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Nine Essential Albums From Willie Nelson’s 90 Years

Born Willie Hugh Nelson on April 29, 1933, the singer’s late-night birth wasn’t recorded by the courthouse in Abbott, Tex., until the next morning. So, Willie rightly earns two birth dates.

10:00AM Fri. Apr. 28, 2023, Rachel Rascoe, Tim Stegall, Doug Freeman, Abby Johnston, Kevin Curtin, Michael Toland and Raoul Hernandez Read More | Comment »

Luck Reunion Announces Lineup for 10th Anniversary Return

Over the past decade, the Luck Reunion out at Willie Nelson’s Spicewood ranch has become a flagship event during the week of SXSW. This morning, they released their 2022 lineup for the Reunion, celebrating their tenth anniversary and first IRL gathering in two years on Thursday, March 17.

10:00AM Thu. Feb. 17, 2022, Doug Freeman Read More | Comment »

SXSW Music Live: Richard Barone Presents Greenwich Village in the Sixties

Musicians have documented their place of origin since minstrelsy was invented. Florida native Richard Barone moved to the Big Apple in time for punk and New Wave, and eventually settled into Greenwich Village in the lower part of New York City. In the Sixties, it became ground zero of the folk explosion.

9:17AM Sat. Mar. 18, 2017, Jim Caligiuri Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

Singin’ in the Rain in the Park

Pease Park

Storytelling and Fantasy Worlds: Ehigbor Okosun with Ali Hazelwood at Central Library

Wonder Women of Country (album release) at The 04 Center

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

SXSW Panel: Do Music Journalists Matter Anymore?

After too many decades to count, I’m retiring from writing at the end of this month, so this topic seemed personally timely. In the end, the panel – moderator Jason Gross from Perfect Sound Forever along with Rachel Brodsky of Paste, Greg Kot of The Chicago Tribune, and current Austinite Chuck Eddy, ex-Village Voice – never answered its own question.

10:20AM Fri. Mar. 17, 2017, Jim Caligiuri Read More | Comment »

SXSW Music Live: Pegi Young

On her new album Raw, Pegi Young runs through all the stages of grief she’s faced following the breakup of her 36-year marriage to Ol’ Shakey, Neil Young. Breakup albums are nothing new, but this one gets to the heart of the matter in a way that’s unusually direct and dripping with venom.

11:10AM Thu. Mar. 16, 2017, Jim Caligiuri Read More | Comment »

SXSW Music Live: David Vincent

A certifiable legend in the extreme metal universe, North Carolina native David Vincent fronted and played bass for Morbid Angel on and off for the better part of the last three decades until 2015. His new local project offers something else altogether.

10:05AM Wed. Mar. 15, 2017, Jim Caligiuri Read More | Comment »

10 Minutes With Joe Ely

Joe Ely marks his 70th birthday Friday night at the Paramount Theatre. Often compared to both Bruce Springsteen and onetime tour mate Joe Strummer for his dynamic stage presence and songs that speak to the heart of his home state, the locally sourced Lubbock native will be joined onstage by a host of friends. They plan to cover all eras of his storied career.

9:00AM Thu. Feb. 9, 2017, Jim Caligiuri Read More | Comment »

Colvin & Earle Stand and Deliver

Last stop of a tour lasting several months, Austin’s Paramount Theatre hosted Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle on Sunday night, no weariness apparent in either local favorite. Better still, those expecting a sit-down, front porch kind of song swap between two of the most beloved singer-songwriters of their generation were in for a surprise.

11:45AM Mon. Sep. 26, 2016, Jim Caligiuri Read More | Comment »

10 Minutes with Robbie Fulks

Twenty years after his debut, Robbie Fulks’ two most recent albums, 2013’s Gone Away Backward and the new Upland Stories, find him at a career peak. As such, consider the longtime Chicago dweller among the top country/folk singer-songwriters of our day. He appears Sunday at Strange Brew.

1:00PM Wed. Jun. 1, 2016, Jim Caligiuri Read More | Comment »

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