How Do You Define Soul Food?

Adrian Miller explores where Southern food ends and soul food begins

"..."What’s the difference between Southern food and soul food?” That is a question I hear a lot...."

Sept. 20, 2013 Food Post by Toni Tipton-Martin

The Ramblin' Soul of Songwriter Melissa Carper

Following the critically acclaimed Daddy's Country Gold, the spotlight-averse artist is primed for broader attention

"...her music wrangles sounds of a different era – country jazz, honky-tonk, and a bluesy soul unfurling with the..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Country of Exiles?

Country of Exiles: The Destruction of Place in American Life

"...by William Leach..."

July 9, 1999 Books Review

Old Soul

Bill Maddox died violently under bizarre circumstances – and left a legacy of music, love, and friendship

"...Maddox played a number of instruments, says Bill's older brother – also named Ray – who owns an Abilene..."

March 18, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Jonathan Terrell, Too Rock & Roll for Country, Too Country for Rock & Roll

The inward-facing cowboy trims the fat and lets his second solo LP dictate itself

"...Two months earlier, his younger brother Emmanual, a former Marine, had killed himself. Immersed in..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Hill Country Breakdown

"...the stage stood a single microphone. When headliner and outlaw-country-rocker Steve Earle came out in a relatively neat and..."

June 4, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

The Soul of ConjuntoI

Flaco Jimenez and the Conjunto Dream Team

"...Borrego is a fledgling filmmaker. His older brother, Jesse, is a well-known actor (glimpsed recently in John..."

July 5, 1996 Music Feature by Abel Salas

Mighty Fine

Dixiecrat Jesse Dayton ain't banging his head against a wall

"...Dayton's fourth album, Country Soul Brother, came out three weeks ago on Stag..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

It's a Hippie Thing

Local Deejay Jody Denberg recalls his friend Doug Sahm

"...him conduct a band. Whether Doug was playing blues, country, rock, jazz, Tex-Mex -- whatever style, he was a..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Music Feature by Jody Denberg

Two of a Kind

Jesse Dayton & Brennen Leigh, Austin's new George and Tammy coupling, more or less

"...rampage of liquor, guns, and guitars soundtracked with classic country duets. Only at the finale, as Dayton struts from..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Friday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...and these grimy ex-Austinites have left Brooklyn for Amish country. A recent front room stand at Emo's demonstrated that..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Friday Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...ton. Carrying the torch for recently departed Professor X, Brother J ignites '06's Return From Mecca with lyrical lessons..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Recommended

"...that's what you're into. The Old 97's are not `alt.country'; They're country as a livestock auction -- just ask..."

May 30, 1997 Music Feature

Wednesday Showcases

Wednesday SXSW showcases at a glance

"...sounds like something Peter Jackson coughed up, but her soulful pipes are anything but middle-Earthy. Rose Elinor Dougall is..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Country Mile

Texas platters

"...Country Mile..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Banjo & Sullivan

Record review

"...session ringers. It amounts to Dayton's last album, 2004's Country Soul Brother, filtered through the average issue of Hustler,..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Home Cookin'

"...Jesse Dayton's Country Soul Brother is at the head of the deepest..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Music Feature

Off the Record

Fun facts from the Festivus for the rest of us

"...the Record," Aug. 28). That's convenient since the local country soul brother won't be out of costume anytime soon...."

Nov. 6, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Bigger Than Me: The Musical Journey of BLK ODYSSY

A child of funk who lost his brother to police brutality soundtracks a revolution on BLK VINTAGE

"...night, with Erykah Badu blessing the turntables. An aspiring soul singer himself, Houston scored an invitation to the show..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Sam Houston & Blk Odyssy Adds Chicken and Waffles to Their Message

Serving up some neo-soul food

"...Local alternative soul act Sam Houston & Blk Odyssy had just finished..."

June 12, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

"...his gargantuan, 500-pound mother (Cates) and his mentally handicapped brother Arnie (DiCaprio), not to mention his two sisters. It..."

March 11, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Sisters Brothers

A murderers’ row of great actors in this contract killer Western comedy

"...the movie theatre. In the case of The Sisters Brothers, my baggage is hardback and runs 336 pages long...."

Sept. 28, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Reissues

"...of the big-band era to the cusp of the soul music explosion of the Sixties, The Doo Wop Box..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Music Feature

ACL Interview: Dynamites feat. Charles Walker

Nashville Northern soul combo’s epic journey

"...Dynamites feat. Charles Walker’s third album. Steeped in Southern soul, the album’s delineating factor is its incorporation of dynamics..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Music Post by Greg Beets

Highway 61

"...are connected when the woman announces the body's her brother and declares her intention of taking him home to..."

Aug. 14, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Organ Great James Polk Works Wonders Outside the Limelight

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

"...Country, conjunto, and Tejano flourished as the popular genres of..."

Jan. 18, 2019 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

The Payback

Onetime James Brown impersonator Charles Bradley transcends

"...True to his word, the 67-year-old Screaming Eagle of Soul soars onto the Stubb's outdoor stage during South by..."

April 22, 2016 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Jammin'

Jerry Garcia, bluegrass, and third generation jam -- thriving in Austin and beyond.

"...see The Band, the Grateful Dead, and the Allman Brothers. Despite the size of the crowd, it's an absolutely..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...BLACKWATER SURPRISE: RBBS is part R&B, part gospel, part soul, part lazy funk, and part straight-up rock & roll;..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

Reissues

"...subdued morbidity of his recent croonings. Strains of blues, country, and other indigenous southern American musical forms abound, but..."

June 27, 1997 Music Review

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