Dancing About Architecture

Microradio back in Austin, Fortune 500 gone.

"...official: Abra Moore is now on the roster of Clive Davis' highly anticipated J Records. Says manager George Couri..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The AggreGAYtor: February 20

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...sign of progress, yesterday morning's story of music legend Clive Davis coming out as bisexual has already been eclipsed..."

Feb. 20, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

The Soundtrack of My Life

Record executive Clive Davis loved Whitney Houston best

"...The Soundtrack of My Lifeby Clive Davis with Anthony DeCurtis Simon & Schuster, 608 pp.,..."

June 21, 2013 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

SXSW Interview: Clive Davis

SXSW panel reviews

"...SXSW Interview: Clive DavisAustin Convention Center, Thursday, March 14..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Everything Changed

Abra Moore returns, younger and wiser, unafraid

"...and the singer was absorbed by Arista New York. Clive Davis left Arista to found J Records and insisted..."

July 30, 2004 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

The Lone Ranger

The legend of Jerry Lynn Williams

"...never connected with either, no matter that label head Clive Davis had personally promised the singer that CBS would..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

TCB

"...another," says Merlis. According to him, new RCA head Clive Davis, upon hearing Mescalero, was reputed to say, "I..."

June 13, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Miles and Miles of Miles

The Columbia Legacy

"...and Dizzy Gillespie slay the hometown audience, Miles Dewey Davis knew exactly what he had to do. Blow the..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Music Feature by Jeff Mccord

Longtime Austin Collaborators Patrice Pike and Wayne Sutton Finally Duo Up

At the heart of so many essential acts beats a duo, so it is with the Little Sister / Sister 7 legends

"...that even booted label head and music industry legend Clive Davis. [inset-1-right]..."

May 1, 2020 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Whitney

Another glimpse behind the curtain at the late musical legend

"...the roof off any church – or arena. Ask Clive Davis, the Arista Records maverick who cemented his love..."

July 6, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lou Reed Box Set Tells Tale of Early Solo Career

The RCA & Arista Album Collection's 17 discs document the Seventies and Eighties

"...When Clive Davis founded Arista Records, Lou Reed became one of..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

A Band Called Death

A black proto-punk band from Detroit that wouldn't compromise on its name is unearthed in this music doc 35 years after recording their original demo tracks.

"...their name. According to the film, even hit-making legend Clive Davis was interested in signing them but insisted on..."

June 28, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...him the star-making slot at his annual Grammy party, Clive Davis told Time this 26-year-old Catskills native is "a..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Lean, Mean, and Smoking!

Kris McKay

"...again, pre-release buzz wasn't good; this time Arista President Clive Davis was said to be less than enthralled with..."

July 12, 1996 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Cautiously Optimistic

Fifteen Hopefuls Make Up Austin's Musical Class of 2001

"...1997's Strangest Places. For starters, she's followed Arista founder Clive Davis to the "instant major label" he formed last..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Miles Davis

Box Sets

"...Miles DavisThe Complete In a Silent Way Sessions (Columbia Legacy) It's..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Music Review by Jeff Mccord

Oscar and Lucinda

"...Cate Blanchett, Ciaran Hinds, Tom Wilkinson, Richard Roxburgh and Clive Russell. People in glass churches shouldn't amount to great..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Abra Moore

"...Abra MooreEverything Changed (Koch) Clive Davis was right. The music industry mogul who signed..."

March 19, 2004 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Dancing About Architecture

Our resident Marshmallow Peep relates the news and hearsay in and around the Live Music Capital...

"...the last couple of songs for her debut on Clive Davis' J Records label, home of Alicia Keys among..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Jimmie Vaughan loves George Bush; Jean Caffeine is back in town! hee hee...

"...as an Arista signee while that company gets its post-Clive Davis act together. The good news is blockbuster acts..."

July 28, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...hardest-working and successful songwriters music has ever known. Featuring Clive Davis, Common, Gloria Estefan, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jennifer Hudson, Cher,..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Music Panel: No Future – 1976 and the Birth of Punk in the UK

Defining a culture resistant to academic dissection

"...music weekly Sounds and now “punk professor” at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music in New York City...."

March 17, 2016 SXSW Post by Tim Stegall

Death

Final SXSW Live Shots

"...Clive Davis allegedly refused to work with Death because they..."

March 22, 2013 Music Feature by Greg Beets

SXSW Interview: Death

SXSW Panels

"...band nearly inked a deal with Columbia but told Clive Davis to go to hell at the suggestion they..."

March 26, 2010 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett

Naked If I Want To

Magnum opus on one of rock & roll's Rosetta Stones: 1967's Moby Grape

"...Grossman becoming the band's manager and CBS Records President Clive Davis signing them. The Grateful Dead was signed to..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Louis Black

Vallejo

"...of its late-album mate "Without You" to stroke out Clive Davis. As with the rest of the disc, A.J.,..."

April 18, 2008 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Tommy Shannon

'I Live in Trios'

"...Turner's moniker lasted until Clive Davis signed the band to Columbia Records in 1969,..."

April 13, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Grateful Dead

Gift guide

"...label and ends with their last studio album for Clive Davis' Arista, 1989's Built to Last. Beyond Description is..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Sheet Music

"...his dealing with his competitors, business partners, and superiors, Clive Davis, David Geffen, CBS corporate head Larry Tisch, the..."

May 28, 2004 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

SXSW Interview: Walter Yetnikoff

Ballroom Dancing: Music Panels

"...a law firm refugee brought to Columbia Records by Clive Davis in 1962, Yetnikoff used his clinical understanding of..."

March 19, 2004 Music Review by Greg Beets

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