Playback – 2014: Keeping the Dream Alive

Reviewing ATX music 2014

"...the Wall, where my journey as a performer in Austin began years ago. So I dropped $260 in that..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback

What's happening today at SXSW? Read on.

"...• Psychedelic torchbearers the Reverberation Appreciation Society give SXSW a taste of their marquee event, Austin..."

March 14, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Pachuco Hop

Hanging with Joe King Carrasco in Puerto Vallarta

"...An Austin staple since the Seventies, JKC remains a venerable instigator..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Thursday SXSW can't escape the blurbs!

"...by his string quartets as naturally as his mixtapes. Austin's Graham Reynolds, who actually plays Prokofiev (the elder), bridged..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

Off the Record

Great music in odd places: punk rock at the Grand, Billy Gibbons' Twin Liquors visit, and 'Rehearsal at the Astoria'

"...bus in front of the store brought out an Austin Record Convention of vinyl enthusiasts seeking Sharpie authentication. The..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

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

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing SXSW 2010

"...awards, Los Texas Wranglers are part Texas legacy, part Austin's future. This tough quintet of Tejano players with two..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Jorge Caballero & Virtuosi

The classical guitarist and a few gifted friends created an engrossing evening of music

"...Jorge Caballero made a more than welcome return to Austin,..."

July 31, 2009 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman

Off the Record

Reunion fever hits close to home: Faces, the Kinks, the Jesus Lizard, and more

"...for the occasion, temporarily filling the shoes of longtime Austin resident and Pete Townshend collaborator Ronnie Lane, who passed..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Commemorating the 95th birthday of Pinetop Perkins one year at a time, exploring Willie's Place at Carl's Corner, and a pregame pep talk with Paul Wall

"...1914 Establishment of the American Society for Composers, Authors, and Publishers...."

July 4, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Miss Understood

Carolyn Wonderland through the looking glass

"...her hometown Houston to sleeping in her van in Austin amid heaps of critical acclaim for fine recordings Alcohol..."

May 2, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Electric Exchange

Theatre, dance, music, and film meld and get supercharged in the Fuse Box Festival

"...Dance Company dancers being painted by artists in the Austin Figurative Gallery, the UT Performing Arts Center developing the..."

April 25, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Saturday Sleepers

"...Haynes guesting on debut Bang Bang Boom Cake (Great Society), the tiny Brooklyn duo has cool in the bag...."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

Thoroughly Modern Millie

The young musical thespians of Summerstock Austin's Thoroughly Modern Millie are determined to entertain you, and they succeed impeccably

"...Thoroughly Modern Millie, one of Summerstock Austin's two productions this summer, is one of those rare,..."

July 27, 2007 Arts Review by Iris Brooks

TCB

"O Death, where is thy sting?" – 1 Corinthians 15:55

"...alone write for it) this year without reading another Austin music-scene obituary. Others nearly became obituaries, like when World..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Friday

"...BertinKLEZMATICS8pm, Cedar Street Courtyard Self-proclaimed "Jews with horns," this jazzy, New York-based sextet has found many ways to transcend..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Spotlight: What Made Milwaukee Famous

What Made Milwaukee Famous does pretty good for Austin, too

"...Kingcaid holds the golden pipes to Austin indie rock fourpiece What Made Milwaukee Famous. Despite their..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Smoking Ban

Supporters breathe easy, opponents smolder

"...There was a weird heaven-and-hell-like parallel between pro-ban Onward Austin's election night digs at the downtown Hilton and the..."

May 13, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

In the Moment

Ann Hampton Callaway takes things 'Slow,' but she's more alive live than ever

"...two years since Ann Hampton Callaway last appeared in Austin, the New York-based cabaret singer-songwriter has been on a..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Showers of Sound

The Bubble, the only place to record for Austin's indie elite

"...the scuffed linoleum floor of the (new) Bubble, the Austin recording studio he co-owns with friend and bandmate Steven..."

March 29, 2002 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Public Notice

Things are gearing up in public service-land for Austin's sizzling summer. Here are a few things to do this weekend, plus a jump on next, to boot.

"...hie like lightning, will you, to see Leslie Bonnell, jazz siren and diva extraordinaire with her new all-star trio..."

May 25, 2001 Column by Kate X Messer

Postmarks

Hyde Park Baptist foofaraw and assorted cultural allegations.

"...Shakespeare himself is ridiculous without including and blaming the society in which he lived. Women should no more base..."

March 9, 2001 Column

Naked City

Off the Desk

"...Samantha Smoot of the Texas Freedom Network -- an Austin-based nonprofit that monitors the Christian right. Leininger might have..."

Feb. 23, 2001 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Make Your Mama Proud

The Gospel According to Bill "The Mailman" Martin and Chester Baldwin

"...this firsthand. Two of the most recognizable figures in Austin's gospel community, the latter feting the former on Saturday..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

TV Eye

Why are this year's season premieres so darn dull? Also, a goodbye to Steve Allen and news on a class action suit alleging age discrimination filed by 28 TV writers.

"...I've seen of Allen in action included him doodling jazz riffs on the piano while Jack Kerouac (yes, that..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Public Notice

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, among other things, and "Public Notice" wants you to feel the love.

"...Sunday, Nov. 5, 8am. Both events will benefit the Austin affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Foundation. www.concert4thecure.org or..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer

The Natural

"...cold pint on an uncharacteristically cool July evening in Austin, there seemed to be only one subject to address...."

July 30, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Music of the Spheres

Sinatra in the Sahara

"...rich white employers into an international music star. With jazz great Randy Weston sitting behind her on piano, Makeba..."

July 9, 1999 Music Feature by David Lynch

1999 Critics' Table Nominations

"...The Austin Theatre Critics' Table has released the nominations for its..."

May 21, 1999 Arts Feature

Better Too Much Than Not Enough

"...recording that vaults Forsyth quickly to the ranks of Austin's musical and songwriting elite. Gone is the white-boy bluesman..."

April 2, 1999 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

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