Mother Falcon

Saturday

"...the wordless "Waltz" are pure and utter romanticism; and "Alligator Teeth" makes Puckett one of Austin's most intriguing female..."

March 18, 2011 Music Review by Margaret Moser

The Holmes Brothers

"...The Holmes BrothersSimple Truths (Alligator) Only a family could offer up Simple Truths' tight..."

March 19, 2004 Music Review by David Lynch

Eddie Stout Is a One-Man Historical Blues Society

On the eve of his Eastside Kings Festival the Dialtone Records founder remains doggedly preservationist

"...Dialtone Records founder and head of the Eastside Kings Foundation and..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

SXSW Wednesday Showcases

Stay planted on Wednesday night with whole showcases

"...Mose Giganticus (9:45pm) rides a post-Mastodon wake on Relapse Records with last year's Gift Horse. South Korean threepiece Apollo..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

The Holmes Brothers, Antone's, Wednesday, March 15, Bobby Rush, Antone's, Thursday, March 16, Ike Turner Revue, Antone's, Friday March 17

Live Shots: South by Southwest 2001

"...& Commerce of the Blues," included the heads of Alligator and Fat Possum Records and two booking/management people, who..."

March 23, 2001 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Texas Platters

The Scabs

"...Feeling, have been both big bandstand sellers and Waterloo Records/Shiner Bock Texas Top Ten List chart hogs. The live..."

July 30, 1999 Music Feature

Chairman of the Board

Antone's Blue Monday boss Derek O'Brien keeps the music alive and blue

"...shared a Grammy with Robert Cray for the joint Alligator Records recording Showdown!..."

April 25, 2014 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Spangles and High Heels

Dreams come true, just ask "Her Tallness," Marcia Ball.

"...hung on Ball like a too-short Nudie suit. Capitol Records signed her and released the country-flavored Circuit Queen in..."

June 20, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Texas Platters

"...Kim Wilson doesn't make bad records. Not on his own nor with the ever-evolving outfit..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Music Review

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...to show the youngster how it's done. Then Loud Records takes over and presents for your psycho pleasure Queens'..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Marcia Ball

Heaping helping of high-profile local LPs

"...pounds torrid tales of The Tattooed Lady and the Alligator Man and their sideshow endeavors on her fifth release..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Music Review by Nina Hernandez

Marcia Ball

"...Marcia BallRoadside Attractions (Alligator)..."

April 15, 2011 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Marcia Ball

"...Live! Down the Road (Alligator)..."

April 29, 2005 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Born on Highway 61

Famed superharpist James Cotton settles into Austin.

"...Cotton cut his first sides for the famed Sun Records label: "Straighten Up Baby," "Hold Me in Your Arms,"..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW Lists

SXSW groupings: Metal, Austin jazz, Polish acts, plus everything else

"...The Alligator Records showcase is heavy on the Texas blues front...."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

These Are the Breaks

Checking in with Austin's new R&B boys and girls.

"...on stage wearing a vintage green suit and white alligator skin shoes. It’s the kind of getup that would..."

Feb. 5, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Dancing About Architecture

Mardi Gras Rioting on Sixth Street brands Austin "The Mace, Pepper Spray, and Rubber Bullet Capital of the World"

"...Bolsa de Agua, keep an eye open for Awesome Records' $5 budget comp Awesome, which will feature two Gourds..."

March 2, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Cost of Living

Ft. Worth R&B great Delbert McClinton has a Downtown Austin condo and a fresh start for his diamond jubilee

"...Alligator Records insisted on putting out an LP of the..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

ACL Fest Friday Picks

"...Ten years ago, Peter Gabriel's Real World Records released the debut of Ohio-born Joseph Arthur, a bittersweet..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Music Feature

TV Eye

The Man Show might be more manly with the addition of Austin-based Sacred Cow Productions' Doug Stanhope and Joe Rogan, but Belinda Acosta wonders if it will be any more watchable.

"...labels including Fat Possum from Oxford, Miss., Chicago's Bloodshot Records, Alligator Records (from which the incredible Shemekia Copeland sprang),..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Confessin' the Blues

Soul Man W.C. Clark

"...to his being signed to blues indie Black Top Records and releasing his debut for them, Heart of Gold,..."

July 31, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

W.C. Clark, the Godfather of Austin Blues, Has Died

The Texas Soul standard mentored Stevie Ray Vaughan and many others

"...Everybody, in 1986. In a review of his 2002 Alligator Records album, the Chronicle’s Jay Trachtenberg wrote that From..."

March 2, 2024 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

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

"...striking, Dave Alvin-produced LP Tempting Fate on blues paragon Alligator Records...."

Feb. 11, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Remembering Dan Del Santo

"...living the life of a Delta blues man with Alligator Records, I think … but by the time I..."

March 24, 2009 Postmarks

Sxsw

"...ROBBIE FULKS: Country Love Songs, the Bloodshot Records debut by this Chicago artist, was as solid a..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Right Where They Belong

Raoul Hernandez goes on tour with the Flatlanders

"...Lincoln Center Tower Records, in-store performance and signing. 8:05pm...."

July 26, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Thursday Picks

"...at the Wheel's Ray Benson. Recently signed to Funzalo Records, the quartet is preparing their bar stompin' follow-up to..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

The Big Picture

Taking stock of Austin music's female legacy

"..."I just hope they like the records." The Big Picture..."

Nov. 28, 2014 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

When the Clock Strikes 12

Bill Haley died for rock & roll – in Harlingen

"...to top the Billboard charts and sell a million records wasn't even inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall..."

May 16, 2014 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Spotlight: BeauSoleil

Cajun licks with Michael Doucet

"...57-year-old fiddler. Doucet is particularly jolly in regards to Alligator Purse (Yep Roc), the latest in BeauSoleil's long line..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

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