Clint Black, Turnpike Troubadours, Robert Earl Keen, Aaron Watson, and more headline the return of KOKEFEST. KOKEFMAUSTIN
In Austin music's founding mythos of the convergence of rednecks and hippies, KOKE-FM served as essential a role as the Armadillo World Headquarters or Willie Nelson's moving to town. In 1972, sensing the emerging local culture, the frequency debuted a new format that liberally expanded on the tide of country rock to help define"progressive country," the sound that would become Austin's calling card throughout the decade.
The award-winning, trendsetting station championed Austin songwriters, but more importantly gave them a legitimizing voice to the industry. KOKE's"goat roper" logo became a ubiquitous bumper sticker around town, and DJs like Joe Gracey became celebrities. Later, in a 2012 resurrection, the frequency 99.3 revived the call letters and ethos of KOKE-FM, famously relaunching with Dale Watson's"Country My Ass" played on continuous loop nearly 1,700 times.
Celebrating its 10th anniversary, KOKE continues to expand its local influence, serving as the broadcast partner for University of Texas Longhorn Athletics, launching KOKE-TV, and reconvening the station's flagship event, KOKEFEST, this weekend in Hutto. The fifth annual KOKEFEST kicks off rolling a neo-trad country sound Friday night.
Saturday wrangles this year's biggest return and farewell. Turnpike Troubadours went on indefinite hiatus in 2019 as frontman Evan Felker got sober, and if there's any indication of how much fans missed the Oklahoma sextet's hot-stomping anthems and sharp ballads, it's how quickly their return shows sold out across the country this summer.
, with principal BJ Barham's narratives wringing restless desires and regrets. Alabama duo Muscadine Bloodline stirs a down-home Southern brew with debut LP, and Nashville's the Steel Woods sear guitar-scorched Southern country rock.
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