It’s the last day of 2016, and thousands of Austinites have gathered at Auditorium Shores to ring in 2017 in the heart of downtown for the city’s official New Year’s Eve party. The seven-hour affair ...

A small Buddha and toy cannon jostle on the dashboard of Kevin Russell's Ford F-150, pointed southeast to Port Aransas down Highway 181. Doug Sahm blares on the stereo and Russell sings along to "At ...

While I was hanging out recently with Kevin Russell, the shaman of soul who fronts Austin swamp-pop party band Shinyribs, to talk about his new CD, I Got Your Medicine, something struck me when I ...

Ever since Kevin Russell’s band Shinyribs debuted its first release, Well After Awhile, in 2010, his shows have emanated the energy of a rowdy tent revival. People don’t attend a Shinyribs concert to ...

If you combined the three of the greatest musical genres — Texas blues, New Orleans rhythm and blues and Memphis soul — you’d probably get a band that sounds a lot like Shinyribs. The band originally ...

Sometimes, when you make an expensive purchase, you take on a second job to pay for it. So when Kevin Russell of the Gourds bought his family a new car in 2007, he looked for a way to make about $500 ...

Since his 2010 debut, Austin’s Kevin Russell, in his post-Gourds alter-ego guise as Shinyribs, has been the go-to destination for those who want to get their roots party on. His sprawling (sometimes ...

Winfield Cheek is just happy to be here. Now into his eighth year as funky keyboardist with Shinyribs, one of the fastest-moving bands in the Texas scene right now, Cheek seems content with his place ...

Rock & Roll for a Cure is a charity music concert featuring the band Shinyribs. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Texas Gulf Coast Chapter launched its 2017 Man & Woman of the Year fundraising ...