Cosmic American Music

01/05/2026

NEXT TUES 5Th MAY will be rolling into town !
Nottingham -
🎟️ TICKETS AT LINK IN BIO
DOORS : 7.30pm

27/03/2026

Dreadful way to start the weekend by letting you know that the amazing Jon Dee Graham passed away this morning. Pick out one of his great albums and play it loud! RIP

25/03/2026

Too many sad days recently at Cosmic towers. Chip played five times for us over the years....remember him with this gem. RIP

Chip Taylor performing "Angel Of The Morning" at Music City Roots live from the Loveless Cafe on 5.29.2013

22/03/2026

Just a little something for all Cosmic Americans to enjoy from Continental Club last night in Austin.

18/12/2025

Check out Joe's '86 show at Gruene Hall with a very young Grissom and Bobby Keys!

Experience the vibrant sound of Texas music with this incredible live performance by Joe Ely and David Grissom at the iconic Gruene Hall in 1986. This full v...

18/12/2025

ACL have put out a great best of Joe from their many shows - enjoy!

RIP to Texas music legend Joe Ely. To us here at Austin City Limits as well as far beyond our stage, Ely was recognized as an icon – a maverick, genre-agnost...

16/12/2025

Two sad days in a week at Cosmic American. Joe Ely inspired our hearts and minds over the years. Happier times at Rescue Rooms in 2007. RIP Joe.

09/12/2025

2025 has seen too much sadness culminating in the dreadful news of Raul Malo passing last night. Cosmic American were fortunate enough to promote The Mavericks in 2003 and Raul solo in 2010 along with seeing him in intimate venues in Austin. We have lost a true star.

15/11/2025

Sad day in Cosmic land.

Aimless, Inc. Headquarters is heartbroken to share that our Founder, our Folk Hero, our Poet of the World, our Vice President of the Abrupt Change Dept., the Storyteller, our beloved Todd Daniel Snider has departed this world. Where do we find the words for the one who always had the right words, who knew how to distill everything down to its essence with words and song while delivering the most devastating, hilarious, and impactful turn of phrases? Always creating rhyme and meter that immediately felt like an old friend or a favorite blanket. Someone who could almost always find the humor in this crazy ride on Planet Earth.

He relayed so much tenderness and sensitivity through his songs, and showed many of us how to look at the world through a different lens. He got up every morning and started writing, always working towards finding his place among the songwriting giants that sat on his record shelves, those same giants who let him into their lives and took him under their wings, who he studied relentlessly. Guy Clark, John Prine, Kris Kristofferson, Jerry Jeff Walker.

How do we move forward without the one who gave us countless 90 minute distractions from our impending doom? The one who always had 18 minutes to share a story. We’ll do it by carrying his stories and songs that contain messages of love, compassion, and peace with us. Today, put on one of your favorite Todd Snider records and "play it loud enough to wake up all of your neighbors or at least loud enough to always wake yourself up.” We love you Todd, sail on old friend, we’ll see you again out there on the road somewhere down the line. You will always be a force of nature.

"Like A Force of Nature"

If we never get together again
Forgive me for these fools I’ve been
See if you can remember me when
I was listening to my better angels

It’s like a force of nature
Coming over me
I can’t keep myself from moving
It’s like a force of nature

May your hope always outweigh your doubt
Until this old world finally punches you out
May you always play your music
Loud enough to wake up all of your neighbors
Or may you play at least loud enough
To always wake yourself up

Todd Daniel Snider
October 11, 1966 - November 14, 2025

13/11/2025

Hannah Aldridge Music has played many times for Cosmic over the years and on Sunday she returns to Nottingham at the intimate Grove venue run by Cam who does a great sound job at The Chapel. Tix are £15 in advance or on the door. https://www.gigantic.com/hannah-aldridge-jason-charles-miller-tickets/nottingham-the-grove/2025-11-16-19-00