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Swing
Kids
"...is a preface to why I like the movie
Swing
Kids. It can't fully make up its mind about..."
March 12, 1993
Movie Review
by
Marjorie Baumgarten
Birth of Western
Swing
, Death of Milton Brown
Chapter excerpt from the new book by ATX music historians Michael Corcoran and Tim Kerr spotlights the debt that the kings of country
swing
, Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys, owed to Texan Milton Brown and his Musical Brownies
"...adding instruments and improvisation, came to be called Western
swing
...."
March 27, 2020
Music Feature
by
Michael Corcoran
Lockhart Western
Swing
& BBQ Festival Kicks Off the Weekend
Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame centers event’s second year
"...When Al Dressen co-founded the Texas Western
Swing
Hall of Fame in 1988, the seminal Texas soundtrack..."
Sept. 27, 2019
Music Post
by
Doug Freeman
Swing
Vote
Kevin Costner’s new comedy may be timely, but that doesn’t make it funny or worthwhile.
"...the proximity of the 2008 vote. That may make
Swing
Vote timely, but that doesn’t make the film good...."
Aug. 1, 2008
Movie Review
by
Marjorie Baumgarten
The Man With the Perfect
Swing
"...day Babe discovers “the key” to the perfect golf
swing
. He goes to the course and shoots a 69,..."
Nov. 3, 1995
Movie Review
by
Patrick Taggart
King of the
Swing
Fiddle
Honoring country music's second most famous fiddle player, Johnny Gimble
"...tribute to the man they call the "King of
Swing
Fiddle." Austin's nonprofit preservationists of all things Lone Star..."
April 5, 2002
Music Feature
by
Jim Caligiuri
The Spectre of
Swing
Don McCalister's Demon
"...here in Austin and all over the world: Western
swing
...."
June 21, 1996
Music Feature
The Man Who Would Be
Swing
A new play gives Ray Benson the chance finally to chat with the King, Bob Wills
"...the Wheel, is the foremost modern purveyor of Western
swing
, that joyful, exuberant dance music so closely identified with..."
March 4, 2005
Arts Feature
by
Barry Pineo
Luv Doc Recommends: Project Transitions’ Holiday
Swing
Dell Jewish Community Center, Saturday, December 4, 2004
"...ball. This Saturday that ball is Project Transitions’ Holiday
Swing
, a yearly fundraiser for people living with HIV/AIDS. One..."
Dec. 3, 2004
Column
by
The Luv Doc
All-Woman Western
Swing
Trio Tells Texas Republicans It’s OK to Vote for Beto
O sister, where art thou?
"...before. The draw: Babes in Betoland, the Houston-based Western
swing
trio usually called Babes in Wonderland that's made up..."
Oct. 21, 2022
News Feature
by
Jen Hamilton Hernandez
Watch: Big Cedar Fever’s New Western
Swing
Barnstorming Hill Country swing trio drops new EP and video
"...has emerged as the hottest new thing in Western
Swing
. Georgia Parker, Ian Lee, and Nick Lochman are tearing..."
June 18, 2019
Music Post
by
Doug Freeman
SXSW Panel Recap: New Jack
Swing
: The Renaissance of Hip Hop and R&B
Industry leaders Teddy Riley and Andre Harrell swap stories, advice
"...The creator of the “New Jack
Swing
” sound, fusing R&B, hip-hop, and gospel, Riley produced smash..."
March 15, 2018
SXSW Post
by
Clara Wang
Satchel Paige and the Kansas City
Swing
The script for this baseball play is a bit wobbly, but Austin Playhouse fields a strong production for the win
"...minds of all. Satchel Paige and the Kansas City
Swing
, now at bat for Austin Playhouse, throws a bit..."
Feb. 26, 2016
Arts Review
by
Shanon Weaver
Win a Set of Holiday
Swing
Tix!
Hey Swinger! Wanna go to Project Transitions' Holiday Swing?
