Reflections

"...always been a press born of advocacy. Literacy among African-Americans made great gains after the Civil War and many..."

March 19, 1999 Screens Feature

Box Sets

Herbie Hancock

"...The Complete Blue Note Sixties Sessions (Blue Note)..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Music Feature

Postmarks

"...you see one, or is it just reserved for music critics who exercise their rights to express their opinions?..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Column

Live Shots

"...that extra time to fill, especially during weeknights, the musical lineup turned out to be the most adventurous in..."

June 28, 1996 Music Feature

'Cold Sweat' Wrong!

"...Editor, Two mysteries appear in the article “Cold Sweat,” [Music, June 13]: 1) Why the nostalgia for segregation in..."

June 14, 2014 Postmarks

How Do You Define Soul Food?

Adrian Miller explores where Southern food ends and soul food begins

"...In that sense, it’s like ‘Soul Brother’ and ‘Soul Music’ – impossible to define but recognizable among those who..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Food Post by Toni Tipton-Martin

Festival International de Jazz de Montreal

Indie rock music festivals could learn a thing or three from the Montreal Jazz Fest

"...Here in Festival, Texas® – trademarked by Chronicle music listings czaress Anne Harris – high season runs from..."

July 12, 2013 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Art + Activism Intertwined

Steps on a path

"...dyke/warrior-Prayers is produced at the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival and in Chicago, North Carolina, and Austin...."

Jan. 9, 2009 Arts Feature

Happenings

May 17-23

"...AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN & BOYS/WOMEN & GIRLS CONFERENCE brings young and..."

May 18, 2007 News Feature

Point Austin: The Fire This Time

In their rush to reach out to the Eastside, city officials get burned

"...City Council today (Thursday) on a "scorecard" for Austin's African-American community, and over the next 60 to 90 days,..."

March 25, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Calling Mom

An essay on the author's mother and her generation of African-American women

"...family. In addition to "nigger," we say "colored," "Negro," "African-American," and, when we're being pretentious or silly, "person of..."

Aug. 1, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Cubana Be Cubana Bop

Field guide to Cuba's second-biggest export after cigars

"...quite a bit of recent international interest in Afro-Cuban music. Unfortunately, it seems to be confined mainly to the..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Exhibitionism

God's Trombones: Say Amen, Somebody

"...Voice and Sing," which, when it was set to music in the early 1940s by his brother John, a..."

May 28, 1999 Arts Review

Reissues

"...CLYDE MCPHATTER..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Music Feature

Articulations

Yet More Dancing About Architecture

"...sponsoring "Noche De Oaxaca, a Magical Evening of Art, Music, Dance, and Food," on Friday, May 15, 7:30pm. Inspired..."

May 15, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires

311 Story in Error

"...aforementioned statement from "Welcome to Sixth Street... Where Live Music is Dead" (Vol. 16, No. 6) was in fact..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Column

KAZI's True Colors

The Reverend Frank Garrett Pushes KAZI to the Edge

"...station, KAZI's stated mission is to serve up black music, commentary, news, history, and culture. The controversy over Garrett's..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

Day Trips

"...Texan to win the Medal of Honor. Texas' first African-American legislator, Richard Allen, was elected from Houston in 1869...."

Aug. 25, 1995 Column

Jay Trachtenberg’s Top Books of 2021

In a lost year, retrospectives and reprints with new context were comfort reads

"...in terms of formulating and achieving the American dream, musician/producer/radio-TV host/scholar Ben Sidran casts a wide net and delves..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Vincent Mantsoe and Dance Theatre X

Defining African-derived contemporary dance with professor Charles O. Anderson

"...their work, since traditional African cultures don't distinguish among music, dance, and spoken language. Anderson says he's "not afraid..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

BAM! Black Arts Movement Festival

ProArts' showcase of film, art, music, theatre, dance, and food packs a punch

"...hard-pressed to find a finer festival acronym for theatre, music, film, or any other art form than ProArts Collective's..."

June 4, 2010 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Every Last Word

Vincent Gallo: The Complete Transcript

"...be very excited, even if they didn't like the music. They would be respectful, the salesmen, everybody. When I'm..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Screens Feature by Mark Fagan

Black Arts Movement: BAM! The sound of creativity

Who's bringing the dance, theatre, spoken word, and jazz to ProArts' second BAM! performing-arts festival

"...showcases the current surge of creativity among the nation's African-American artists. Dance, theatre, hip-hop, spoken word, and a range..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

The Clark-Madison brouhaha continues amidst tributes to Mambo John and more.

"...send a message of disrespect to the thousands of African-Americans who support him and the job he did as..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Column

Calle 54

Superstars of Latin jazz are captured as they perform in the studio.

"...composer Michel Camilo. “I was filming the miracle of music,” Trueba says in one of the few moments of..."

June 22, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Life and Times of Gus Garcia

City Council Member Gus Garcia retires after more than 30 years of public service

"...with discrimination against Mexican-Americans, and even worse discrimination against African-Americans...."

June 2, 2000 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

Land of 1,000 Dramas

Venues

"...the playwright in mind. Austin may be the Live Music Capital of the World, but it boasts as many..."

March 12, 1999 Arts Feature

Some of That Jazz

Compared to What?

"...of bad acoustic albums have as well. To dismiss music that employs heavily amplified guitars and electronic keyboards is..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Books Feature by Harvey Pekar

Exhibitionism

The Dog Show: Our Bowsers, Ourselves

"...an important drama; it reclaims a neglected achievement by African-Americans, one striking for its accomplishment during the long night..."

April 25, 1997 Arts Review

Playback: SXSW Again Pivots on Rap

Hip-hop sustains the Festival's star power

"...Indeed, SXSW acts as a mirror to a modern music industry, where rap commands the charts. Hip-hop-oriented discs accounted..."

March 16, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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