The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, November 12, 1998, Image 10

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Local groups, promoters look to push beyond traditional country, alternative offehM\CW
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BY AMY DAUGHERTY
The Battalion
The Bryan-College Station mu
sic scene is slowly becoming
more diverse, although the com
bined number of local and out-of-
town performers is considerably
smaller than larger surrounding
cities such as Austin.
In past years, the music scene
primarily consisted of country per
formers and alternative rock bands
that regularly frequented the area.
Over the last few years, how
ever, the music scene has ex
panded beyond country and al
ternative rock to include blues,
jazz, ska, rap, punk, surf rock,
folk and reggae.
Dave Salmon, adviser to MSC
Town Hall, said Town Hall works
to achieve a diverse environment
at A&M that provides entertain
ment for the entire student body.
“We try to determine what is
popular and what under-represent
ed groups want to see,” Salmon
said. “I personally think we’re mak
ing strides toward a more diverse
arrangement. There is still room for
improvement, and we work towards
diversity every day. ”
Aaron Comer, a bartender at
Crooked Path Ale House, said the es
tablishment sees a diverse arrange
ment of talent.
“It’s more down-home here —
it basically differs each night,” he
said. “Some nights we get alterna
tive bands with pop tunes and hard
bass and other times we get blue-
grass and jazz. Every night could
be completely different than the
night before. ”
Local bands find it easier to
book shows in College Station,
when compared to cities like
Austin and Houston which have a
greater number of performers.
J.T. Stewart, a member of the lo
cal band Last Free Exit, said the
music scene is improving.
“I’ve seen it improve in the last
few years,” he said. “It [live mu
sic] used to just be a Friday thing.
It’s sad that Austin has a Monday
through Saturday scene and we
don’t, but being optimistic about
it, it’s improving.
“It’s good for performers —
there’s a lack of bands,” Stewart
said. “In Austin it’s very competi
tive, so it’s good [playing in College
Station] from the artist’s stand
point. Playing music is the way we
make our living — in Austin we
couldn’t do this. College Station
sees what Austin has and we’re be
coming less conservative.”
Randy Abbey, a bartender at the
Cow Hop, said the local music
scene is diverse.
“It’s pretty broad — we [the
Cow Hop] have country, blues,
jazz and mostly alternative rock
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Arts Council offers events to explore creativit
BY AMY CURTIS
The Battalion
Celebrating the National Arts
Awareness Week, the Arts Council
of the Brazos Valley offers artistic
entertainment and the chance to
express oneself.
P. David Rome!, executive direc
tor of the Arts Council of Brazos
Valley, said the council is hosting a
variety of events this week.
The Arts Council, located at
2501 Texas Ave. South, Suite 105-C
in College Station, is hosting the
Local Color Gallery’s annual Holi
day Market, a display featuring
Texan artists. He said the exhibit
features not only paintings, but
sculptors, wood carvings and
crafts. He said all of the crafts and
art work are done by people from
Texas and have some kind of re
gional design.
He said Joe Smith, a renowned
sculptor, is also featured and three
of his steel pieces will be exhibited
and sold.
Romei said almost everything at
the exhibit is for sale. He said there
will be crafts displayed and sold
such as homemade teddy bears,
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