Austin, Texas, calls itself the live music capital of the world.
A recent study showed that live music tourism generated $1.8 billion for the city in one year.
But the live music scene that the city has based its reputation on has been at risk recently, due in part to skyrocketing ticket prices, oppressive heat, and new laws in Texas.
And now, the scene is having to deal with skyrocketing ticket prices, oppressive heat, and new laws in Texas.
In the latest season of the Pause/Play podcast from KUT and KUTX Studios, hosts Miles Bloxson and Elizabeth McQueen look at how these global and local changes are impacting Austin's music ecosystem.
The podcast started in 2020, talking about how the pandemic was affecting Austin music.
And then we spent a couple of seasons talking about how we could financially sustain our live music ecosystem.
This season, we're looking at how changes outside of Austin are affecting our music scene.
And really, it all came from our listeners.
We asked our followers on Instagram what they wanted us to cover.
So we also did a bunch of pre-interviews for the season.
And we noticed the same things kept coming up.
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