A Cultural Imperative

"...decades. Their catalog contains a variety of albums, mostly blues, both acoustic and electric, and jazz, ranging from the..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Beautiful Loser

Keith Ferguson: No Apologies, No Regrets

"...guaranteed future in dirty dishes, which there ain't in blues," concedes Keith Ferguson. "I seem to be the only..."

May 9, 1997 Music Feature by Josh Alan Friedman

Record reviews Reissues

"...BEFORE THE BLUES: THE EARLY AMERICAN BLACK MUSIC SCENE VOLS. I-3..."

Aug. 23, 1996 Music Review

Texas Titles in Toto

"..."Big D Blues," Hot Lips Page..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature

Postmarks

"...Blues Education..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Column

Got My Mojo Workin'

Paul Oscher used to blow harps for Muddy Waters

"...Steve Wertheimer's southside juke joint is drenched in true blues. Dim lights, vintage soul posters, foil streamers, and a..."

June 27, 2014 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Ain't Messin 'Round

Gary Clark Jr. kisses the sky

"...As an 18-year-old recent graduate of Austin High, blues guitarist Gary Clark Jr. played the very first Austin..."

Oct. 12, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

A Handy Award To Have

"...announcement of candidates for the 23rd annual W.C. Handy Blues Awards, to be presented on Thursday, May 23, 2002..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Even Cow-Boys Get the Blues..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Column

Austin City Limits Music Festival Aftershows Announced

More ACL means more aftershows – in four different cities

"...Franz Ferdinand (Fri., Oct. 4, at the House of Blues in Houston) and Shuggie Otis (Fri., Oct. 4, at..."

Aug. 20, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

The Power of Three

With ZZ Top mowing down the Backyard this weekend, the power of three – trios – comes into play

"...stripped-down sound. As employed by vocal combos, jazz and blues ensembles like Oscar Peterson and Muddy Waters, and classical..."

April 13, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Okie Dokie Stomp

Clifford Antone didn't invent the blues, he immortalized them

"...Clifford Antone didn't invent the blues. Hell, he couldn't even play the blues very well,..."

May 26, 2006 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

Rising Son

The son of Muddy Waters inherits the family bidness.

"...Morganfield probably means little to even the most ardent blues aficionado. That is, until one's reminded that Muddy Waters'..."

July 6, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Paying the Cost To Be the Boss

Q&A with the "King of the Blues"

"...You try interviewing the "King of the Blues." Robert Johnson may embody the myth and the mystique..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Record Reviews

"...("We Live Again"), or Nashville ("Canceled Check," "Bottle of Blues"), yet it never strays far from Beck's own singular..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Music Review

Writes of Spring

Off the Bookshelf

"...The thesis put forth in Blues Legacies and Black Feminism by Angela Davis (Pantheon, $27.50..."

April 3, 1998 Books Review

Reissues

"...Chicago Blues Masters, Vol. 1 (Capitol)..."

July 28, 1995 Music Feature

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest

"...to stoke the fires of hard rock and heavy blues, taking a louder and dirtier approach to the radio-ready..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Naked If I Want To

Magnum opus on one of rock & roll's Rosetta Stones: 1967's Moby Grape

"..."Mr. Blues" (Mosley)..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Louis Black

Blues in the Night

Austin Playhouse's production of the musical Blues in the Night pinpoints feelings of love and loss among three women all hurt in love, with singers Jacqui Cross, Janis Stinson, and Melanie Wilkinson blending their three strong voices into a mighty harmony and reclaiming blues music for their sex.

"...Blues in the Night: Wild Women Do Have the BluesElement,..."

March 29, 2002 Arts Review by Rob Curran

Dead Man's Bay / Leavin' Trunk Blues

"...Leavin' Trunk Blues A Nick Travers Mystery..."

June 30, 2000 Books Review by Mike Shea

Tributes

"...hip-hop. On the last Gaye tribute, 1995's Inner City Blues, Speech and Digable Planets stole the show from heavy..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Music Feature

Box Sets/Reissues

The Disco Box

"...labels, the cabaret-style "I Only Wanna Laugh" and the bluesy "Crumbs Off the Table." Still, her voice was so..."

April 9, 1999 Music Feature

Reissues

"...a falsetto, McPhatter was gospel-influenced even when singing the blues; his style of singing is quite relaxed. The Drifters..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Music Feature

Texas Platters

"...life will ultimately lead: R&B, soul. Only rhythm & blues (note the blues) and soul that's a little Out..."

June 5, 1998 Music Review

Down in the Swamps

Excello Records Reissues

"...glorious treasures it has unveiled. This cache of regional blues is more than simply another series of reissues, however,..."

May 5, 1995 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Attica Locke on Solving Crime on Highway 59

Heaven, My Home author talks her East Texas roots and the blues

"...how it portrays them, and a strain of the blues that sounds on every page. Locke may be better..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Girl Who Met Robert Johnson

Shirley Ratisseau wrote a song with Robert Johnson

"..."Shirley was the first white lady blues singer I knew, maybe the first in Austin," recalls..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Page Two: Praise and Lamentation

Saying goodbye and a final thank you to Clifford Antone

"...The Heart: Now, the blues are by nature inherently at odds with themselves; to..."

May 26, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Denny Freeman, the Graceful Guitarist Who Made Everyone Sound Better, Has Died

Masterful player had a foundational presence on Austin music

"...Freeman was part of the self-described “little blues cult” that helped usher the staple genre’s local reemergence..."

April 25, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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