Organ Great James Polk Works Wonders Outside the Limelight

We speak with Austin’s esteemed multi-instrumentalist and former arranger for Ray Charles

"...bear a sobering universality. One of these gentlemen, Dr. James Polk, Austin's esteemed multi-instrumentalist, world-class organist, and former arranger..."

Jan. 18, 2019 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

ACL Interview: Dynamites feat. Charles Walker

Nashville Northern soul combo’s epic journey

"...deep on Love is Only Everything, the Dynamites feat. Charles Walker’s third album. Steeped in Southern soul, the album’s..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Music Post by Greg Beets

Austin Icon Dr. James Polk Passes Away at 83

Legendary Ray Charles collaborator gone but never forgotten

"...Keyboardist, band leader, and educator Dr. James Polk passed away on Friday, June 21, 2024 at..."

June 24, 2024 Music Post by Cy White

ATX Television Festival Says Cheers to James Burrows

TV legend to be honored at next year's fest

"...where everybody knows your name: if you're TV legend James Burrows, that everywhere, but his name will be on..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ACL Interview: The Dynamites feat. Charles Walker

Friday, Oct. 11, 6:30pm, BMI stage

"...Only Everything, the third album from the Dynamites featuring Charles Walker. We spoke with veteran soul singer Walker and..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature by Greg Beets

SXSW Live Shot: Charles Bradley

To touch the hem of his garment

"...America documentary, everyone now knows the tragedy-unto-triumph that is Charles Bradley. He arrived destitute at classic soul powerhouse Daptone..."

March 18, 2015 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Night and Day With Maceo

Still blowin'

"...“Maceo, blow your horn!” James Brown hollered that famous refrain nearly 45 years ago..."

Feb. 19, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

The Payback

Onetime James Brown impersonator Charles Bradley transcends

"...in the quiet cafe of a Downtown Austin hotel, Charles Bradley veers left, distracted by a huge forest-green curtain..."

April 22, 2016 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Logan

Hugh Jackman sports those famous mutton chops for the final time

"...Directed by: James Mangold. Starring: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen, Boyd..."

March 3, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Night of the Hunter

"...Directed by: Charles Laughton. Starring: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish and..."

July 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Express Yourself

Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band

"...About Me,” then 11 warts and all minutes of James Brown’s “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag.” Wilson Pickett..."

July 29, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Derailed

The first release from the new Weinstein Co. is this thriller starring Jennifer Aniston and Clive Owen that never fully engages our sympathies.

"...of the duplicitous dark (as if). As ad exec Charles Schine, Owen is saddled with the requisite loving wife,..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

No Mercy

The case of James Allridge raises familiar questions about the Texas justice system

"...On August 26, Texas is scheduled to execute James Allridge III for the 1985 murder of 21-year-old Brian..."

Aug. 20, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Painting Race

Getting Inside Michael Ray Charles' Provocative Images

"...SOMEWHERE, SOMETIME, SOMEDAY. IT COULD HAPPEN, says Michael Ray Charles on his Liberty Bros. Permanent Daily Circus poster-style painting...."

Oct. 24, 1997 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights

Charles Whitman in the UT Tower

"...The publication of A Sniper in the Tower: The Charles Whitman Murders by Gary M. Lavergne (University of North..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Books Feature by Tom Aiken

Sittin' on a Red Hot Stove

A Q&A with Charles Sanders, Jr. of Kool & Together

"...& Together – led by brothers Tyrone, Joe, and Charles Sanders, Jr. – explored the expanses of lo-fi funk..."

Oct. 6, 2011 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

The Irishman

Scorsese's filmmaking excellence can't mask a flawed retreading of mob history

"...This is Scorsese trying to wade into James Ellroy territory – most especially the mob vs. Kennedy..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Annabelle

The doll from hell is back.

"...seen Rosemary’s Baby – or pretty much any film James Wan’s had a hand in since helming 2007’s Dead..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

AFF's finalized lineup

"...adaptation/fanboy-bait Max Payne (from local screenwriter Beau Thorne), and James Gray's Two Lovers, which netted a lot of attention..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin-Based Choreographer Hopes to Make a "Social Justice Summer"

With some crowdfunding support, Charles O. Anderson will be able to make dances for this time

"...Like everybody else in the world, Charles O. Anderson had big plans for 2020. In his..."

June 12, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Playback: Ramones Signer Seymour Stein Visits Local Mentees Residual Kid

Plus Casey Monahan's exit interview, James Petralli's new side project, and SXSW's 547 additional acts

"...and the Damnations, the latter managed by a pre-C3 Charles Attal...."

Jan. 16, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Stronger With Each Tear: Mary J. Blige

Soul queen slays the Moody Theater

"...soul men as possible: Wilson Pickett, Smokey Robinson, Ray Charles, James Brown, Al Green, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Solomon..."

March 1, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Passion Forward

The Chronicle's style avatar, Stephen M. Moser, explores the fashion program at the University of Texas.

"...by Jackie Kennedy, gaped at the architectural masterpieces of Charles James, Geoffrey Beene, Versace, and Halston...."

April 21, 2000 Features Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Mighty Hannibal Sees All

The Atlanta soul man has stories to tell, and who cares if they're true?

"...Born James Shaw in Atlanta, 1939, Hannibal had the outlandish personality..."

Aug. 27, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Ethan Azarian, Soccer Mommy, OUTlaw Pride Fest, Fuckemos, Playboi Carti, and Dr. James Polk & Centerpeace

"...breaking down a venue's door. – Derek Udensi Dr. James Polk & CenterpeaceMonks Jazz Club, Tuesday 26..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Music Column by Doug Freeman

A Chilling Time at the Drafthouse

The BBC's classic ghost stories haunt the screen

"...of the season of giving, and it's what M.R. James understood...."

Dec. 23, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Soul Track Mind: Unbreakable

Exclusive stream of local soul-stirrers’ breakout third LP

"...throw the spotlight back on forgotten elders Bettye LaVette, Charles Bradley, and Lee Fields, it sparked seminal new acts..."

Sept. 15, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Thunderstruck

NBA star Kevin Durant appears as himself in this family film wherein a stroke of magic causes him to swap talents with a klutzy 16-year-old.

"...Whitesell. Starring: Kevin Durant, Taylor Gray, Brandon T. Jackson, James Belushi, Larramie Doc Shaw, Tristin Mays, Robert Belushi and..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Honor Among Thieves

James Carlos Blake demystifies A World of Thieves and the world of writing.

"...James Carlos Blake puts the roar back into the Roaring..."

March 8, 2002 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Snow Dogs

"...Greene, M. Emmet Walsh, Joanna Bacalso, Nichelle Nichols, Sisqó, James Coburn and Cuba Gooding Jr.. The marketing weasels over..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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