People planning on travelling to Austin for Summer NAMM 2006 should check out the Austin Connection podcast.

Host Jeffrye Glenn Tveraas talks to some of the best songwriters and musicians in the Austin area, and captures them performing the tunes and talking about their careers and music.

Here’s a description from the site:

If you’re a fan of Americana and new acoustic music this is a great way to discover some interesting and eclectic professional performers. All our podcasts are roughly 1/2 hour long and available in a high-quality stereo MP3 format, with new shows appearing weekly (sometimes more often).

All these performances are recorded here in Austin at Cheshire Moon studios just for this show. Some names you may recognize, some you may not, but all will represent the cream of the crop here in the “Live Music Capital of the World”.

You can subscribe to the podcast by adding this feed url to your podcast client:
http://www.austinconnection.net/austinconnection.xml

Tveraas is a seasoned Austin player, and also has released a collection of ambient chillout music, Lake Effect.