2022/2023 Austin Music Awards Winners

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

"...Nominees: Bill Callahan Cactus Lee Melissa Carper Mobley Album of the..."

Feb. 26, 2023 Music Post by James Renovitch

Dancing About Architecture

SXSW begins

"...Colvin (3:15pm), Delbert McClinton (4pm), Jorma Kaukonen (4:30pm), John Hammond (5pm), Amy Ray (5:45pm), and Soft Boy Robyn Hitchcock..."

March 16, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Wednesday Showcases

Wednesday SXSW showcases at a glance

"...LP siphons off smoldering songcraft honed in the five-year Hammond B-3 organ employ of Ben Harper's Innocent Criminals, even..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Off the Record

Striking down the Thunder of Gods Festival

"...With the Thrill Kill Kult. According to keyboardist Dimitri Hammond of Austin's Tungsten Coil, only about 250 people showed..."

May 22, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Weed Watch

An overview of the latest developments on drug policy across the nation

"...legality of medical marijuana have pitted California Attorney General Bill Lockyer against federal Drug Enforcement Administration head Asa Hutchinson...."

Oct. 18, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Sxsw

"...1/100th bad. The rest is Brown pickin' music from hillbilly to hellfire on his custom guit-steel guitar. It takes..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Muriel's Wedding

"...Directed by: P.j. Hogan. Starring: Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths, Bill Hunter, Rosalind Hammond, Belinda Jarrett and Sophie Lee. If..."

March 24, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

2015 Austin City Limits Music Festival Lineup

Foo Fighters, Drake, the Weeknd, and Deadmau5 top fall fest

"...Scanning down the bill, you’ll see Irish singer-songwriter Hozier, who cancelled his ACL..."

May 5, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Lovers Rock

Announcing the Austin Music Awards and more Valentine's Day mash notes

"...› Drag City has released a dub version of Bill Callahan's 2013 LP Dream River, entitled Have Fun With..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Will Texas Catch Some Solar Rays?

Local and worldwide solar-energy experts convene in Austin and deliver this message: The day when solar energy will compete economically with traditional fossil-fueled power is fast approaching, and Texas is doing much less than it could be to utilize its solar potential

"...be integrated into building materials. Solar is now a $12-billion-per-year worldwide market, growing 40% annually, and the present industry..."

June 29, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing the pinnacle of SXSW 2006.

"...Jackpot! (Tomorrow Recordings) demonstrates Buckwheat's deft hand on the Hammond B-3 organ. – David LynchDIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND4pm, Town..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Jimmy Smith

Gift guide

"...organists before Jimmy Smith – Fats Waller, Count Basie, Bill Doggett, Wild Bill Davis – but none made the..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Dancing About Architecture

Texas musicians report from NYC and D.C., Nick Cave and others cancel shows, and the Trail of Dead headline a Red Cross benefit at the Mercury

"...and the latter postponing his until at least November. Bill Bentley at Warner Bros./Reprise Records, Cave's label, says the..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Classical Revival at the Blanton

The Art of the Deal

"...Likewise, Tom Beeby of the Chicago firm of Hammond Beeby Rupert Ainge -- who owns the big-ticket market..."

Aug. 25, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Blood and Memories

"...Wynans, and Chris Layton, but the songwriters as well: Bill "Willie the Wimp" Carter and his wife Ruth Ellsworth,..."

April 9, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Road Shows

"...SAT 8 Mandy Barnett, Bill Kirchen, Continental Club..."

March 7, 1997 Music Feature

The Scene Is Gone But Not Forgotten

The Evolution of Austin's White Blues

"...put Storm, Southern Feeling, and the Nightcrawlers on a bill but the only people to show up were the..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Music Feature

A Pickin’ Party, a Big Squeeze, and Mother’s Day Music Are This Week's Crucial Concerts

Some recommended sounds for your week

"...Wet Dip and spacey post-rockers Guiding Light open, a quadruple-billing of unfaltering buzz without concern for stiff genre classifications...."

May 10, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

The Austin Food & Wine Festival Returns!

Annual celebration of succulence and slaking will fête you this fall

"...Tano Avila (Grizzelda’s); Laila Bazahm (El Raval); Daniel Berg (Bill’s Oyster); Barrett Black (The Original Black’s BBQ); Daniel Brooks..."

Aug. 17, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Music Churns Out 8th Artist List

Ho99o9, Questlove, Nothing, and Get Up Kids join the action

"...Bill Small (Wimberley)..."

Feb. 14, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...form of the sinister "Tall Man." Cast: Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Angus Scrimm, Reggie Bannister, Kathy Lester..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSWedu Announces 2015 Speakers

Crowdfunding and school finance to dominate as LeVar Burton returns

"...why exactly teachers are being asked to foot the bill for materials like pens, paper, and text books)...."

Oct. 14, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Eruption

Church on Monday guitarist Jake Langley transcends jazz

"...drummer Scott Laningham, but Dr. Polk's mastery of the Hammond B-3 is as otherworldly as the instrument's sound...."

March 28, 2014 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

A Veteran's Voice

Playwright Johnny Meyer returned from war to learn that theatre is essential to life

"...for the first time as a civilian." Classmate Alli Hammond Zadrozny thinks this is a reflection of the program..."

March 22, 2013 Arts Feature by Jillian Owens

The Last Laugh

Guy Forsyth signs off on God's Favorite Band

"..."The Spankers started back when I saw John Hammond play back in 1988. I just couldn't get in..."

April 21, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

Where There’s a Willie…

Billy Bob documents Willie Nelson in The King of Luck

"...Billy Bob Thornton’s documentary, The King of Luck, about Willie..."

March 2, 2011 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Mothers of Reinvention

White Denim's Fits of maximum R&B

"...Farfisa organ, as is the case with the L-100 Hammond organ across from the kitchen. Thick wires run alongside..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Wheels Within Wheels

Council's boards and commissions appointments are always good conversation fodder

"...Chi­menti, was the second appointee, named by Council Member Bill Spelman. The appointments have already caused reverberations through the..."

Aug. 7, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Thursday Picks

"...All showcases subject to change Billy Bragg1am, Cedar Street Courtyard..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

ACL Music Fest Preview

"...Newcomb, Don Harvey, and Mark Andes, Mac and his Hammond organ keep the music just as it should be:..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Feature

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