Austin Film Society Announces 2016 Grants

Program gives much-needed funds to Texas filmmakers

"...to the flames of Texas filmmakers' passions, today the Austin Film Society released the projects they are funding this..."

Aug. 29, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Austin Film Society Announces 2017 Film Grants

$143,000 in cash and support awarded to 34 filmmakers

"...The Austin Film Society supports Texas filmmaking in myriad ways –..."

Aug. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Eddie Stout Is a One-Man Historical Blues Society

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

"...distribute,' and I started working backwards," explains the 61-year-old Austin native. "First, 'Who am I going to record?'"..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Faster Than Sound: Only in Austin: The 2020-2021 Austin Music Award Sweepstakes

Austin Music Poll's 40th anniversary inspires mobile sweepstakes and emotional write-ins

"...to stop and gawk when a white van emblazoned "Austin Music Awards Winner Wagon" pulls up honking...."

March 5, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Amplify Austin Day Makes Some Noise for Local Nonprofits

Food-, music-, children-, and pet-based nonprofits need your help!

"...news, do-gooders: This Thursday marks the sixth annual Amplify Austin event. The 24-hour give-a-thon is organized by I Live..."

Feb. 27, 2019 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Confessin' the Blues

Soul Man W.C. Clark

"..."Blues is sufferin' music."..."

July 31, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Blues for Life

"...30-20. Upstairs, redheaded Reba-in-waiting Martina McBride is taping an Austin City Limits episode. And right here in the KUT..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...record stores carried releases by mom-and-pop labels such as Austin's Dialtone, documenting artists rooted deep in regional scenes where..."

March 5, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Texas Documentary Tour: Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins & Gap-Toothed Women

"...almost anthropological tribute to an American idiom -- the blues. Les Blank will conduct a Q&A after each screening...."

June 17, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kevin Curtin's Top 100 Austin Albums of 2020

Why stop at 10 when 10 times that still only scratches the surface of year-topping ATX releases?

"...capacity, and yet ... several hundred albums emerged from Austin artists in 2020. One of COVID-19's undisputed truths is..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Celebrity Austin Music Pollster: BettySoo..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Alongside Austin's Dicks and Big Boys, Houston's Really Red proved as..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Zakk Wylde Summons Black Label Society

Emo’s Friday headliner talks Oz, Pantera, Hendrix, and more

"...played guitar for Ozzy Osbourne any more. The bruising, blues-tinged metaler and his Black Label Society hammer through tracks..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

'Honeydripper' Drops on Austin

This week marks two occasions to catch John Sayles' latest close lens on the American experience

"...the American experience, now visits 1950s Alabama, where the blues bumps heads with the advent of rock & roll,..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...christening scheduled for historic Hemisfair Park via an Alamo City/Austin dual commemoration, Freedom Fest: Arc Angels, Stray Cats, Cheap..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

2021/2022 Austin Music Awards Winners

You voted – here's Austin's favorite artists, albums, and more

"...On Tuesday, March 8, the four-decades-running tradition of the Austin Music Awards returned to celebrate the best and brightest..."

March 8, 2022 Music Post by James Renovitch

2022/2023 Austin Music Awards Winners

You voted – here's Austin's favorite artists, albums, and more

"...On Sunday, February 26, the four-decades-running tradition of the Austin Music Awards returned to celebrate the best and brightest..."

Feb. 26, 2023 Music Post by James Renovitch

New Documentary Delves Into the Life of Austin's Voodoobilly Queen Izzy Cox

A celebration of love and struggle in Izzy Cox: Fighting the Devil

"...Izzy Cox remains a unique artistic force within the Austin music scene. The self-proclaimed Voodoobilly Queen exuded a defiantly..."

April 15, 2022 Screens Feature by Doug Freeman

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Latin/rock/psych/cumbia/world-beat Austin conglomerate Grupo Fantasma put out its American Music Vol...."

June 11, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Mushrooms With a View to the Future

Smallhold brings the fruits of fancy fungus to Austin

"...Travis Breihan, manager at Smallhold in South Austin, opens the big walk-in cooler door and I peer..."

March 26, 2021 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Three songs over 34 minutes, the third album by Austin power grid Craig Clouse (guitar), Nate Cross (bass), and..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

AFF's finalized lineup

"...After last week's tease, the Austin Film Festival has announced its official lineup for the..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2003-2004

The full list of nominations for the 2003-2004 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...art. On Saturday, May 1, nominations for the 2003-2004 Austin Critics Table Awards, covering the period from May 1,..."

May 14, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Beacon Blues

Since 1970 at the One Knite, Jimmie Vaughan's worn the smile of a blues savior

"...But in 1970, music maniacs haunting Downtown Austin couldn't be choosy. The Vulcan Gas Company on Congress..."

July 16, 2010 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Austin City Limits Festival Picks & Sleepers

"...Forget that Kelly girl; the real American Idol from Austin could be this chestnut-haired former Omelettry waitress. With a..."

Sept. 27, 2002 Music Feature

A Guide to Austin's Musical Theatre Scene

"...In Austin, these are good days for getting that razzle-dazzle rush..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Playback: Austin Week in Angers, France

Kevin Curtin runs into more than a handful of musical Austinites on the other side of the globe

"...Austin Week in Angers, France, has come and gone. The..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Deep Blues From Gatesville

Amy Smith thought a judge would give her two years max for possession of crack cocaine; why is she doing 20?

"...the city of Gatesville, about 100 miles north of Austin. For one reason or another, prison management bounced Amy..."

March 16, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Appreciation Society

Shapes Have Fangs bite into a Kinks klassic

"...like 1968's The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society or 1971's Muswell Hillbillies. It's often slammed for sounding..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Longtime Austin Collaborators Patrice Pike and Wayne Sutton Finally Duo Up

At the heart of so many essential acts beats a duo, so it is with the Little Sister / Sister 7 legends

"...six-string inlay remaining their primary focus of expression, the Austinites capitalized on other strengths...."

May 1, 2020 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

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