse is a hip-hop education outreach program cultivating the artistic talents of Pittsburgh youth. More information is available at www.PghBeatmakers.org.
More information on the artists after the jump…
