SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

S.H.I.T. – So Happy It's Thursday blurbs

"...long after the 13 minutes is up. Rodriguez's haunting alto comes in both English and Spanish. Abby Johnston Perfume..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Butler School of Music

Two concerts – one by Harvey Pittel, one for the late Rose Taylor – pay tribute to 'living in a song'

"...offers a taste of classical – a concerto for alto sax and trumpet by 20th century French composer Jean..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Jazz Sides

Yardbird blows his alto hard, fast, and revolutionary

Dec. 6, 2013 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Dessa

"...the nuances and juxtaposition of narrative storytelling. Between smoky alto first-person accounts and demure blues, Parts of Speech creates..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

Fun Fun Fun Fest Femmes

The other “F” word at Auditorium Shores

"...the torch for understated femininity. Switching between a purring alto and rapped lyrics tight as a snare drum –..."

Nov. 7, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Four Wines of the Week for Holiday Parties

Wines from Washington State’s best big winery, Château Ste. Michelle

"...same parallels as Burgundy in France and Friuli and Alto Adige in Italy...."

Nov. 7, 2013 Food Post by Wes Marshall

Ali Holder

Girlie Action

"...Texas native, Southwestern country, all topped with an R&B-rounded alto. Holder's measured vocals are convincing in each form they..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Music Review by Abby Johnston

Patty Griffin

"...paid fitting homage, but as soon as Griffin's country-lilted alto kicks in, Maines and company are exposed as dutiful..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Music Review by Abby Johnston

ACL Live Shot: Autre Ne Veut

Crooner shouldn’t become a psychologist just yet

"...worked alongside Ashin’s, matching his power with a smoldering alto. Plus, she provided a semblance of normalcy while the..."

Oct. 6, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Thao & the Get Down Stay Down

"...Conceived," blending the fragility of her singing with Nguyen's demure alto in a tête-à-tête duet. Introduced by simple banjo strums,..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

Aimee Bobruk’s Butterfly Stroke

Local singer swims for SIMS – Saturday

"...Bobruk, possessed of a quavering alto and this year’s breakthrough disc, joined a swim team..."

Aug. 16, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Revel Solstice Festival

Revel inaugurated its contemporary chamber music festival with three programs offering music for everyone

"...relationship to beauty and emotion. In this work for alto sax, piano, and electronics, Snowden sought to bridge the..."

June 28, 2013 Arts Review by Matthew Irwin

Eleanor Friedberger's Singing Time

Fiery Furnaces frontwoman gets ‘Personal’ at the Parish

"...Personal Record, Friedberger grounded elated jangle-pop with an effortless alto on songs like set opener “I Don’t Want to..."

June 24, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

I Could’ve Been Your Girl

She & Him’s Father’s Day set might’ve made some future fathers

"...soundtrack addition “Tomorrow Will Be Kinder,” with a demure alto that sounded like her sister kept a pack-a-day regimen...."

June 17, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Jason Boland & the Stragglers

"...their songwriter's blistered heartbreak and alcoholism recovery. 2011's Rancho Alto wrangled Boland's deeply gritty vocals with a mature polish,..."

May 17, 2013 Music Review by Doug Freeman

The Skatalites

"...Jimmy Cliff. At 77, he still blows his golden alto sax. Witness Walk With Me, an imported mix of..."

March 15, 2013 Music Review by Dan Oko

Haim

"...created by such sparse instrumentation complements Danielle Haim's understated alto, which sits neatly alongside her sisters' resonance. The energy..."

March 15, 2013 Music Review by Abby Johnston

Aimee Bobruk

"...chorus breaking the pleasant lull of Bobruk's memorably quavering alto. The album's revisionary folk keeps things simple, but it's..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Music Review by Abby Johnston

Wes Marshall's Top 10 Libations x3

"...Alois Lageder - Alto Adige..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Drink Better and Cheaper in 2013

We disclose the secrets of locating food friendly, relatively undiscovered, but easy to find Old World wines

"...the whole line of wines from Alois Lageder in Alto Adige, and Marco Felluga in Friuli and Collio. None..."

Dec. 28, 2012 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Old Country Baptizing

A truly spiritual moment with Emmylou Harris on Christmas

"...summer. Songs that my mother sang in her twanged alto as I tried to play along out of the..."

Dec. 27, 2012 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine

Rockabilly fillies Rosie Flores and Janis Martin together through life and death

"...reputation for rockabilly sass fits well with Martin's sultry alto. Yet Flores is committed to more than just the..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Dum Dum Girls

Auditorium Shores, Nov. 2

"...the afternoon heat, with Kristin "Dee Dee" Gundred's smokey alto countered against falsetto harmonies. Pulls from latest EP End..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

Pretty in Pink

Breast cancer awareness through music

"...often imitated Susan Tedeschi’s wail with her own raspy alto. She laughed when I asked why Muddy Waters sounded..."

Oct. 25, 2012 Music Post by Abby Johnston

All Over Creation: When the Truth Hurts

After suffering through a friend's lousy show, is honesty the best policy?

"...she'd crank up the Southern honey in that raspy alto of hers and draw out each word to three..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Heart & Soul, Part 2

Second half of lengthy Q&A with Huey Lewis

"...Ellington, I have equal and abiding love for his alto saxist Johnny Hodges. Was he there?..."

July 19, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Shawn Colvin

Shawn Colvin

"...her high-range crooning, instead settling into a deep, rich alto with an added country twang. More than musical switch-ups,..."

June 29, 2012 Music Review by Abby Johnston

Amy Annelle

Amy Annelle

"...Banks. For newcomers to her seven-LP career, her warbling alto commands most of the attention for the first few..."

June 22, 2012 Music Review by Abby Johnston

Study: Dropout Rates for Blacks Higher in Charters

A new UT study shows black high school students in Texas are three times more likely to drop out from a charter system

"...charters, and actually taught at the Aspire East Palo Alto Charter School in California. However, he said, "When you..."

April 27, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Rill Rill

Clusterfest's Sleigh Bells shows up UT's 40 Acres Fest

"...an orchestral grandiosity, while Suzanna Choffel put her sexy alto to work before shoving off back to NYC. Black..."

April 23, 2012 Music Post by Abby Johnston

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