Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Blues on the Green, Puscifer, Brennen Leigh, Ghost Wolves, and more recommended shows

"...since we heard from Carley and Jonny Wolf, aka blues/garage/trash/punk duo Ghost Wolves. Going by April's spaghetti-Western-in-miniature video for..."

June 10, 2022 Music Column by Maya Wray

10 Minutes with Stephen Stills

CSN bandleader stops in for a lesson on the blues

"...Goldberg in the Rides, and his love of the blues, all while throwing the occasional barb in the direction..."

July 23, 2015 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Twelve Tales from A.J. Croce

‘I’m proud of my father for mak[ing] people’s world a better place’

"...the beginning, a dynamic performer and songwriter moving from blues to pop with ease and skill...."

July 3, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Cadillac Records

The story of the birth of Chicago blues is well-told through this ensemble portrait of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Chuck Berry, Etta James, Little Walter, and their label, Chess Records.

"...Knowles and Eric Bogosian. As the song goes, “The blues had a baby, and they named it rock &..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Still a Good Thing

Lady sings the blues

"...to Europe, and to Japan, shared shows with certified blues, R&B, and soul legends ("B.B., Gladys Knight, Stevie, Smokey,..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival

"...Joni Mitchell, Miles Davis, Jethro Tull, Free, the Moody Blues, Tiny Tim, John Sebastian, Donovan, Ten Years After, Kris..."

June 20, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Love in the Time of Twilight

"...from famed Hong Kong genre-bender Tsui Hark (Peking Opera Blues). Since Hark has gone out of his way to..."

April 12, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Blues on the Green, Texas punk tales, and more recommended local shows

"...Blues on the Green w/ Devon Gilfillian, Wild ChildZilker Park,..."

July 14, 2023 Music Column by Doug Freeman

Live Review: With Nothing Left to Prove the Black Crowes Shake Their Moneymakers – Front-to-Back

Robinson brothers invoke a good old-fashioned rock ‘n’ roll bash

"...jamband theatrics, quirky roots rock, rustic soul, and British blues boom rock 'n' roll...."

Aug. 16, 2021 Music Post by Michael Toland

Be Like Bastrop: Tour Music Capital Satellite in New Jonas Wilson Long-Form Video

Alliance with Jonathan Horstmann produces virtual in-store + more

"...curl. Most importantly, inside the guitarist’s Science Fiction Post Blues dwells all the right ghosts in the machine. That..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Texas Platters Hall of Fame: Freddie King’s Texas Cannonball

Blasting blues will get you through whatever’s happening

"...in my hand, but my mom raised me on blues/soul and R&B. This record wasn't recorded in Texas, and..."

March 30, 2018 Music Feature by Kelsey Wilson of Wild Child

Fleet Foxes’ Crack-Up

Northwest folk beardos enter bold new territory

"...shifted dramatically since the band’s 2011 sophomore effort Helplessness Blues. On Wednesday, for the first of two sold-out shows..."

Aug. 17, 2017 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Michael Bloomfield

Blues Cruise

"...detract from guitar work that made the Paul Butterfield Blues Band one of the most seminal of the era's..."

July 4, 2014 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Pinetop Perkins

Blues Before & After

"...and 11, 2010: Jack-of-all-trades Austin guitarist Jake Langley took blues piano legend Joseph William Perkins of Belzoni, Miss., into..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Antone’s Sold

Austin’s historic home of the blues will relocate

"...announced they’d acquired Antone’s. As Gin & Pentatonic and Blues Scalable, the seven-person consortium bought the brand, which doesn’t..."

Nov. 14, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

May Paper Cuts Featuring The Peterson Brothers

Teen blues duo from Bastrop wowed crowd with their grown-up sound.

"...Soulful, funky, fun – these Blues brothers are keeping the Blues alive. The duo consists..."

May 16, 2013 Events Post by Bridget Carter

Blues Before and After

These gents've got the blues

"...trick or two from his late cousin, a Houston bluesman named Lightnin'. Self-described as 300 pounds of muscle and..."

July 6, 2012 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Odetta Sings!

A blues legend shines on Austin

"...rung as powerful or as influential in folk and blues as Odetta, her deep and commanding vocals serving as..."

June 5, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Band of the Month: The Moonhangers

The Moonhangers give outlaw country a good name

"...local threepiece moonlights as one of our favorite gritty blues bands Chili Cold Blood (see "Chili Cold Blood Loves..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Post by Darcie Stevens

Caleb de Casper, Money Chicha, and More Crucial Concerts for the Week

Classical, hip-hop, jazz, blues, and much more

"...combine forces, magic seems to follow. Exceptional roots and blues artists in their own right, their shows together over..."

July 5, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Diggin' Way Down Into Life With Carolyn Wonderland & A. Whitney Brown

For Valentine's Day, we bring you a snapshot of life at home with a blues musician and her comedy writer husband

"...guitars – including one of her instantly recognizable Gibson Blueshawks...."

Feb. 11, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Billy F. Gibbons on the Death of Dusty Hill and the Future of ZZ Top

“Nobody else could sound like The Dust!”

"...There have only been two lineups of Texas blues-rock institution ZZ Top, leader/singer/guitarist Billy F. Gibbons being the..."

July 30, 2021 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Day Trips: Blind Lemon Memorial Cemetery, Wortham

Visiting the father of Texas blues

"...Often called the "Father of the Texas Blues," the exact location of Jefferson's final resting place in..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Eastside Kings Fest Preview: Bobby Rush Talks Pandemic Life, Dolemite & Race

Blues showman appears virtually from Austin on Monday

"...series promoting the cultural heritage of Austin’s African American blues and gospel music, goes virtual this year. Monday night,..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Checking In: Guitar Heater Sue Foley Works on Her PhD

Ace stringer “spaced out for about three months” first

"...As a bandleader slanging Austin blues, Sue Foley remains a triple threat belter/shredder/performer. As a..."

Aug. 18, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Vieux Farka Touré and Jackie Venson Help Christen the 04 Center

Malian blues meets Austin blues via world-class shredders

"...Blues guitarists Boureima “Vieux” Farka Touré and Jackie Venson electrified..."

June 3, 2019 Music Post by Derek Udensi

The Aftermath

Keira Knightley and Alexander Skarsgård are stuck inside of Hamburg with the Casablanca blues

"...but it’s stuck inside of Hamburg with the Casablanca blues again...."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

"The Indigo Show" at Recspec Gallery

This group show is appealing for the ways in which it showcases this most intense, moody, serene, and opulent of all the blues

"...to produce on a greater level. Of all the blues, perhaps the most intense, most moody and wallowing, most..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean

SXSW Music: Must-See R&B

Rhythm and blues and everything in between

"...Saul Williams. "The City Nowadays" begins with a hard-driving blues riff as Salami drops political bars in a cockney..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Austin Film Festival Review: Two Trains Runnin'

Freedom Summer and the blues align in this informative doc

"...cultural train sallied forth: the reclamation of forgotten black blues musicians...."

Oct. 19, 2016 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

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