Amplify—an anthology series—explores how music transcends time, culture, and class; and how artists impact and are impacted by the communities that give them rise.
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...
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...
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...
“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...