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SXSW Music Review: Mavis Staples

A hair over five feet tall and four months shy of her 80th birthday, Mavis Staples took the Clive Bar to school and church on Tuesday night.

10:25AM Wed. Mar. 13, 2019, Thomas Fawcett Read More | Comment »

ACL Review: Jamila Woods

Backed by a jazzy fourpiece, singer-songwriter-poet Jamila Woods poured shots of introspective coffee shop soul during an early-afternoon Sunday set in the Tito’s tent. Like the previous night’s headliner, Woods proudly hails from Chicago.

9:10AM Mon. Oct. 9, 2017, Thomas Fawcett Read More | Comment »

ACL Review: Ice Cube

“Y’all ready to rock with your homeboy Ice Cube? A-yay-yay!” If there was any doubt that the 48-year-old gangsta rap legend meant business, it ended with the first notes of “Natural Born Killaz,” opening Saturday’s dinnertime set with one of the most sinister tracks from his 30-year career, one referencing both Charles Manson and Jeffrey Dahmer.

11:35AM Sun. Oct. 8, 2017, Thomas Fawcett Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

Georgetown Spring Art Stroll

Downtown Georgetown

Blank Hellscape, Water Damage (album release), More Eaze, Fire Boys at Hotel Vegas

The Tortured Poets Department Listening and Smoke Sesh at MaryJae

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

ACL Review: Jay-Z

Jay-Z remains one of the greatest rappers to ever pick up a mic, his place in hip-hop’s pantheon cemented. Going from scrappy street hustler to Oprah status in a career spanning 13 albums and more than two decades, the 47-year-old Brooklyn kid has nothing left to prove. Friday’s headlining set against an Austin skyline demonstrated that for better or worse.

11:50AM Sat. Oct. 7, 2017, Thomas Fawcett Read More | Comment »

Dr. Lonnie Smith’s B-3 Love Affair

Antone’s is booking a who’s who of Hammond B-3 organists lately, including a summit last year with Ike Stubblefield plus locals Dr. James Polk, Mike Flanigin, and Red Young. Next month’s Clifford Antone Foundation benefit stars Stax maestro Booker T. Jones. Arguably the greatest B-3 player of all, Dr. Lonnie Smith takes a seat at the club’s organ on Friday.

10:00AM Fri. Sep. 29, 2017, Thomas Fawcett Read More | Comment »

Seun Kuti Is Black Change

Thursday at Mohawk, Seun Kuti helms Egypt 80, the band he inherited from his father, Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo Kuti (1938-1997). In fact, the bulk of musicians taking the stage with Fela’s youngest son, 36, once played alongside his father. We chatted with the fierce and fiery frontman prior to SXSW 2012 in this previously unpublished Q&A.

1:45PM Wed. Sep. 27, 2017, Thomas Fawcett Read More | Comment »

SXSW Music Live: The Roots & Friends

On a stacked SXSW Saturday night billed as the Roots & Friends, a seemingly endless array of artists graced the stage of a 450-capacity shotgun venue. This meant that for every one ecstatic fan that made it into the Bud Light-sponsored revue, another five were left on the outside looking in, many of whom had waited in line for hours.

1:25PM Sun. Mar. 19, 2017, Thomas Fawcett Read More | Comment »

SXSW Music Live: Prince Tribute

If, like most of us, you didn’t make it into Prince’s marathon set at La Zona Rosa during SXSW 2013 – and you weren’t snacking inside IHOP when he popped in for a late-night breakfast – Friday night at Auditorium Shores may be the closest many of us will ever come to seeing the late Minneapolis legend perform live.

10:50AM Sat. Mar. 18, 2017, Thomas Fawcett Read More | Comment »

SXSW Music Live: Durand Jones & the Indications, Jamila Woods

Young frontman donning a trim kelly green cardigan, Durand Jones & the Indications opened their fourth set of the day on Thursday night the same way they do their recent debut album. Fatback drums and yearning organ set the tone for the searing sociopolitical soul of “Make a Change.”

1:20PM Fri. Mar. 17, 2017, Thomas Fawcett Read More | Comment »

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