Checking In: Marcia Ball Took Her First Summer Off Since 1984

“It gets hot in Austin in the summer, did you know?”

"...Uncle Walt’s Band, Doug Sahm, Ray Charles, Willie. There’s Billie Holiday and Oscar Peterson while working in the yard...."

Sept. 15, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, August 21-27

"...we know what's more than enough," said Aries singer Billie Holiday. I don't think that applies to everyone, although..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

Checking In: Come Sunday With Jazz Siren Pamela Hart

“My soundtracks are What’s Going On and Imagine”

"...local jazz singer channeling Lady Day. “Pamela Hart evok[es] Billie Holiday with her pure, sweet vulnerability,” wrote a Chronicle..."

April 28, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Molly Burch Finds the Love in Pop

Singer/songwriter puts the guitar down for the follow-up to her acclaimed debut

"...pop stars. Integrating the classical influence of microphone heroines Billie Holiday and Nina Simone, Burch unveiled her smoky, nostalgic..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Review: dat Black Mermaid Man Lady

Let Sharon Bridgforth's performance installation wash over you

"...so seductively into this world, singing Bridgforth's words like Billie Holiday with an Ellington tune. And then, when she..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Kat Edmonson

"...Kat Edmonson albums are instantly recognizable. If the airy Billie Holiday crackle doesn't give them away, then it's the..."

May 11, 2018 Music Review by Lauren Modery

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more

"...Winehouse with a serious Nick Cave fixation. Film noir, Billie Holiday, teen romance comics – all figure heavily into..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Robert Faires' Top 10 (+1) Theatre Riches of 2017

From monsters to mountains, wolves to wild horses, the year came alive with figures boldly created onstage

"...AT EMERSON'S BAR & GRILL (Zach Theatre) Jazz legend Billie Holiday in the flesh – or so it felt..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Five Things to Do in Austin This Weekend

Because you can't just get baked & eat breakfast tacos 24/7, right?

"...afternoon or evening in the company of the legendary Billie Holiday? Impossible, sure – but this popular show of..."

May 19, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

DVDanger: Tales From the Hood

In the wake of Get Out, a classic anthology revisited

"...beating the piss out of a black driver, as Billie Holiday's version of "Strange Fruit" drifts through the score...."

April 25, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gay Place

The fight carries on

"...Emerson's Bar & Grill, about the one and only Billie Holiday. Thu., April 6, 6-11pm. Zach Theatre. $29-81. www.zachtheatre.org...."

April 7, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Gay Place

Black Pride is here, and it's queer

"...Emerson's Bar & Grill, about the one and only Billie Holiday. Thu., April 6, 6-11pm. Zach Theatre. $29-81. www.zachtheatre.org...."

March 31, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Local Composer Peter Stopschinski Releases 50 Free Albums in One Summer

That’s just the kind of guy he is

"...So Taylor Swift and Paul Simon are foxes. Billie Holiday is a hedgehog. And it's not better to..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Arts Feature by Kirk Lynn

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Singer-songwriter Elanora Fagan was better known as "Billie Holiday." Like Ella Fitzgerald, she was from Irish-African-American ancestry...."

April 15, 2016 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

SXSW Interview: Dion

“I don’t sing white, I don’t sing black, I sing Bronx”

"...at Columbia Records, [legendary A&R man credited with discovering Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and Stevie Ray Vaughan],..."

March 17, 2016 Music Post by Tim Stegall

National Top 10s

Best non-local albums of 2015 – by genre

"...James, Yesterday I Had the Blues: The Music of Billie Holiday (Blue Note)..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Leon Bridges Comes Home

Ft. Worth soul sensation Leon Bridges returns for Austin's second-biggest music festival

"...madness, he'd signed to Columbia Records, famously home to Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen,..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Chronicle Cookout Artists: Soulful Alesia Lani

Alesia Lani takes the stage for the Chronicle Cookout.

"...solo career start is reminding us of sounds like Billie Holiday, Chrisette Michele and John Legend (not a bad..."

June 18, 2015 Chron Events Post by Shannon Shankman

Saturday Showcases

"...loose on woozy avant-folk cabaret pieces that borrow from Billie Holiday and Lotte Lenya. Her forthcoming LP debut will..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

News Roundup: 10-1, Lawsuits, and Strange Fruit

The end of the year is a busy time

"..."no affiliation" to the iconic Abel Meeropol poem and Billie Holiday song from the Thirties, endured a hailstorm of..."

Dec. 8, 2014 News Post by the News Staff

Phoebe Hunt & the Gatherers

Heaping helping of high-profile local LPs

"...to a close with a lovely, light touch of Billie Holiday-inspired crooning, it nevertheless feels like Phoebe Hunt gave..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Music Review by Abby Johnston

MEOW Con: Suzi Quatro

‘Stumblin’ In’ from the Motor City to music history

"...I’ve also been in influenced by Elvis, Otis [Redding], Billie Holiday, all of Motown – James Jameson for bass..."

Oct. 24, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

The Hightower Legacy

Donna Hightower knew a singer when she saw one

"...story at all. She listened to Ella [Fitzgerald] and Billie [Holiday] on the radio, the the Boswell Sisters were..."

Aug. 28, 2013 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Festival International de Jazz de Montreal

Indie rock music festivals could learn a thing or three from the Montreal Jazz Fest

"...Opening for fellow blue-eyed Billie Holiday tinge Madeleine Peyroux, the Houston-raised, Austin-taught sparrow received..."

July 12, 2013 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Wednesday Picks and Sleepers

"...frontwoman Asli Omar, a fierce rock & roller with Billie Holiday's jazzy whisper. The indie quartet's 2011 EP Golden..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

Other People's Songs

Picture 'Friday Night Lights' beauty Dana Wheeler-Nicholson singing for the president

"...American songbook, with Willie Nelson's "Night Life" next to Billie Holiday favorite "Comes Love," and Tom T. Hall's "That's..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

ACL Music Fest Sunday Listings

The blurbing of ACL 2011

"...into a slightly more electrified direction, but that baby Billie Holiday voice is the true star of the show...."

Sept. 16, 2011 Music Feature

Austin Symphony Orchestra

This program devoted to the New World Symphony altered our sense of the work

"...doubt that Billie Holiday or the Beatles made groundbreaking contributions to our..."

Jan. 21, 2011 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

The blurbing of SXSW

"...into the chorus of "My Guy" on the track "Billie Holiday," from debut EP Exquisite Corpse (Manimal), it emerges..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

SXSW Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...the closing slot. But oh, what a family! Hipster-friendly hillbillies Trampled by Turtles will prove that the South goes..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

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