For local bard Grant Peeples ? organizer and host of this weekend's inaugural Americana Woman Music Fest ? it all started with Emmylou Harris.

"Music Builds a Life ,? and ordinary baling wire becomes a nearly magical line, as delicate and serendipitous as any drawing, evoking the spirit of musicians in a show by Norman artist Asia Scudder at the City Arts Center?s intimate Circle Gallery.Work in the show is either hung on the wall, casting ethereal shadows, or displayed on stands, where earphones will let visitors hear music relating ...

Melanie Fiona travels through time in her music. Play her records and you're trans-ported back to the DayGlo days of mod '60s soul, a time when snappy Motown songs ruled the charts and shiny go-go boots defined the fashion.

The female director says she would do something 'surreal' should she is recruited to direct the dance queen's music video.

It's not necessary to keep vampire's hours to hear a lot of music at South by Southwest ? as long as you're willing to stand in line.