The Country Shuffle

Justin Trevino, the voice of angels

"...is filled with what he likes to call "The Country Shuffle," a category that genre forebears like Johnny Bush..."

June 8, 2001 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Country Chorus

"...at the Ryman Auditorium the night Austin's king of country music made his debut there on Oct. 30, 1999..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Hardcore Housing Limbo

FEMA's emergency rent assistance program for last year's hurricane evacuees comes to an end

"...FEMA's Individual Assistance Program, which evacuees all over the country have been transitioning to in order to continue receiving..."

July 28, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Where Does Margo Price Get Off?

Willie, Billy, Loretta, and Nashville’s crossover queen

"...she was 20, embodies all the progressive literacy of country outlaw greats on two Third Man Records releases. She..."

Jan. 25, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Hurd Is the Word

Cornell Hurd, Austin's most prolific C&W songwriter? It's no joke.

"...Thursdays with a wicked twist of Western swing, pure-dee country, and a lightning bolt of rock & roll. Hurd..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

ACL Live Shot: Robert Ellis

Houstonite’s scowling complexity forges a southwestern flair

"...perfect hooks and sticking indelible phrasing, Ellis plies deep country twang, poignant grit, jazzy runs, and even expertly watered-down..."

Oct. 11, 2014 Music Post by Doug Freeman

The Whole Bow

Alvin Crow fiddled it his way

"...local kid done good, he grew up in a country-music-loving family then embraced rock & roll as a teen...."

Nov. 12, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Not Fade Away

The 2004 / 05 Austin Music Awards. In a word, roots.

"...Indie cred means nothing in the face of country music. To the father of Texas rock, Buddy Holly,..."

March 11, 2005 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

What Is This?

"...in which a clear sparkling brook of bluegrass and country is fouled by toxic chemicals spewing forth runoff waste..."

April 9, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

I Saw the Light

Clifford Antone, hardcore to the end

"...a typical Tuesday night at the Broken Spoke's twice-monthly Hardcore Country show. Alvin Crow and his all-star lineup, including..."

May 26, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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

Time Will Tell

"...the Life and Music of a Legend.” To the hardcore reggae fan, little explanation of Marley's roots in music..."

Sept. 11, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

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

"...Y’all, it’s about to get real country in Central Texas. Okay, more country than it already..."

April 19, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Slash

A sweet coming-of-age film set in the world of fan fiction

"...descended like a hateful pall over half of the country of late, the Austin-shot Slash is an endearing, sweet,..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lies

"...many critics have derided it as nothing short of hardcore porn. Its curious structure and neo-neo-realistic approach to storytelling..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Stranger in the Kingdom

"...Kingdom” (as the locals call their home). The few hardcore racists who do mess with Andrews or his teenage..."

June 11, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Playback – Carnegie Bound: Gary Clark Jr.

Gary Clark Jr. strips down on his way to Carnegie Hall, hardcore duo Street Sects kills the lights, and Savannah Welch makes her first public appearance since losing her leg

"...For the two old friends with backgrounds in hardcore and angular rock, Street Sects' fully electronic melee was..."

Dec. 2, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

She Was Just 17

The best way to approach music as an under-21 female: Play it

"...fiddler Alvin Crow. Soon she was singing with Crow's Hardcore Country at the Broken Spoke...."

Jan. 16, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Page Two

It has never been a secret that the magic ingredient that makes SXSW work is Austin

"...Hardcore Country All-Stars: Alvin Crow, James White, Pete Mitchell, Neil..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Heavy Western

The Derailers

"...but neither probably is. Drummer Mark Horn (six months), country's version of John Bonham, pounds his wet hair wild,..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Don't Look Back

Why the crush at the Hole in the Wall on Wednesdays?

"...dusty Southwestern instrumentals, almost in defiance of what a country bar-band should be...."

April 4, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Chiseled in Stone

An appreciation of honky-tonk veteran Billy Dee

"...Then there's Austin's country scene. Made up of lifelong professionals who've settled in..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Music Feature by Graham Reynolds

The Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks

A look back at the Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks

"...end of 1998. In other words, if anyone in country music over the age of LeAnn Rimes wants to..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Six Days on the Road

Rig Rock Deluxe Trucks Down Country Byways

"...Only Records, truck-driving songs are an important sub-genre of country music. He claims it started as far back as..."

Sept. 20, 1996 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Leon Russell & the Bob Dylan Rumor

Outlaw era deejay Woody Roberts helped produce Willie Nelson's first Fourth of July picnic in this excerpt from his new memoir Horse Racing & Rock 'N' Roll

"...Reunion the year before without its biggest stars. Another country music event...."

Dec. 25, 2020 Music Feature by Woody Roberts

Plax Coalesces

ATX punks premiere new track “What a Waste”

"...Austin quartet spewing a revolutionary mixture of post-punk, basement hardcore, and outsider rock, unleashes debut full-length Clean Feeling on..."

July 31, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Sour Notes Tour Diary

Local indie troupe cruises NXNE and all points between

"...– managing a Häagen-Dazs and playing in a dissolving hardcore band in DC...."

June 28, 2013 Music Post by Jared Paul Boulanger

Gibby Speaks!

Gibby Haynes talks about his problems.

"...The enigmatic Butthole Surfer is singing with O’Banion’s former hardcore outfit, the High Divers, and donating some of his..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

Oh Susanna!

Drinks at Donn's Depot with Austin country music diva Susanna Van Tassel.

"...have had a hard time with the 31-year-old local country singer; soft-spoken, shy, Van Tassel comes off more like..."

May 5, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Friday Picks

"...in Son Volt and the Decemberists. His rocking, Westerbergian psych-country continues to influence. – Dan Oko Junior Brown..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

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