Local Memory is an ongoing public history project presenting a cultural geography of music performance in Austin, Texas. Learn more…
Recent Updates
September 29, 2022
2022 Exhibit Updates Launch Notes from a Limestone Ledge
Local Memory is happy to announce the official launch of updates to site and its exhibits for 2022. Read more…
September 28, 2022
Charlie Barnet’s “Weird Austin” Notes from a Limestone Ledge
In the recollections of Charlie Barnet, a New York musician, we can learn about the music scene in Austin and Texas during the early 1930s from an outsider’s perspective. Read more…
September 24, 2022
New Article in Not Even Past Notes from a Limestone Ledge
Local Memory is happy to announce the publication of “Local Memory: Telling Austin’s Music History” on Not Even Past, a digital magazine hosted by the Department of History at the University of Texas at Austin. Read more…
Local Memory: A History of Music in Austin is supported in part by Texas Folklife and a grant from the City of Austin Cultural Arts Division.