We catch up to Chris Shiflett of the Foo Fighters backstage at Ray Benson’s Birthday Party, an annual SXSW event that draws some of the finest musicians for some of the best jams of the festival. He talked about his 20 years with the Foo Fighters and jokingly gave some bad advice for children who’d like to follow in his footsteps.
This 68th Birthday (Happy Birthday Ray!) was presented by BMI and benefitted the Health Alliance For Austin Musicians (HAAM), a unique non-profit that holds a special place in the heart of Austin music lovers. The event was held on the GSD&M corporation’s back plaza, and featured Ray Benson’s Asleep At The Wheel, Dale Watson, Randy Houser, Ben Dickey, Katie Pruitt, Robert Ellis, Who Do, Jamie Lin Wilson, Waylon Payne, Collective Soul’s Ed Roland, Wade Bowen and a special surprise by Robert Earl Keen.
Former Dallas Cowboys Lineman Cory Procter on Built Not Broke, Hail Mary Moments and Resilient Wealth
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DRUMMER BOY: Melora Hardin and Iaon Gruffud “Nothing Else to Do but Sing”
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Drew Van Acker on Producing, Hail Mary Moments and the Drive Home Conversation
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Joel Smallbone, India Brown & Lucas Leach on DRUMMER BOY
Paul Salfen of AMFM Magazine catches up with for KING & COUNTRY's Joel David Smallbone, co-director and star of DRUMMER BOY, alongside young leads India Brown (Invasion) and Lucas Leach (Crookhaven). Learning the drum from scratch in three and a half weeks, a first day of filming that was really the final scene, eight years
Love Your Furry Friends and Love Your Humans
If you're in Austin tonight, Monday, November 2, there's one more chance to catch Petunia on a big screen before the Austin Film Festival wraps its run. The film plays at 6:40 p.m. CT at the Galaxy Theater, the same theater where it had its world premiere in competition on opening night, Thursday, October 29.
We Just Open Our Eyes: Shahar Isaac and Paras Patel on the Living World of THE CHOSEN
On the set of The Chosen and Lazarus House, Shahar Isaac and Paras Patel—Peter and Matthew—talk about the world James Cunningham built so completely that the actors simply open their eyes and the reality is already there. With Season 6 streaming on Prime Video beginning November 15, 2026, and the theatrical film The Chosen Crucifixion
The Weight of the Empty Cross: The Chosen’s John, Mary, and Andrew on Season 6
On a Texas set under a heat advisory, George Xanthis (John), Vanessa Benavente (Mother Mary), and Noah James (Andrew) sit in Caiaphas’s office—a room none of their characters have needed before—and talk about the work that has brought them here. Season 6 of The Chosen captures the final twenty-four hours of Jesus of Nazareth. Streaming
Still Not Jesus: Jonathan Roumie on the Anger, the Prayer, and the Cross for The Chosen Season 6
On the set of The Chosen Season 6, Jonathan Roumie is nearing the end of the most demanding stretch the series has asked of him. One more week of difficult physical scenes remains—scenes that will match what was already filmed in Matera, Italy. Paul Salfen and his father, Ronald Paul Salfen, sat with him there.
Not Burnt, but Refined: Melanie Cox on the National Mall Sacred Assembly & Nehemiah Alliance
Paul Salfen of AMFM Magazine talks with Melanie Cox, National Director for California of the Nehemiah Alliance, CEO, horse rescuer and author of "You Have to Know," on the eve of the Global Sacred Assembly on the National Mall (Saturday, Oct 31, Sylvan Theater). She shares how Barbara Ann Jeter's 52-day prayer movement began, why
