When a young
Keith Galloway Jr. couldn t sit still in church, his mother suggested he take up a seat next to the pianist. That sage advice eventually led the Ft. Worth native to
UT-Austin s jazz program, where the keyboard maven finishes his sophomore year. His own solo musical outlet,
KindKeith, a dreamy alternative R&B guise, debuted full-length bow
Take What You Need last Friday in collaboration with longtime friend and co-producer
Ian Salazar, who Galloway calls Skinny. With gospel music, you re taught jazz theory from the jump, says 20-year-old Galloway. It felt like a job as a little kid. You have to wake up early, put on a nice suit, and then sit at the organ. So when I met Skinny, it was perfect. I was 15 and wanted to start playing in a band.
Despite lengthy discussion last year,
Austin City Council did not allocate exclusive funding from the first federal stimulus, the
CARES package, for local music venues. New COVID-19 relief from Washington incoming, Austin s music entities begin to queue up.
Music Makes Austin and the
Austin Music Commission submitted budget proposals to the city earlier this month.
Both request over $20 million to support Austin s music economy from the federal
American Rescue Plan and
Cody Cowan, who also leads the
Red River Cultural District association, said that the MMA and AMC requests aligned coincidentally. Alongside disaster assistance, both plans also mention release of the long-discussed
A man carries groceries on the UT Austin campus during spring break on Tuesday.
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Get help 24/7 through the state s free mental health hotline: 833-986-1919
Food
Get help: The Central Texas Food Bank has a map of locations where you can get hot meals and groceries in Austin. Enter your location to find what s available near you.
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Milan, 4, and Myden, 3, select meals from Austin ISD, which passed out curbside lunches while schools were closed in the spring.