Allie X, the Bill Ball, and Oodles of Locals in This Week’s Crucial Concerts

Lots of reasons to get out of the house and break out the earplugs

"...Slackers sounding like nothing less than primal recordings by Bob Marley’s Wailing Wailers, because especially in Austin, this Manhattan..."

Nov. 22, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

The Austin Chronic: KOOP’s Sunday Reggae Lives On With Roots Train

After a quarter-century run, Jamaican Gold’s Art Baker passes the torch to Selector Dale

"...When the genre’s most famous unit, Bob Marley & the Wailers, released their second live album..."

Aug. 9, 2024 Column by Kevin Curtin

The Off Beat: Chicano Batman’s Hi-Fi Good Vibes

Carlos Arévalo talks optimistic new album before Austin Psych Fest

"...Chronicle spoke with one artist from each: Saturday bluesman Bobby Rush and Friday psych-soul outfit Chicano Batman...."

April 26, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson

Memorable Moments From ACL Fest Weekend One

For you to rewind this weekend at Zilker Park

"...so commanding that I imagined it akin to witnessing Bob Marley in the Seventies. Between songs, he'd speak his..."

Oct. 13, 2023 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Kendrick Lamar’s Perfect Decade at ACL Fest Snags With Delayed, Cut-Off Performance

“I heard y’all have a curfew… I told them they’d have to shut off my mic”

"...so commanding that I imagined it akin to witnessing Bob Marley in the Seventies. Between songs, he’d speak his..."

Oct. 7, 2023 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Hard Proof’s Fela Kuti Felabration!! and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Austin Corn Lovers Fiesta, Janelle Monáe, and Mockjaw lead our recommended shows

"...Earth – remains the original Afrobeat prophet, just as Bob Marley gifted our globe reggae. Fusing jazz horns with..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Solid Roots Support the Tiarras' Indie Chicana Sound

No longer Tiarra Girls, the outspoken sister trio still puts family first

"...offering revealed the trio's various influences: Opener "Answers" evoked Bob Marley with a funky reggae backbeat, Tori's soulful vibrato..."

July 28, 2023 Music Feature by Wayne Lim

Austin Psych Fest Interview: Vieux Farka Touré

Legacy blues scion talks Malian music and Khruangbin collaboration

"...people of Mali be together as one. Just like Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, and B.B. King used their guitars..."

April 21, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Friday

A Margo Price keynote, Koffee's evolution, & Obongjayar's rising star

"...the beauty, ferocity, and lyricism of Family Man’s boss Bob Marley in a stunning Afrobeat demonstration leaving 100 or..."

March 18, 2023 SXSW Post by Abby Johnston

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Friday

Seventies funk GOATs, queer nu metal, and so much more

"...Slide” and set closer “The Message,” mashed up with Bob Marley’s “Get Up, Stand Up” for good measure...."

March 19, 2022 SXSW Post by Thomas Fawcett

Checking In: Los Coast Frontman Trey Privott Maintains Balance

“I’m doing my best to take care of myself and create things”

"...[West], Roddy Ricch, Jeremih, Gucci Mane, Migos, Alan Lomax, Bob Marley, Sufjan [Stevens]......"

Dec. 15, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Revenge of the She-Punks

"...Bob Marley's first UK publicist, NYU's nicknamed "punk professor" and..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Music Review by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Vivien Goldman’s Lasting Echoes of Feminist Punk

Vanguard journalist brings new book to Austin, the Larriva family remembers their friend Elliott Smith, and local musicians pop up all over the place

"...echoed like a gong all over the world," says Bob Marley's first UK publicist. "It's still going."..."

April 26, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Summit on Race in America: Songwriters in the Round Panel Recap

Multiple generations of black artists push for music in schools

"...difference between Pink Floyd, Police Synchronicity, Run DMC, and Bob Marley,” said Jean, 49. “It all just sounds like..."

April 10, 2019 Music Post by Derek Udensi

Joe Strummer

"...final band, the Mescaleros; the Johnny Cash duet of Bob Marley's "Redemption Song," one of Strummer's final recordings; and..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Live Music Recommendations for the Weekend

A rock & roll revival?! Here's our weekend music picks.

"...McGregor’s career goes deep. In 1963, a year after Bob Marley first entered a studio with Leslie Kong, 7-year-old..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

SXSW Music Jazz Sampler

Psychedelic, post-bop, Latin-inflected, and more: 11 jazz artists

"...face of young English improvisers. Influenced by Fela Kuti, Bob Marley, and J Dilla, they're still instantly recognizable as..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Formula 1 Music: Stevie Wonder

The master blaster signed, sealed, and delivered

"...cuing the drummer to begin the syncopation rhythms of Bob Marley ode “Master Blaster (Jammin’),” which opened the show...."

Oct. 23, 2017 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

First Concert: Charles Attal

The C3 partner's first foray with Foreigner

"...jam? I was more BTO, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, Bob Marley, and ELO. Foreigner was about 10th on the..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Music Feature

Original 12th Street Muralist Likely to Handle Replacement

Chris Rogers is still considering the subject of a new mural

"...Chicon, featuring famous black musicians like Tupac, Prince, and Bob Marley...."

May 26, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

ACL Review: Kacey Musgraves

East Texas country upstart reclaims her former stomping ground

"...plus left field covers of Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy” and Bob Marley’s “Three Little Birds” (as part of “Step Off”)...."

Oct. 3, 2016 Music Post by Michael Toland

Levitation Imaginings

Hard to get some psychs on the horn, so conjured them through other means

April 29, 2016 Music Feature

Playback: Spring Festival Season Evolves

Storms can halt an already truncated spring festival season

"...Wailer, sole survivor of the original Wailers triptych with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, and my reason for not..."

April 22, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Jay Trachtenberg's Top Reads of 2015

A Brief History of Seven Killings leads a list of works exploring crime and politics abroad and at home

"...harrowing, violent tale centered around the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in December 1976, an act with ramifications that..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Playback: Black Metal, Gray Skies, Red-Hot Love

Sex, love, and nostalgia – recapping Fun Fun Fun Fest 2015

"...an appropriately "fun" set, complete with Fugees material, obligatory Bob Marley covers, and a powerful tribute to Civil Rights..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Fun Fun Fun Fest: Lauryn Hill

High priestess of soul contrasts between ACL and FFF

"...Fun Fun Fun Fest was singing along. An obligatory Bob Marley medley followed...."

Nov. 9, 2015 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

10 Minutes with Ali Campbell of UB40

AC by AC to the tune of reggae ubiquity

"...by that, but it did open the doors for Bob Marley and helped reggae immensely. Making reggae in America..."

Oct. 19, 2015 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

50 Years of Rolling Stones

Today, I’m as old as rock & roll itself

"...year’s “You Got the Silver,” and Lubbock raunch hand Bobby Keys blows a platinum sax solo on “Miss You.”..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Heart and Soul

Nice N Ful bounces back

"...revamped East Austin venue. On a sunny Saturday afternoon, Bob Marley booms from speakers atop the live music stage..."

June 26, 2015 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Riders Against the Storm Year

ATX hip-hop duo gets its science down

"...C: They’re definitely big influences. Bob Marley, Nina Simone, Chaka Khan, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield,..."

June 24, 2015 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

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