Urban Soul
The First Season • The First Band
Urban Soul is Austin’s newest R&B/Soul band—and the genesis for what Urban Music Festival producers anticipate will be an extended legacy of young Austin artists that begin to embrace a new attitude and appreciation for Rhythm & Blues/Soul music.
Musik Hertz
Take Two
The program continues with Musik Hertz, Austin’s newest R&B/soul band—young, talented, and faithful. Musik Hertz is the second generation of the Soultree Collective’s dream – supporting, mentoring, and showcasing the young true talent in the Austin area.
Friends of Urban Soul
The Urban LIFE Group (ULG) — in partnership with sponsors, local businesses and organizations — will create a weekend of events targeting African Americans from throughout Texas, the Southwest region and around the nation.
KAZI 88.7
Austin Community Radio, Inc. operating as KAZI 88.7 is the oldest community station in Austin. The station is a listener-supported, non-commercial community radio station, staffed almost entirely by volunteers who work together out of a sense of commitment and concern for our community. For 25 years KAZI has been serving the Austin and surrounding communities. The station maintains a family atmosphere with a volunteer staff that loves what they do, which keeps the listening audiences always wanting more.
Make It Happen Productions
Make It Happen Productions develops thoughtful and provocative live entertainment programming that reaches a broad cross-section of people 25 and older. The owners, Homer Hill and Donnie Little, have fused their talents to successfully create a live entertainment company that sees no boundaries.
Unified Tribe
Unified Tribe is an Austin-based band with New York and L.A. roots. They are a throwback in both size and sound to the days of big bands like Earth, Wind and Fire and Sly and The Family Stone. It’s the true musicality of their records that first draws in most fans. It’s an element that is missing from so many industry-formulated artists these days. The Tribe is anything but industry-formulated. With a core that’s been together for a number of years, they’ve grown up together and it’s on top of their strong relationships that they build strong music. Fans and industry aficionados alike often comment on the live show as far surpassing any expectations (however high) set by the albums. Their shows are as visual as they are aural, with dancing, great inter-member interaction, audience participation, and musicians constantly switching instruments.