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Steve Winwood's Back in the High Life

When it comes to British jam bands, the conversation begins and ends with Traffic. Sunday night, the band’s driving force – Steve Winwood – wore that crown proudly at the Moody Theater. Read More | Comment »

10:34AM Tue. Nov. 27, 2012, Jim Caligiuri

WTF1? The Aftermath

As F1 weekend approached, talk of nightmare crowds overtook Austin. Personally, I was worried about accessing the music. Surprisingly – thankfully – fears were unfounded. I heard the helicopters and saw pictures of the grandstand at the track, but otherwise there was little to inform me that a major international event was taking place in town. Read More | Comment »

12:41PM Wed. Nov. 21, 2012, Jim Caligiuri

15 Minutes with Cheap Trick's Robin Zander

I spoke with singer Robin Zander of nearly 40-year-old rock legends Cheap Trick, who open for Aerosmith tonight at the Frank Erwin Center. Read More | Comment »

1:47PM Fri. Nov. 16, 2012, Jim Caligiuri

Pegi Young Braces for Impact

After three albums, Pegi Young remains a relative newcomer. Mention that she’s Neil Young's wife and the light bulbs go on. She sang backup in her husband’s band before releasing a self-titled disc in 2007. Young’s Bracing For Impact, out last winter, finds her confident, inventive, and at times comical. She plays tonight, Wednesday, at Lamberts. Read More | Comment »

2:41PM Wed. Nov. 14, 2012

Wreck & Ruin

It's odd so many of my favorite artists are releasing new discs this fall. Every season should bring this kind of windfall. New CDs from Jim Lauderdale, Wanda Jackson, Tift Merritt, and Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson are just the start, with Iris Dement, Paul Kelly, Jason Isbell and too many more to mention coming soon or already on shelves. Read More | Comment »

9:07AM Thu. Nov. 8, 2012, Jim Caligiuri

Half Made Man

With a new album and a two-piece band in tow, Kentucky cellist Ben Sollee arrives at the Cactus Cafe on Saturday night, Nov. 3. Half Made Man, his fourth disc, arrives as both a quick follow-up to last year's Inclusions and perhaps his most straightforward work yet. Read More | Comment »

1:27PM Wed. Oct. 31, 2012, Jim Caligiuri

Rat Race: ACL 2012 Musings

I’ve been to all 11 Austin City Limits Music Festivals. This year’s falls into the middle of the pack in terms of excitement and interest. Discovered a couple of fab new acts, was disappointed I couldn’t get close to a couple I wanted to see, and Neil Young with Crazy Horse wailed through their way one of the festival's most memorable sets. Read More | Comment »

12:57PM Wed. Oct. 17, 2012, Jim Caligiuri

Rumbling in the Cactus

Beginning tonight, Patterson Hood, frontman, mainstay, and guiding light of Southern rock juggernaut Drive-By Truckers, rolls into town with his own band, the Downtown Rumblers. Catch them tonight and tomorrow at the Cactus Cafe, then Friday afternoon on the BMI Stage at the Austin City Limits Music Festival. Read More | Comment »

3:16PM Wed. Oct. 10, 2012, Jim Caligiuri

15 Minutes with Pat Metheny

Pat Metheny brings his Unity Band to the Moody Theater tomorrow, Thursday. It’s the first time in 30 years the renowned jazz guitarist is touring with a saxophonist, this time Chris Potter. Metheny's notorious for never standing still and his most recent past is as radical as he’s ever been. Read More | Comment »

2:19PM Wed. Oct. 3, 2012, Jim Caligiuri

Kind of Blue

It's hardly news that jazz remains the redheaded stepchild of Austin's music scene. Talking to local trumpeter Jeff Lofton, one harbors hope that might change. Read More | Comment »

