Bailey Jones in Auburn sends along some of the longest emails that I get.  But you get all the information needed to decide to attend the Sundilla Series concerts.  Here’s news on tonights show… 

Don’t forget: when you’re trying to figure out what to do tonight, you can’t do any better than Terri Hendrix and Lloyd Maines at Sundilla. Terri has covered every genre from folk to country to pop to blues to Celtic to Tex-Mex to jazz to Western swing, so you’re going to hear a lot of different stuff, all from two performers and eight instruments on one single stage. Showtime is 7:30, and admission is just $10, $8 for students, and free for children 12 and under. We’ll have free coffee, tea, water and food, though as always you care welcome to bring whatever food or beverage you prefer.

At 2:30, go to www.wildmansteve.com, and listen to Terri and Lloyd perform LIVE in Wildman Steve’s studio! And any time you want, go to www.offbeatauburn.com and listen to a podcast Terri did with Sundilla’s own Kelly Walker. And then at 7:30, grab your seat in the AUUF and hold on, because you will be moments away from being blown away by one of the most dynamic– and successful– performers ever to set foot on the Sundilla stage. (She won’t have her Grammy Award with her… but she has won one. Not many performers that you’ll see around here can say that.)

Here are a few quotes about Terri from people around the country. Fair warning: there are A LOT of quotes here. While that means it might take a few minutes to read them all, it reinforces what I have been trying to say: Terri Hendrix is as good as it gets, and as good as it will ever get. We’re lucky to have her here, and it would be a shame for her to have her do her thing in front of anything less than a packed house. 

“Terri Hendrix creates the kind of music that makes you feel good, conceived and delivered with utter sincerity.”– Texas Music Magazine

Folk, pop, country, blues, Latin, and country swing. None of it evades Terri Hendrix, who has a fresh enthusiasm and a divine voice, which equals an electric stage presence.
-Mary Skilton, Chicago Sun Times

For 75 minutes Hendrix and Maines made the Texas stage [of the Houston International Festival] the place to be and created a tough act for [Steve] Earle to follow.
-Michael D. Clark, Houston Chronicle

Terri Hendrix is an amazing performer and a great writer. Her storytelling has a certain kind of believability that is natural, and she can turn on a dime and twist it around where it’s as unexpected and as funny as anything you could imagine. All combined, it’s pretty amazing.
-Joe Ely, Texas singer-songwriter

Terri Hendrix is a gifted songwriter and performer. Her ability to reach people with music and her positive attitude amazes me. Listen to her music, see her, and then . . . you’ll understand.
-Helen Leicht, Music Director, WXPN-Philadelphia

Saturday’s Newport Folk Festival stage offered numerous discoveries. Leading the way was Terri Hendrix, a voluble folk-scat singer.
-Steve Morse, Boston Globe

Terri Hendrix entertained a crowd at the Newport Folk Festival with upbeat fare. Accompanied by veteran Texan producer/guitarist Lloyd Maines, Hendrix mixed sunny humor and sparkling melodies with striking instrumental and vocal chops, displaying a particularly keen talent for finger-picking and full-on scat singing.
-Rolling Stone.Com

Hendrix’s Live in San Marcos, recorded before a hometown crowd, is an effervescent charmer. The ever-upbeat Hendrix is a wonderful live performer. With her crack band, this release is a can’t miss proposition.
-Michael Tearson, Sing Out!
On Recordings:

“Too smart to be cynical, too sharp to be naïve, Hendrix nonetheless believes the human mess can be fixed. Right or wrong, she makes a delightfully listenable case.” – Rick Allen, Harp

“Though the Texas troubadour’s matter-of-fact whimsy keeps her message from becoming overbearing, a seriousness of purpose underscores this song cycle about the ways in which spirituality informs everyday life.” – Don McLeese, Amazon.com (The Spiritual Kind review)

“The music of Austin songwriter Terri Hendrix has long validated the idea that our inner search matters – and moreover, that it’s essential. Within the lines of her songs, Hendrix chronicles the experience of seeking that quiet, grounded, true place in a world filled with so much nonsense and noise.” – Brad Buchholz, The Austin American Statesman

“San Antonio native Terri Hendrix seems to have been hovering on the brink of “making it” for several years now. Her albums are always well received-everyone from the Washington Post to Rolling Stone has raved about them-and in Texas she’s highly regarded. But Hendrix didn’t really catch on with the national scene until recently, when she won a GRAMMY for penning ‘Li’l Jack Slade,’ a song adopted by the Dixie Chicks. On her own, Hendrix plays smart blues/pop/folk/rock, sings thoughtful lyrics and always displays subtle guitar work with thought provoking lyrics and attention to detail.”
- AOL

