It’s been a period of transition for musician Jimmy Smith. The songwriter and bass player for the sort-of defunct legendary alt./indie/roots band The Gourds, which broke up in 2013 – “the day Lou Reed ...

There’s a good chance you’ve heard the Austin-based quintet The Gourds, and didn’t even know it. Usually, that means you’ve heard the Gourds shilling for Mazda or Microsoft or McDonald’s. But the ...