2:43PM Wed. Sep. 26, 2012, Jim Caligiuri

Record Roundup: Election Special

Something’s up this fall. There are too many new releases to keep track of, much less listen to. Due in the next month or so are new discs from Iris Dement – her first in 16 years – Tift Merritt, Wanda Jackson, Van Morrison, and a second 2012 disc from Neil Young & Crazy Horse. In the meantime, here’s a few new ones occupying my sound system. Read More | Comment »

12:31PM Wed. Sep. 19, 2012, Jim Caligiuri

Black Mountain Lullaby

If you got to Austin after 2003 and don’t have a taste for folk music, you probably don’t remember Caroline Herring. In 2001, her sparkling debut Twilight made her a local darling, and landed the singer-songwriter a Best New Artist plaque at the 2002 Austin Music Awards. Read More | Comment »

3:45PM Wed. Sep. 12, 2012, Jim Caligiuri

A Change of Heathens

While preparing a review of the two new DVD/CD sets from the Band of Heathens, I discovered that the locals have experienced big changes since the beginning of the year. Read More | Comment »

2:37PM Wed. Sep. 5, 2012, Jim Caligiuri

Electric Hot Tuna

How would you like to celebrate when you turn 70? If you’re Jorma Kaukonen, you book your band Hot Tuna into New York City’s famed Beacon Theater for two nights. He and Tuna partner Jack Casady, once Jefferson Airplane's jet engines, also invited some notable friends and guitar players and filmed the whole thing for posterity. Read More | Comment »

1:13PM Wed. Aug. 29, 2012, Jim Caligiuri

The Last Great Album?

“I can’t think of any records recently that had to be listened to as a piece. Things just get more atomized with each passing day. Who’s got an hour to listen to an album anymore? I know I don’t.” That’s Los Lobos' Steve Berlin. The album as an art form may be mostly dead, but 20 years ago, the East L.A. band reached a creative peak with a record called Kiko. Read More | Comment »

3:27PM Wed. Aug. 22, 2012, Jim Caligiuri

15 Minutes With Kasey Chambers

Since her 2000 debut The Captain, Kasey Chambers and Austin music fans have enjoyed a passionate love affair. Safe to say the songbird is just as beloved here in Central Texas as she is back home in Australia. She returns to her favorite U.S. city Thursday night, taking the stage at the One World Theatre for two shows, 7 & 9:30pm. Read More | Comment »

1:37PM Wed. Aug. 15, 2012, Jim Caligiuri

Whiskey Sisters

If you haven’t seen the Mother Truckers around town lately, here’s the deal. After 12 years, bandleaders Teal Collins Zee and Josh Zee decided to take a break and do other things. He's now part of the South Austin Moonlighters. She's teamed up with relatively new-to-town singer-songwriter Barbara Nesbitt and formed the Whiskey Sisters. Read More | Comment »

12:57PM Wed. Aug. 8, 2012, Jim Caligiuri

Still No Jug: The Original South Austin Jug Band Returns

Some 11 years ago, the South Austin Jug Band first appeared on the local scene. That's when the head scratching began. First off, there wasn’t even a jug. Read More | Comment »

1:49PM Wed. Aug. 1, 2012, Jim Caligiuri

Just A Fever: Another Little Feat Comeback

How many times can a band come back? Since forming in 1969, Little Feat faced lead singer Lowell George passing a decade later, and then original drummer Richie Hayward succumbing to liver disease in 2010 at the age of 64. The group's reaction, Rooster Rag, is one of its strongest releases in years. Read More | Comment »

11:31AM Wed. Jul. 25, 2012, Jim Caligiuri

Hey Ho, Let’s Go!

My living in New York in the Eighties and Nineties meant the Ramones were a local band. I wasn’t hip enough to have seen them at CBGBs, but I did catch them a few times after punk broke. I recall them playing in front of what I'm guessing was 10,000 people – though I could be wildly mistaken – on a pier on the Hudson River in the Eighties, with the Divinyls opening. Read More | Comment »

12:34PM Wed. Jul. 18, 2012, Jim Caligiuri

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