The Body Is the Music

The Beginnings

"...origins in folk dance. American popular dance is a fusion of European dance forms and African religious dance. Early..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Arts Feature by Barbejoy A. Ponzio

Transformation Is Its Power

The Spiritual Connection

"...across that can really touch people. In my bellydance fusion, I take the true essence of what bellydance is,..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Arts Feature by Barbejoy A. Ponzio

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Spray Paint, Heavy Meddo, Why Bonnie, Gypsy Mitchell, Black Midi, and more recommended live shows

"...support. – Kevin Curtin Great News EP by Heavy Meddo Gypsy MitchellC-Boy's, Thursday 22..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Seeing the Dance

Aug. 13, 1999 Arts Feature

Film Flam

'Mud,' 'El Mariachi' at 20, and an 'American Gypsies' protest

"...on a new film, The Boy Who Played With Fusion, an adaptation of a Popular Science article about a..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

La Guitarra de Callajera

"...Gypsy music. The surging cadence, the sheer emotional depth resonating..."

July 9, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Texas Platters

"...Cee-Cee," "Boilin'...Indeed!" and the album's hottest number, "Allegro Con Fusion"). Because it's a one-shot deal, recording live has its..."

July 11, 1997 Music Review

Some of That Jazz

Compared to What?

"...Plenty of bad fusion records have been cut, but plenty of bad acoustic..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Books Feature by Harvey Pekar

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more

"...and American neo-soul into a lively brand of contemporary fusion. Their smooth, spacey debut EP Blue Skies and its..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

The Austin Music Awards, a Black Rock Maverick, and More Crucial Concerts

Our recommended shows for the week ahead

"...“Glam Punks of 70s Austin Get Up to Their Gypsy Tricks” dusted off the Texas state capital’s barely documented..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Shimmy Around the Globe as the Jigglewatts Celebrate World Burlesque Day

Austin's sinsational artists join the international festivities

"...celebration, such as cofounder Ruby Joule reading extracts from Gypsy: A Memoir, the autobiography of legendary burlesque artiste Gypsy..."

April 27, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...dual slide-guitar assault that weds the primitive madness of Confusion Is Sex-era Sonic Youth with Blues Explosion stomp. Seattle..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Oliver Rajamani

"..."World fusion" generally means indigenous music combined with pop-oriented sounds geared..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Music Review by Michael Toland

Some Like It Hot

25th Hot Sauce Festival brings the crowds

"...a commercial bottler. Meanwhile, commercial bottlers Grinders, Castaway, Trezaratti's Fusion, and Texas Triangle Grove made impressive debuts. And if..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Up Too Early

Google Streetview fashion critique from Far West Boulevard

"...now living proof that you can dress like a gypsy panhandler and still run with the jet set. Of..."

July 10, 2012 Chronolog Post

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

The blurbing of SXSW

"...his singular vision for a forthcoming solo disc, a fusion of his consumer reporting and aggressive techno, helmed by..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

International Bands

Around the world in one-liners

"...Gogol Bordello emigrant Ori Kaplan's brainchild mixes gypsy punk with Tomer Yosef's flows on this year's Blue..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

SXSW Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...sounds like cumbia, vallenato, and bullerengue into a freaky fusion of hip-hop, reggae, and electronic sounds. Expect tripped out..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Thursday

"...veers deep into The Love Below backwoods of soul-pop fusion. Recent collaborations with George Clinton and Gil Scott-Heron further..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Geto Gala, Two Step Inn, and a 420 Smokeout Headline Our Crucial Concerts

From country to hip-hop to sludge metal, get some ideas for your week in live music

"...at Thursday night’s pre-festival kickoff. Recent teasers from jazz fusion duo the Point, including rollicking instrumental “Máquina Pura,” are..."

April 19, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

What We're Listening to Right Now

Darden Smith, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Fuvk, Photokem, and more notable local sounds

"...documentarians. Sunny melodies, an arid delivery, and the sanguine fusion of rootsy involubility – country, folk, and jazz seamlessly..."

March 25, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Glover Gill’s Last Tango

Smithville swing savant explains why he’s throwing in the towel

"...He began playing there in the late Seventies with fusion act One Hand Clapping and soon thereafter with punk/New..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...in generating concert chaos, crackerjack songwriting, and an explosive fusion of prog ambition and punk's middle-finger thrust. After living..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Friday SXSW Sleepers

"...La Banda Morisca11pm, Russian House Few artists embody fusion as well as La Banda Morisca. Though the Jerez..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

25th Annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival Contest Winners

"...Mikey V's Foods – Original Red 3rd Place: Trezaratti's Fusion – Sofrito Green Sauce 1st Place: Yellowbird Sauce –..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Food Feature

SXSW Saturday Picks & Sleepers

Saturday blurbs rally!

"...the genre label hardly captures its wild catharsis of fusion. Pulsing behind the beats of producers Eugene Cho and..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

DeVotchKa

Wednesday

"...never been more true than with 100 Lovers, the indie-gypsy-mariachi-fusion quartet's sixth full-length. While Nick Urata brings a swoonworthy..."

March 18, 2011 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

Warren Hood

"...many more allow Hood to achieve an expert jazz/blues/bluegrass fusion. One obvious influence is Austin's Uncle Walt's Band, which..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Ate Days a Week

How much more food and music can you ask for in this town around this time and after?

"...The Postman Always Rings Twice, and the Friday-night (7:30-9:30pm) gypsy music from Oliver Rajamani finds its source from the..."

March 18, 2005 Food Feature

Thursday Sleepers

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...beloved for their Valentine's Day ball, specializes in a rock/gypsy jazz fusion and knows how to rock an accordion...."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

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