ACL Music Fest Preview

"...Benson behind the Wheel, they've kept the spirit of Bob Wills alive and well during their irrepressible, freewheeling, and..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Feature

Rock & Roll Books

Gift guide

"...Chronicles: Volume Oneby Bob Dylan..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Music Feature by Shawn Badgley

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...the latest version of the "Barton Creek PUD," Jim Bob Moffett's development scheme that triggered an all-night citizen uprising..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Column

Music Critics Poll: Desert Island

"...Artist: Bob Dylan..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature

The News Gets Better

Austin's 1997 in Review

"...world during March, Debra Cole of the Dudley & Bob show appears in Playboy. FASTBALL WATCH: Fastball plays SXSW...."

Jan. 9, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

How Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville" Became the Most Valuable Song of All Time

Buffett began composing the song after visiting a local Mexican restaurant

"..."Buffett wasn't really country," admits local genre pioneer Bob Livingston. "Jerry Jeff and Murphey were both folkies, but..."

July 21, 2017 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Top 40 Vices Playlist

A walk on the wild side with songs of the seven deadly sins

"..."Crazy Baldhead," Bob Marley Reggae's imperial majesty wasn't sizing up skinheads when..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

SXSW Thursday Picks and Sleepers

"...covered the Sugarhill Gang, Public Enemy, Michael Jackson, and Bob Marley. Bajofondo of Buenos Aires follows with lush electronic..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

Off the Record

Fun Fun Fun Fest kicks up some dust in Waterloo Park while Carlos Santana sets up shop in the Warehouse District

"...Red Steagall, meanwhile, shares stories and songs at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum on Sunday, Nov. 16,..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Dancing About Architecture

Like a Bullseye on a China Shop

"...things out regarding a gig as touring guitarist for Bob Dylan. "They just tracked us down," says manager Tim..."

May 14, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dispatches From a New Decade of SXSW

Our favorite musical moments from the fest

"...appropriately, with "Tequila." – K.C. With an Altar to "Sister Bobbie," Willie Nelson's Luck Reunion Returns..."

March 25, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Smithsonian Rock and Roll: Live and Unseen

by Bill Bentley

"...but never obviously: The Beatles split the musical atom, Bob Dylan authored the Sixties' belief system, Kiss would've been..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Music Review by Kevin Curtin

Playback: ACL Fest's First Weeknd Moves Mountains

ACL Fest 2015 weekend one wrap

"..."I Try" (Macy Gray), "Girl From the North Country" (Bob Dylan)..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Music DVDs

"...a fake Fab Four and substitutions/exclusions, but clearances of Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Bruce Springsteen – not to mention..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: ACL Mania

The ACL zeitgeist in review

"...Antibalas: "Rat Race" (Bob Marley)..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Higher Ground

Stevie Wonder in 10 songs? It's a start.

"...in peace on Earth. And every Christmas when 103.5 BOB-FM plays it, Wonder acquits the entire genre. –..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Music Feature

Page Two: Looking Up

Along the path back to wonder

"...Freak Out! and Absolutely Free, changing my life. And Bob Dylan a million times and each time the first..."

May 22, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Wedding Banned

Local DJs pick the songs that don't suck at weddings

"...“All Day All Night” by Bob Marley & the Wailers: "Previously unreleased before it appeared..."

May 13, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Flight of the Conchords

The reality about Aussie and Kiwi acts

"...belong to Paul Kelly. He's not quite the country's Bob Dylan, because they really don't have one of those...."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Dancing About Architecture

The city's noise ordinance proposes to drown out live music in Austin.

"...101X Fest in Waterloo Park on Saturday, plus the Bob Marley Fest both Saturday and Sunday at Auditorium Shores...."

April 26, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

SXSW 02 is over -- finally

"...for illegal drink specials, and on Thursday new boss Bob Woody's liquor license was revoked, no doubt in connection..."

March 22, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Music in the 1990s

"...freedom to take up unpopular causes (a decade of Bob Schneider), the freedom to spin New Yorker-length pieces, the..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

From Here to Eternity

The only punk rock band that mattered, and why they still do

"...large in their musical purview was the reggae of Bob Marley, Desmond Dekker, Prince Far-I, and Junior Murvin. Jones..."

May 19, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Dancing About Architecture

Aqua Fest seems unlikely, but there's plenty of other summer fun to be had; the Austin Music Network is a bit of a mess.

"...Auditorium Shores, other than to point out this weekend's Bob Marley Fest there. As it turns out, though, it..."

April 14, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Top 10 Decade/National

"...9. Bob Dylan, Time Out of Mind (Columbia)..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature

Live Shots

"...Caine on piano, Charlie Lewis and James Zollar, trumpet, Bob DeBellis, alto and tenor sax, and Ben Whittman drums,..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

The Star System

"...Oh, there's a Bob Marley Festival that day, too, in Waterloo Park. Early..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Postmarks

VanScoy on Wrong Track

"...For most people the Bob Marley festival was a huge success. The weather was..."

April 10, 1998 Column

Record Reviews

"...atmospheric than the previously politically driven Wyatt. "Blues in Bob minor" is a subterranean take on Dylan and about..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Music Review

Austin Yards Where Weird Finds a Home

Seven front lawns that push beyond garden gnomes

"...Star Rock Garden, featuring Janis Joplin, David Bowie, and Bob Marley, to name a few. Brightly painted aquatic animals,..."

May 2, 2025 Arts Feature by Caroline Drew

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