The Cult of Nick Curran Remembers His Guitar Genius

From rhythm & blues to rockabilly and punk, the late Austin shredder lived to subvert genres

"...Rhythm & blues, rockabilly, and punk guitar genius, the Austin shredder lived to subvert genres. And..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

An Easy Girl

French coming-of-age drama doesn't get what it means to be young

"...Translating to “On My Island,” it’s sung by a guitar-playing bachelor in Rebecca Zlotowski’s An Easy Girl (Une Fille..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Selome Hailu

The Girl Who Met Robert Johnson

Shirley Ratisseau wrote a song with Robert Johnson

"...in the early Seventies led her to a teenage guitarist named Stevie Vaughan, whom she recorded and mentored...."

Aug. 3, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Girl in a Coma's Nina Diaz Debuts Solo

Screaming without a sound

"...Frontwoman for San Antonio punk trio Girl in a Coma – famously named after Smiths song..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Finally Punk, All-Girl Aughts Act, Talks Austin Reunion Shows

Unbanned, pioneering punks play Swass Nite Wednesday

"...Good news for fans of mid-Aughts punk, all-girl groups, and DIY goofiness: Finally Punk is finally back,..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood

Dram Shop Girl

Native daughter Carson McHone comes a courtin'

"...his collarbone and said the gig was open. Her guitar was in the truck – she'd dipped over from..."

July 31, 2015 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Girl in a Coma

San Antonio's badass grrrl trio just needs to stay together

"...line that conventional wisdom would have put on a guitar. It's most obvious on her band's cover of the..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Not a Wussy Girl Band

"...that none of us wanted to be a wussy girl band," asserts drummer Susie Martinez. "The harder and faster,..."

July 16, 1999 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Truckstop Girl

Ana Egge's Travels

"...Dave Sanger and dobro-man Steve James (whose luscious "Talco Girl" Egge covers). The cassette accompanied Egge at her live..."

May 16, 1997 Music Feature by Kate X Messer

Review: Zach Theatre's The Girl Who Became Legend

World premiere of epic Americana folktale delights young and old

"...of Youth Programming Nat Miller was hoping that The Girl Who Became Legend – a project he developed with..."

Sept. 22, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

A Girl Named Soo

'Never the Pretty Girl'? Surely not BettySoo!

"...paid pennies on the dollar and put us four girls through college, in addition to other kids. They just..."

June 19, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Color Arc Productions' A Girl Named Sue

A melting pot of creative talent brings to life this cross-cultural coming-of-age story

"...is hungry for the American Dream. As a little girl, she sat behind the counter in her parents' store,..."

March 10, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

I Could’ve Been Your Girl

She & Him’s Father’s Day set might’ve made some future fathers

"...kept things sparse, utilizing little more than an acoustic guitar and vocal play as its paintbrush, charming the audience..."

June 17, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

MP3: Lions “Girl from the North Country”

A Dylan cover for Sons of Anarchy

"...local metallurgists recently recorded a cover of Bob Dylan’s “Girl from the North Country” for the new FX series..."

May 18, 2009 Music Post by Austin Powell

Austin R&B Cool Girl Grace Sorensen Prioritizes Good Energy

BLK ODYSSY and Magna Carda collabs hype the singer/dancer’s Zilker debut

"...Sorensen serves up an indelible hook. Pleated with glimmering guitars beside MC Megz Kelli of the genre-melding duo Magna..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Music Feature by Nayeli Portillo

Checking In: Guitar Heater Sue Foley Works on Her PhD

Ace stringer “spaced out for about three months” first

"...social life to speak of. I basically see one girl friend, Mike, and my son...."

Aug. 18, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Island Girl: Madi Jane West

Killer whale pop from the Pacific Northwest

"...Since then, she’s taught herself guitar, banjo, and the latest trend, ukulele. While her new..."

Oct. 22, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris on the fringe

"...batch of songs can withstand transcription to just acoustic guitar, with the meditative title track particularly effective...."

June 23, 2011 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Players, Prisons, Pit Stops, and Girl Gangs

"...bushy Afros. Razors hidden in bushy Afros. Snickering wa-wa guitar-and-bongo soundtracks. Welcome to the film world of director Jack..."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Adventures for Adults Abound at These Summer Camps

Your inner child will thank you for the nostalgia – and the knowledge

"...friends and just be.” Take to the Stage With Girl Guitar and School of Rock..."

June 6, 2025 Arts Feature by Caroline Drew

Johnny Suede

"...Johnny knows is that he meets his ultimate dream girl (Moir) -- a vapid ingenue with a hardcore, Strawberry..."

Nov. 6, 1992 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Genre-Hopping Hustler Quentin Arispe Wants to Be in Every Room

The Past Lives’ theatrical lead singer takes on a party girl role on new solo LP, As Above, So Below

"...always been so androgynous, people thought I was a girl anyway...."

Sept. 20, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

10 Minutes with Carlene Carter

The Carter Family meets up with a couple of outlaws

"...Cactus Cafe on Sunday. She’s promoting last year’s Carter Girl, which celebrates country music’s first family. Mother Maybelle Carter..."

Nov. 12, 2015 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Carmine Street Guitars

Spend time with the quiet artisans who make the instruments that rock & roll is built upon

"...When it comes to guitars, Ray Wylie Hubbard sang it best: “Good tone is..."

May 10, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Once I Was a Beehive

Pleasant summer-camp film checks its religious ideology at the tent

"...is in just telling a heartfelt narrative of a girl coming to terms with her grief...."

Oct. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Adventures of Sancho Panza

Guitar Techs

"...Fitzgeralds' cramped backstage. In the wings, Charlie Sexton's nine guitars stand sweltering at attention. Road manager Corey Moore glides..."

June 23, 1995 Music Feature

Love in the Time of Mitski

Creeping anxiety and no happy endings, but comforting nonetheless

"...the 25-year-old New Yorker stood onstage alone, playing a guitar she couldn’t get perfectly tuned. The singer fumbled around..."

July 5, 2016 Music Post by Libby Webster

Bob Log III Q&A

One-man guitar orgy crams into Mohawk on Thursday

"...Rather, it remains his lightening fast, highly percussive, slide guitar fingerpicking...."

July 21, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Back to Babs

Barbara Lynn at Antone's tonight

"...Southpaw guitarist and Beaumont-raised R&B legend Barbara Lynn headlines an all-female..."

July 29, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

The Pink Pick

Kate Messer remembers when she first met Velvet Underground guitarist Sterling Morrison and they bonded over the Gibson SG like a couple of guitar geeks.

"...Gibson as I would be if one of my guitar mentors, like say, Holmes Sterling Morrison, let me play..."

March 17, 2000 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

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