Roxane Gay, Tim O’Brien Join Texas Book Festival Lineup

Full author roster revealed for November fest

"...Tías) Sebastián Páramo (Portrait of Us Burning) Ed Park (Same Bed Different Dreams: A Novel ) Ann Patchett (Tom..."

Sept. 13, 2023 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Magna Carda's Wild West Refresh and Four More Songs From Austin Artists

New music picks from Farmer's Wife, Sentimental Family Band, and more

"...film "little trumpet." A gorgeous Kelli-directed video brings the sax-and-trumpet-supported "Cowboy" home with shots of East 12th holdout Marshall's..."

July 14, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Blues, Funk, and La Bamba: Antone’s Austin Blues Festival Returns to Waterloo Park

Home of the Blues revives its genre mosh nearly a quarter-century later

"...or The Warriors – bacchanalia in late COVID – Sam Houston and his crew rocked, rapped, and banged. Two..."

April 30, 2023 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Ten Austin Concert Options for New Year's Eve 2022

From Cumbia to Coconut Club's Last Dance, ring in 2023 musically

"..."Speedy" Gonzales (trombone), Matt Holmes (congas), Josh Levy (baritone sax), Beto Martínez (guitar), and John Speice (drums) – combines..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Music Feature by Laiken Neumann

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Melissa Carper, Taméca Jones, the Hide Outs, Alex Coke, and more local shows to see

"...18, comfortably and neatly encompasses that range, rolling a sampler of Americana styles into a polished record that sounds..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Music Column by Abby Johnston

Heavy Lifting: The Hammond Organ Has a Special Place in Austin ... I Should Know

Austin's an epicenter for an instrument that stopped being manufactured 47 years ago

"...organ takes on their personality. Even though it's the same instrument, to the listener it sounds like a different..."

April 1, 2022 Music Feature by Red Young

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Silvana Estrada, Rochelle & the Sidewinders, Loteria, Chili Cold Blood, Shemekia Copeland, and more live shows

"...ax master Tom Coplen. "Every snare crack, riff bend, sax flare, and vocal wring snaps, crackles, and rocks," wrote..."

Jan. 28, 2022 Music Column by Christina Garcia

What We're Listening To Right Now

Kydd Jones, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Rose Sinclair, Carson McHone, and Berkshire Hounds

"...project with the words "release therapy" before a soothing sax guides listeners into another delightfully mellow song, "Harpoon." "Sam's..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Music Column by Derek Udensi

What We're Listening to Right Now

Beats by Balto!, Hayes Carll, Kiko Villamizar, Ley Line, and Colin Clark

"...the Austin-based Big Five Chord, guitarist Jon Lundbom and saxophonist Bryan Murray sail weirder, groovier waters with their free..."

Nov. 12, 2021 Music Column by Michael Toland

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Blue Öyster Cult, Mannequin Pussy, Guthrie Girls, and more shows to see

"...10th year at the Gallery next Monday," emailed tenor sax colossus and Austin native Elias Haslanger last week. Returning..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Music Column by Carys Anderson

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...a mesmerizing myriad of sounds across six minutes, a sax and keys breakdown serving as a segue for Kelli..."

June 25, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...throwdown "Southern Fried Funk" platforms a breakdance battle between trombone/trumpet/sax and axe...."

Jan. 1, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

How I Won the War Against Stress With A Little Help From Vinyl & Tequila

Giving praise before the altar of the turntable

"...Exchange on the Drag. Charlie Parker melted the alto sax, but Hodges poured the brass...."

Oct. 2, 2020 Features Feature by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Lucinda Williams, Ray Prim, and Curved Light lead the pack

"...down a bluesy uplift and determination and Art Edmaiston's sax soothes on searching closer "Fell in Straight View." – Doug..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...Austin outfit Los Coast tackles a bear in covering Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come." Assisted by Gary..."

July 10, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Sam Fender

"...impassioned rockers Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen, English northerner Sam Fender muscles out anthemic blazers underpinned with New Wave..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

19 Post-Punks to Bounce Around To

"...art-rock savvy. Originating as UCLA undergrads, their supremely punchy sax and cheery dissonance lay the groundwork for Sally Spitz's..."

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Seen / Soon: Feb. 23

Watching your shadow take on a life of its own through public art, and hearing a portrait of composer Sam Lipman through his music

"...Sam Lipman gets his portrait done this week, thanks to..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Arts Column

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more

"...– All the Agents and Saints Kate Harding & Samhita Mukhopadhyay – Nasty Women Meredith Hindley – Destination Casablanca:..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Live Music This Weekend, Aug. 18-20

Soundtracking this weekend’s sweat-fests

"...These power/speed metal vets stretch back to the early..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Music Post by James Renovitch

The Threat to NEA Funding and Austin

How would the proposed cuts to the National Endowment for the Arts hit Austin? Hard.

"...seen its work in both artistic and political dialogues. Sam Sax, a former fellow at the Michener Center for..."

April 28, 2017 Arts Feature by Katarina Brown

SXSW Music Live: British Jazz

U.S. Immigration can’t keep great jazzmen/women down

"...Keeping the rhythms in constant motion and joined by saxophonist Binker Golding, Korwar steared guitarist Giuliano Modarelli into East..."

March 16, 2017 SXSW Post by Michael Toland

Alvin Crow / Asleep at the Wheel

"...efforts from similarly revered C&W Austinites vie for the same relevancy beyond songs worn threadbare by repeat spins and..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

SXSW Adds to Music Roster

Imarhan, Minus the Bear, Joan of Arc, Charlotte Day Wilson, and 152 more

"...Posner collabo Mansionz. Also slotting into the festival: bilingual, sax-fueled political punks Downtown Boys, indie pop duo Pure Bathing..."

Oct. 12, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Interview: Dion

“I don’t sing white, I don’t sing black, I sing Bronx”

"...Domino records, who was off-the-charts incredible. Then you’ve got Sam Butera on the Louis Prima records that I love...."

March 17, 2016 Music Post by Tim Stegall

50 Years of Rolling Stones

Today, I’m as old as rock & roll itself

"...D.O.A. date of the decade. Look, there’s Stones cleaner Sam Cutler from the Maysles brothers’ landmark documentary of the..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Leon Bridges

"...sensation registers m-a-n, of course, recalling no less than Sam Cooke in high-waisted pants and croon, but the cracks..."

July 10, 2015 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

SXSW Thursday handicapping by the blurb

"...Dawn Arkestra 7:30pm, Hotel Vegas Patio Led by Austin saxophone master and Sahara Lounge co-owner Topaz McGarrigle, Golden Dawn..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

On an Adventure With Sam Neill

Revisiting the ripping yarn with the "Jurassic Park" star

"...like The Piano and historical dramas like The Tudors, Sam Neill has treated his acting life like a grand..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Last Man Standing: Ray Benson

Asleep at the Wheel doc debuts at the Long Center Sunday

"...that. Let me say this: my kids are great. Sam runs Bismeaux Studios and my other son is a..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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