Malford Milligan is a world class blues/soul singer, based out of Austin, Texas. He performed on "Austin City Limits" 3 times and has also appeared on the Conan O'Brian show. Malford Milligan has toured with BB King, James Cotton, Edgar Winter, Double Trouble, Kenny Wayne Shepard, and many more.
The critics are weighing in and they agree that Woody Russell’s latest release, “Up Against It” (CUTS Music Group – July, 2010), is an exceptional album; proof positive that he is an artist to watch. This vibrant blues/soul outing highlights Russell’s musicianship as an “inventive” and “exemplary” guitarist, as well as, a vocalist and songwriter of the highest caliber. He can shade a note with the best of them. “Up Against It” celebrates, aches, rocks and soothes; his most thoroughly potent recording to date. Here’s proof that modern blues is thriving and in good hands.
Radiola is a diverse group mixing unique instrumentation with finely crafted songwriting to create a genre all its own. Radiola's eclectic sound bears traces of many styles, from 70s rock to classical influences, with touches of Latino rhythm and gypsy strings.
Riding straight out of a tequila sunrise and into the arms of an adoring crowd of barroom regulars, this Chris Berardo and his band hit all the right notes to appeal to Jackson Browne and Eagles fans everywhere!!!!
See Texas music legend Shake Russell live on the Iguana Grill stage. Shake Russell makes history by being named Entertainer of the Year for the third time (2004, 2008, 2011) in the Texas Music Awards!
Lisa’s original compositions conjure 60′s/70′s female fronted R&B/Soul music ala Tina Turner, Candi Staton, Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight and so many others. From ‘feel-good’ to sweet (and an occasional ‘hurt-me’) ballads, she pours her soul and emotion in to each note delivering sincerity and connecting with audiences of all kinds.
Based in Austin, Texas, the Lizards have honed their music into a wicked-funny art form. They’ve delighted audiences from Texas to Trafalgar Square with their inventive style of satirical folk, country and bluegrass. Trademarks of a Lizards song are highly literate, sharply pointed lyrics that poke fun at politics, love, religion and the culture in general. Combined with superb musicianship that features precise four- and five-part vocal harmonies and instrumental mastery, the band’s songs are as melodically infectious as they are lyrically prescient.
Tommy Elskes(els-kiss) is a musician's musician. He has that all too rare ability to truly affect people with his music. Ask The General Norman Shwarzkopf, Lyle Lovett or my 9 year old son Ryan. They will all tell you he is the best. Tommy's music is a wonderful combination of soulful R&B,blues,rock,country and folk. Tommy will be accompanied by his good friend and amazing guitar player John Fannin, playing lead guitar
Piney Grove Ramblers plays bluegrass for the people. If you enjoy hearing songs that rhyme, songs that tell a story, and people who enjoy singing along with the artist, then come out to Iguana to catch PGR live!
Singer-songwriter Bob Livingston has never been a traditional Texas country musician living the honky-tonk life, even though he's spent more than his share of time on the roadhouse circuit with some of the most colorful musicians in Texas. As a member of Austin’s legendary Lost Gonzo Band, he has performed and recorded with such musical visionaries as Jerry Jeff Walker, Michael Martin Murphey and Ray Wylie Hubbard.
This Los Angeles-based group started in 1999, and came of age during the last gasp of the old record industry paradigm. Faced with the prospect of being an instrumental music-driven band in an age of increasingly bleak pop-driven market (where one-shot youngsters are heralded as geniuses, then sadly discarded in six months), Incendio has persevered and even thrived, taking instrumental Spanish guitar music to new and uncharted artistic levels.