Unofficial Parties & Free Shows to See During South by Southwest

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"...of Mariana de Miguel, who starred on Adrian Quesada's Bolero Psicodélicos. In between, Nigeria's Obongjayar infuses Afrobeat with post-Frank..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Adrian Quesada and the Long Path to His First Official Solo Release

Austin's unassuming superstar is a travellin' man

"...has released a fantastic new record of modern psychedelic boleros. Argentinian singer and longtime Thievery Corporation collaborator Natalia Clavier..."

July 15, 2022 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

What We're Listening to This Week

A cross-border collaboration, Good Looks, Adrian Quesada, Skloss, and Letting Up Despite Great Faults

"...engine Adrian Quesada follows up on June 3 with Boleros Psicodélicos for ATO Records, also home to his day..."

April 8, 2022 Music Column by Chad Swiatecki

Austin Film Festival Unleashes The Same Storm

The French Dispatch, C’Mon C'Mon headed to fest

"...• The Grand Bolero, Gabriele Fabbro's tale of a middle-aged pipe organ restorer..."

Sept. 23, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Learning to Love Austin FC's Roster Through Their Native Cuisines

International players' kitchen

"...matter the time of day. Regular live music from bolero to bachata elevates an already exceptional experience, and mouth-watering..."

June 18, 2021 Features Feature by Adam Wood

ATX Conjunto Constant Chencho Flores Dies at 91

Accordionist bridged decades of music on Sixth Street

"...record on San Antonio’s Corona label, which featured Flores-led bolero “Te Amare.” Their earliest performances consisted of shyly entering..."

Jan. 13, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Film Review: Amazônia Groove

An entrancing collection of music from the rivers of northeast Brazil

"...his available hours is impressive. Classical, jazz, “brego,” “technobrego,” bolero, and more, much of it grounded in various forms..."

March 9, 2019 Screens Post by Michael King

Legerdemain Man Ray Anderson

The fact that magicians around the world revere the magic man of Esther’s Follies is no illusion

"...Connally. He made stage costumes, too. He made the bolero jacket Stevie Ray Vaughan wore onstage. He made my..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Arts Feature by Jesse Sublett

Saturday ACL Fest 2018 Picks

Saturday, in the park, I don't think it was the Fourth of July

"...35-year-old Chilean bellowing torch songs in the styles of bolero, tango, cumbia, and ska. Mexico City-built from a thrash..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Music Feature

Saturday ACL Fest 2018 Picks

Handicapping ACL’s first Saturday plus a handful of locals

"...35-year-old Chilean bellowing torch songs in the styles of bolero, tango, cumbia, and ska. Mexico City-built from a thrash..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Music Feature

Patricia Vonne

"...Patricia Vonne's piercing contralto connects bolero rock, fiddle-assisted folk, sultry flamenco, and bilingual pop into..."

June 22, 2018 Music Review by Alejandra Ramirez

Opposite Day

"...into the narrative before a slow-build reimagining of Ravel's "Bolero" delivers the parting blast...."

Jan. 26, 2018 Music Review by Greg Beets

The French Connection

Golden moments at Austin Week in Angers, France

"...hour softening hearts at the venue du jour, the Bolero, with an electric mix of rock, reggae, and soul..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Buena Vista Social Club Survivors Come to Austin

Omara Portuondo and Eliades Ochoa lead the new Cuban-American frontier

"...music extended beyond mariachis to traditional Cuban son and boleros. Today, the Buena Vista Social Club standard is still..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Music Feature by María Núñez

The Good Eye: Trendhopping

If a "Rare Trend" is defined as quality fabrics, expert stitching, and an exacting eye, call us trendy

"...seen in clothes at this high-but-not-sky-high price point. A bolero jacket with dozens of cut-outs is fully reversible due..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

Playback: Tip Jar Etiquette

See that tip jar? Give.

"...adding sophisticated orchestral arrangements to popular Latin styles like bolero and ranchera with his group Las Estrellas...."

July 4, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Heavy Cumbia: Celso Piña

9:15pm, Hierba stage

"...It's more bohemian. It's less lively, more of a bolero, but ever since we started recording it I loved..."

May 10, 2013 Music Feature by Priscila Mosqueda

The Echocentrics, Ocote Soul Sounds

"...The Echocentrics began with an obscure Peruvian bolero that caught the ear of Adrian Quesada a decade..."

June 17, 2011 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett

Ojos Verdes

Plácido Domingo blows down San Antonio's AT&T Center

"...mi tierra extremeña,” “No pueda ser”), though it was tango-bolero “Júrame” (Swear to Me) bringing the house down with..."

June 3, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

A Night at the Opera

Opera for dummies: Name one male tenor

"..."our zarzuela," Spain's colonizing light opera drawing a roar. Bolero, tango, and mariachi tangle DNA into composer/conductor Manuel Alejandro's..."

May 27, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Vinyl Ashes

A gray vinyl 7-inch with your exit songs?

"...tune but a super psychedelic take on an old bolero (ballad) by these Peruvian heroes. Maybe a little melodramatic,..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

You Coulda Walked Around the World

The LBJ of Lone Star songwriters lays siege to the Cactus Cafe

"...T, and this time, a crimson work shirt and bolero tie clipped with a silver steer; Hancock once again..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble

Reissue

"...The title track then showers meteors on Vaughan's trademark bolero. Its composer's spatial flurry of riffs, where rhythmic pause..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

International Bands

Around the world in one-liners

"...a cauldron of influences that boils over into cumbia, bolero, salsa, and New York bebop. El Existential (Nat Geo..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

DVDnds

"...Jimmy Page making a surprise appearance during Jeff "Beck's Bolero" for a swing at Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song," Beck..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Art for Days

Can you handle two weeks' worth of the East Austin Studio Tour?

"...one-hour, family-friendly variety show with music and dance from bolero to samba to soul. Free. Handmade Music Austin..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Rainin in Paradize 2

Manu Chao speaks

"...My entire life a small clay pixie in a Bolero has stood on the shelves in our house. “Don’t..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Esteban 'Steve' Jordan Tribute

"...the allotted 20 minutes, laying down standards, including the bolero "El Jardinero." El Parche might have gone on forever;..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Chac-Mool

A rare glimpse inside the inner circle of accordion pioneer Esteban 'Steve' Jordan

"...by adding a beautiful rancheras vocal style and elegant bolero beat. Longoria also customized his accordion for a distinctly..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Devotchka

Thursday

"...by guitarist Nick Urata's quivering Orbison croon. Stunning Spanish bolero "Undone," instrumental Russian suite "Comrade Z," and elegantly stringed..."

March 14, 2008 Music Review by Austin Powell

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