JM Stevens

JM Stevens plays Antone's at the Airport on Wednesday, October 21, at 11 AM. It's a mid-morning set at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, so it's as much a stop for people passing through as it is for anyone in the city.

Stevens is an Austin-based Americana artist who spent more than 15 years fronting the city's rock quartet Moonlight Towers before moving toward acoustic guitars and harmonicas. His third solo album, Wish on a River Bridge, came out March 7, 2025. It's a stripped-down collection of ten songs recorded at his own East Austin Recording facility, where he tracked to quarter-inch tape for a vintage sound. That's the record he's been working from lately, and it sits right in that folk-and-country pocket he's carved out since the Moonlight Towers days.

He's earned a fair bit of notice around town. KUTX has called him one of the most reputable singer-songwriters in the Austin music scene today, and Goldmine described him as a master craftsman. The comparisons usually land in the same neighborhood: Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska and Tom Petty's Wildflowers, both records that trade a full band for something more sparse and focused on the song. That's the kind of set you can expect here, too—just Stevens, his guitar, and his harmonica.

The show is on Wednesday, October 21, starting at 11 AM at Antone's at the Airport inside the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Admission is free.