“anyone with a heart is hooked…candid, good-humored and intelligent singer-songwriter…a strong and unaffected singer.”
- Rick Allen/Harp

“gutsy… Terri Hendrix has remained steadfastly independent.”
- Daniel Gewertz/Boston Herald

“Politically and emotionally charged as the lyrics may be, Hendrix is in fine melodic form…while getting her message through with her clear singing and impeccable timing.”
- Buzz McClain/No Depression

“fully delivers on the broad, naked emotional resonance promised by the title…personal and even sensual”
- Andrew Dansby/Texas Music Magazine

“With her musical partner, Lloyd Maines (father of Dixie Chick Natalie Maines), Hendrix presents her songs in stripped-down country arrangements that keep her appealing voice in front of the music…Hendrix really makes her mark on a cover of rapper L.L. Cool J’s ‘I Need Love,’ bridging the gap between The Bronx and Nashville.”
- Dan Aquilante/New York Post

“stunning, breezy, smart Americana…”
- Performing Songwriter

“It’s only natural one would fall for her wholesome, winsome, apple-cheeked charms, and with the voice of an angel and lyrics that draw the listener to her side, she can make everyone else in the room disappear.”
- Buzz McClain, Washington Post

“To be honest with you. I fell in love with her songs and her performance when I saw her at a late night showcase at the Folk Alliance, (I actually followed her from one showcase to her next, just to hear more of her songs.)”
- Gene Shay WXPN

“Over the course of the last decade, Terri Hendrix has evolved from a modest coffeehouse act into one of Texas’ most beloved songwriters and a stubbornly independent business woman . To loosely quote one of Hendrix’s new songs, everything seems to be coming around her way.”
- Richard Skanse, XL Austin American Statesman

Hendrix’s music showcases a brace of tuneful, sharply observed roots songs that cheerfully defy easy stylistic pigeonholing.
- Chris Morris, Billboard

Whenever anyone asks me what artists to watch out for from Austin, I always mention Terri Hendrix. Her future’s so bright . . . well, you know the rest.
- Jody Denberg, Program Director, KGSR-Austin

Terri Hendrix’s stunning new album, Places in Between, showcases her supple vocals and top-notch songcraft.
- Holly George-Warren, Village Voice

Places in Between is brimming with smart, insightful ballads and small-town, big-dream tales. Hendrix’s voice, intimate and expressive, is reason enough to keep listening, and the combination of Lloyd Maines’ musicianship and production savvy seals the deal.
- Mike Joyce, Washington Post

In a world where brats who know three chords can score million-dollar deals, an artist such as Hendrix is a welcome alternative to the alternatives. She’s a considerable guitarist with a chameleon of a voice, who sounds right whether she’s singing swing or folk.
- Justin Wolske, Houston Press

As fans enamored of her first two albums can attest, Hendrix’s souffle of a voice belies her ability to get under the skin of sensitive subjects, whether the subject is her own fears, wanderlust, romantic betrayal or profound surrender and acceptance. Ultimately, Places in Between is about acceptance of the terrors and joys the world throws at you. “Life,” as some street corner philosopher once noted, “is what happens while you’re waiting around for something else.” And while it happens to Hendrix, the rest of us get to hear about it.
-John T. Davis, Austin American-Statesman

Hendrix is an unqualified success story down in Texas. Much like Ani DiFranco has done marketing her own music and basically running the whole she-bang by her lonesome, Hendrix has done much the same with her homespun Wilory Records label. A San Antonio native who has built an incredibly loyal following, Hendrix is now beginning to break beyond Lone Star lines. Places in Between is a collection of honest, well-crafted slice-of-life songs devoid of any of the trappings that mire all too many recordings in the contemporary folk vein. Rather, it’s a collection of tunes with grit and a groove and on which the voice of Hendrix is one of believability.
-Dan Ferguson, Time Out New York

Places in Between is easily Terri Hendrix’s best album yet. The songs reach farther, and the writing and production are both sharp throughout. Hendrix and Maines call upon a whole lot of different textures and instruments to help the songs take flight.
-Michael Tearson, Sing Out!

Charming doesn’t quite capture the appeal of Terri Hendrix’s Wilory Farm. There’s something far less contrived and inescapably likeable about the San Marcos resident’s second album for it to be merely charming. With a voice as effortless and delicate as Alison Krauss, Hendrix runs through an array of styles: folk, country, pop and country swing.
-Michael Bertin, Austin Chronicle