Top 10 Ensembles of 2012

The year's most memorable groupings in classical music, dance, and theatre

"...1) ENSEMBLE VIII Within a few years, we'll see this choral..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Arts Feature by Adam Roberts

ECM New Series

"...Series, the child of highly respected jazz and world music parent ECM, regales with modern symphonies, early music chants,..."

May 21, 2004 Music Review by David Lynch

May I Have the Envelope, Please?

The 2004-2005 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...made remarkable contributions in the areas of dance, classical music, theatre, and the visual arts...."

June 10, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Like the Wind, Kiko Villamizar Pushes the Culture Forward

Austin's Colombian instigator brings his music, message, and mission to Todo el Mundo

"...The Barranquero, or Andean motmot, is an early-rising bird that lives in the Colombian mountains and vocalizes..."

Feb. 4, 2022 Music Feature by Clara Wang

First Listen: East Cameron Folkcore’s Election Ode

Heavy folk orchestra’s seasonal anthem

"...CMJ showcase in New York City, politically-dissenting hard folk ensemble East Cameron Folkcore has returned to the big red..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

IFP Gotham Awards Announced

Linklater, Zellners among Texans who score nods

"...time closer to the holidays, but hey, Christmas came early for Austin filmmakers given the nod by the IFP..."

Oct. 18, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Friday Showcase Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...ago in San Francisco, TKO has put out blistering music from Austin's Dead End Cruisers, Ritchie Whites, Ends, and..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Austin Theatre Critics Table 2000-2001 Nominations

The Austin Theatre Critics Table have announced the nominations for their ninth annual awards for achievement in the arts.

"...Rob Curran (art), Jamie Smith Cantara (theatre), Mike Huebner (music), Dawn Davis Loring (dance), Sondra Lomax (dance), Moira Muldoon..."

May 18, 2001 Arts Feature

The Most Memorable Moments of Friday’s ACL Fest

Megan, Miley, Maidza, and one really long line

"...are the favorite moments witnessed by the Austin Chronicle music writers on site...."

Oct. 2, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Taps Baby Rose, Heart Bones & Laundry Day

108 more acts added to music fest

"...Southwest focuses back on the slow pour of their music talent pool. Highlighting today’s list: buzzing R&B voice Baby..."

Feb. 13, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Fall Arts Issue Critics Picks

From the arts harvest, our critics pluck choice treats

"...I'm a theatre writer. I know little about early music or Baroque choral compositions – but I can..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Art Aid

In the wake of Katrina, Austin artists do their part to help

"...from Hurricane Katrina, Austin arts organizations and individual artists, musicians, comedians, puppeteers, drama educators, and a rainbow of performers..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Arts Feature by Heather Barfield Cole

L'Orontea

The Texas Early Music Project's concert rendering of this Baroque gem L'Orontea left no doubt as to the opera's musical pleasures

"...The Texas Early Music Project's concert rendering of this Baroque gem in..."

May 7, 2004 Arts Review by Jerry Young

Nicholas Nickleby

Charles Dickens' picaresque teems with wonderful performances and bright direction by McGrath (who also did the same for Jane Austen in Emma).

"...staged a much-celebrated nine-and-a-half hour stage production in the early Eighties. McGrath's production runs a little more than two..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Off the Record

The fast and the furious: the sentencing of J Kapone, Steve Wertheimer's Hot Rod Revolution, and 'How to Tour in a Band or Whatever'

"...Grip, The Re-Up 2.0, when he was apprehended in early March by Memphis Drug Enforcement Administration agents while attending..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Monteverdi's 'Vespers of 1610': Heaven, I'm in Heaven

For Jeffrey Jones-Ragona and Daniel Johnson, performing Monteverdi's divine 'Vespers of 1610' in its entirety at St. Mary's Cathedral is a dream come true

"...grandeur was completed, Jeffrey Jones-Ragona, the church's director of music, had an idea. "It occurred to me while I..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Film Festival Review: The Humans

Claustrophobic Broadway adaptation is horrifyingly astute

"...hallmarks of a clear stage-to-screen adaptation: a single location ensemble piece that evokes the feeling its characters are existing..."

Oct. 25, 2021 Screens Post by Trace Sauveur

Break Into the Future

It's a new day for chamber music, as the Austin Chamber Music Festival shows

"...The Austin Chamber Music Festival is once again upon us, so may we..."

July 3, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Putting It Together

The Austin Symphony's Peter Bay on Leading an Orchestra, Interpreting a Score, and Seeing Music

"...on the podium is to see a conductor leading musicians as if he were the music itself -- his..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Benson Boone, La Sécurité, Ken Pomeroy, and More Reviews From Tuesday of SXSW

Plus: Lars Ulrich pumps up new Apple Vision Pro experience

"...Rolling Stone’s recurring Future of Music showcase launched on Tuesday, which meant jumpsuit-loving pop star..."

March 12, 2025 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Of Montreal, Pixies, Kinky Curly Coily Fest, and More Crucial Concerts

Recommended live music for your week

"...Sunbird Fest: A Music, Film, Art, Education Festival for Palestine..."

June 21, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Pride in Local Music, Brownout's 20th, the Late Joys' farewell, and more live music

"...Pride in Local Music 200 block, West Fourth, Saturday 24..."

June 23, 2023 Music Column by Doug Freeman

Fast Forward Austin Does Compute

New-music champions science the shit out of its upcoming concert with The Difference Engine

"...Blue to solve this equation: (innovative local composers + musicians willing to tackle new work) x several hours of..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Q&A: Henry Threadgill

Master improviser speaks on sustaining creativity

"...City-stationed composer, flutist, and sax player appears at UT’s Music Recital Hall on Friday for a workshop and Q&A,..."

April 6, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Armadillo Tales

A review of the best book on Austin’s 1970s music scene since The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock

"...by Southwest road trip to perform at a secret music fest fueled by gas generators and psychedelics in the..."

April 7, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Five Nights on Dirty Sixth

Is Dirty Sixth Street the wasteland the music scene makes it out to be? Five straight nights answer loud and clear.

"...here where they'll be sold a fugazi of Austin music...."

July 17, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Off the Record

Round five for the Cactus Cafe and the Texas Union board: The gloves come off

"...pushed for the privatization of the Union in the early 1990s, a move that effectively replaced the Union Dining..."

March 5, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Roscoe Beck helps bring the Tower of Song to Austin, and wine-tasting with Maynard James Keenan

"..."There was an instant personal rapport. The music came very easily."..."

April 3, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Pinetop Perkins leads local Grammy nominations; The Heartless Bastards' Erika Wennerstrom relocates to Austin; the Invincible Czars re-envision Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Suite

"...come up the hard way in the world, playing music, doing the best I could. I can't play bass..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Barreling down the Big State Festival and going to 11 with the Paul Green School of Rock Music

"...King of the Hill audience. More than 50 country music artists from both sides of the Red River, including..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

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