"...This Saturday is Project Transitions' Holiday
Swing
! Want to score a set of tickets? Send an..."
Dec. 4, 2009
Qmmunity Post
by
Kate X Messer
Which Way Will Austin
Swing
? Ninth Inning, 3 and 2
Home By the River
"...the city and the team, calling themselves the "Austin
Swing
," would enter into a 30-year lease contract, with options..."
Sept. 22, 1995
News Feature
Residential Address: Rent Party’s Hot Jazz Makes Peace With the
Swing
Era
Sextet merges decades on the dance floor, Fridays at Long Play East
"...that launched both the Andrew Sisters and the popular
swing
music era. Although largely forgotten to pop culture, this..."
April 14, 2023
Music Feature
by
Gary Lindsey
Black Rat
Swing
"...the UT area on Sunday, KUT played “Black Rat
Swing
.”..."
Sept. 22, 2008
Music Post
by
Margaret Moser
Sharing the
Swing
Cabaret artist Ann Hampton Callaway returns to Austin to share not only her talents in performance, but, in working with a select group of local singers, she'll be sharing her insights into the form of cabaret, ways in which they might find their own place in it, and literally sharing the Scottish Rite stage with them.
"...a playground and that you can go on the
swing
and you can go on the slide and you..."
Nov. 1, 2002
Arts Feature
by
Robert Faires
Matt & Susy's Two-Step and
Swing
Dance Lessons
"...and get lessons at Matt & Susy's two-step and
swing
dance party. It only costs $5, and afterwards, you..."
May 26, 1995
Music Feature
Nancy Pelosi Touts Voting Rights in Eastside
Swing
U.S. House speaker stops in Austin to promote new anti-corruption legislation
March 8, 2019
News Feature
by
Michael King
Swing
Sets and Champagne Rooms?
Adult cabaret going up across the street from Daffodil Apartments
May 18, 2018
News Feature
by
Nina Hernandez
Passport to Italy in Full
Swing
at Central Market
Lucky customers can win great prizes in passport sweepstakes
May 7, 2014
Food Post
by
Virginia B. Wood
Texas
Swing
The Old 97's continue being relevant
"...West), the Old 97’s spent most of this week
swing
ing through Dallas, Austin, and Houston on a record store..."
Oct. 15, 2010
Music Post
by
Jim Caligiuri
Conservatives Take Another
Swing
at Social Studies
Curriculum vote pushed to March
Jan. 22, 2010
News Feature
by
Lee Nichols
Chamber Takes a
Swing
Against Proposition 2
Opposition starts to mobilize against Stop Domain Subsidies' charter amendment
Sept. 12, 2008
News Feature
by
Richard Whittaker
Larson SAFE at Home
Baseball Boosters Seek
Swing
Vote
"...bring the AAA Firebirds (to be renamed the Austin
Swing
) to town. The city would contribute some $10 million,..."
Aug. 18, 1995
News Feature
by
Daryl Slusher
Last Man Standing: Ray Benson
Asleep at the Wheel doc debuts at the Long Center Sunday
"...Sunday, followed by a performance from the local Western
swing
juggernaut. Here, Benson talks about his Texanality and how..."
Sept. 6, 2013
Music Post
by
Kevin Curtin
Art City Austin
Austin's urban core gets more playful with surprise swings and bubble sofas
"...Last year, it was pianos. This year, it's
swing
s and bouncy furniture that will crop up on street..."
April 13, 2012
Arts Feature
by
Robert Faires
Never Mind the Bollocks
Ray Benson decides to cut a solo album
"...of his fourth decade proselytizing the virtues of Western
swing
. With over three million miles logged on his tour..."
March 15, 2002
Music Feature
by
Michael Bertin
The Legend of Bagger Vance
"...Bagger Vance, what he believes in is the “authentic
swing
.” Everyone has one: It's the one motion that belongs..."
Nov. 3, 2000
Movie Review
by
Marjorie Baumgarten
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