S2 E2: Innovations

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Innovations

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Rapper Lou Charles hooks up with Houston’s Patric Johnston, a singer and keyboardist who performs folksy covers of hip hop classics. In Lubbock, Summer Dean records an original song at the legendary recording studio of country western producer Don Caldwell. In San Antonio, Phanie Diaz learns about the multicultural history of the accordion aka Texas squeezebox.

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E1: Discovering Home

“Outlaw country” singer/songwriter Summer Dean visits her college stomping grounds of Lubbock, Texas, and discovers that the city offers a lot more music history than the beloved Buddy Holly. In San Antonio, punk rock drummer Phanie Diaz checks out public art projecting over 300 years of history on the walls of a Catholic cathedral. In Houston, hip hop artist Lou Charles meets “raptivist” Genesis Blu, the first woman to be voted Best Rapper by the Houston Press.

Person with blue braided hair in a bun, wearing a blue jacket over a white t-shirt, is speaking. They are outside with blurred stairs and graffiti in the background.

E3: History Inspires

In San Antonio, Phanie Diaz gets a lesson in the bajo sexto, a 12-stringed guitar featured prominently in conjunto band Los Texmaniacs. At Houston’s independent record shop, Vinal Edge, Lou Charles meets owner Chuck Roast, whose extensive interests range from Chopped and Screwed to Indonesion music. In Lubbock, Summer Dean tries her hand at graffiti art after a demo by Joey Ramirez, whose public murals reinterpret the legacy of Buddy Holly.

A person with blue hair and a black outfit sits at a table with a wooden background. They have their hands together, showing a tattoo on one hand, and appear to be engaged in conversation. Two bottles are visible in the foreground.

E4: The Scene

Outlaw country musician Summer Dean jams with Nathen Rogers and his band, La Croix Boix, in Lubbock. In Houston, rapper Lou Charles gets a tour of America’s longest-running record studio, Sugarhill Recording Studio, home to Lil Wayne, Beyonce, and Willie Nelson. Phanie Diaz’s punk band plays alongside the accordion-powered Tex Mex band, Piñata Protest, at local dive Bang Bang Bar.

Two men are indoors. One wears a blue cap, a denim jacket, and a patterned shirt. The other has glasses, a beard, and a dark shirt. They seem to be having a conversation. A framed picture is on the wall behind them.