Austin Film Festival to Honor James Ivory and Ron Bass

Oscar winners joined by The Farewell, Seinfeld writers

"...around too easily when it comes to filmmakers, but James Ivory – who, along with producer Ismail Merchant and..."

Sept. 4, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Q&A: Puscifer’s Maynard James Keenan

Long-awaited Existential Reckoning tour hits Austin next week

"...plays out locally as its namesake tour rolls into Bass Concert Hall on Wednesday...."

June 9, 2022 Music Post by Maya Wray

Bomb the Bass

Who says the guitar is sexier than bass? Not Return to Forever's Stanley Clarke, and hopefully not Beyoncé either.

"...find the guitar a sexier instrument than his beloved bass, an instrument Clarke revolutionized with hit instrumental albums like..."

May 23, 2008 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Faster Than Sound: Clarence James Finds Clarity Post-Breakup on Debut

Following high school breakout, 20-year-old Georgetown crooner sticks a jazzy bedroom pop debut

"...his high school senior year, the first concert Clarence James ever attended included him on the bill at Empire..."

June 26, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Organ Great James Polk Works Wonders Outside the Limelight

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

"...bear a sobering universality. One of these gentlemen, Dr. James Polk, Austin's esteemed multi-instrumentalist, world-class organist, and former arranger..."

Jan. 18, 2019 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Elana James

Ex-Hot Club of Cowtowner fiddles as her Continental Two burn

"...musicians saw as much excitement in 2005 as Elana James did. The top-notch fiddle player's band, Austin's swinging Hot..."

March 3, 2006 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Residential Address: Mel & James Hold Casual Communion in the Jade Room

With talent, technology, and the Holy Ghost

"...is the Jade Room patron saint, Mel Davis and James Lott are definitely filling in as her apostles. Fitting,..."

Dec. 9, 2022 Music Column by Gary Lindsey

Playback: James Petralli's Constant Bop

Has White Denim become Bop English? Which festival might relocate to the new superstage at Circuit of the Americas? Is LBJ turning over in eternity over the Beatles exhibit at his library? That and other Q&As in this week's music news.

"...For James Petralli, whose fleet-fingered fretwork, eclectic songwriting, and soulful singing..."

June 12, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

All About That Bass: Moontower Just For Laughs Takes Over UT, Adds Headliners

Ronny Chieng, Tim Robinson, Ms. Pat join 2024 lineup

"...and Andrew Schulz at the Moody Center. Now the Bass Concert Hall on the UT campus is being added..."

Jan. 25, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

The Jerky Boys

"...Directed by: James Melkonian. Starring: Johnny Brennan, Kamal Ahmed, Alan Arkin, William..."

Feb. 10, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hey Beautiful

Hot Club of Cowtown fiddler Elana James calls the tune on her second solo disc

"...honky-tonk has cleared a sizable dance floor for Elana James and her band. Since they're celebrating the release of..."

April 24, 2015 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Close Your Eyes

James Taylor and company at the Bass Concert Hall April 23

"...really, there wasn’t anything the least bit wrong with James Taylor’s voice Saturday night at a bustling Bass Concert..."

April 25, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

Newest Adam Sandler comedy Chuck & Larry is a movie full of weak moments, contrived to the point of painful, that quickly turns from wild farce to gay-agenda movie.

"...Directed by: Dennis Dugan. Starring: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Jessica Biel, Dan Aykroyd, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, Richard..."

July 20, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Senators Trounce Transportation Officials

Politicos field tough questions during three-hour grilling

"...TxDOT Executive Director Amadeo Saenz and Chief Financial Officer James Bass through a series of questions about what they..."

Feb. 15, 2008 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Fortunate Son

Bass player to the stars, past and present, Mark Andes

"...elusive Everest of the music business with Heart, playing bass with them for 10 years during their Eighties MTV..."

May 19, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Seismic Dance Event, Jazz at St. James', Feels So Good Fest, Susannah Joffe, Amigo the Devil, and more

"...Friday, head to the Frequency stage for bouncy, upbeat bass house. On stage Volcano, New York synesthete Öona Dahl..."

Nov. 12, 2021 Music Column by Christina Garcia

Shake Appeal

James Williamson's Raw Power is all in the mix

"..."Head On," complete with Ron Asheton's Band of Gypsys bass solo, Iggy's outburst comes off somehow less shocking than..."

May 28, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Living, Breathing Americana

Steve James: Sustaining Traditions, Not Reviving Them

"...interview I do starts out like this," says Steve James, "with an extensive discussion of Mississippi John Hurt. If..."

Oct. 4, 1996 Music Feature by Brian Berger

King Arthur

In this cinematic retelling Arthur and his men are trained to be a warrior SWAT team for the Roman Empire.

"...wild son Cynric (Schweiger, direct from his job playing bass in Queens of the Stone Age, apparently). And then..."

July 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

On the Line

"...Starring: Al Green, Jerry Stiller, Dave Foley, Tamal Jones, James Bulliard, Gq, Joey Fatone, Emmanuelle Chriqui and Lance Bass...."

Oct. 26, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Where the Shadows Are Deepest

The search for, and subsequent conversation with, country singer James Hand

"...an absolute gem of a country album. Its author, James Hand, surfaces occasionally to play the Broken Spoke ("He's..."

May 5, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

These Things I've Come to Know

What times are we living in? South Austin's James McMurtry spells it out.

"...James McMurtry makes up stories and sets them to music...."

Feb. 13, 2015 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

ACL Review: LCD Soundsystem

All my friends dance thmselvs clean

"...LCD Soundsystem took to Zilker. It was 2010, and James Murphy and company had just put out third album..."

Oct. 3, 2016 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Review: Austin Opera’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Sharp Sondheim staging could benefit from some musical raggedness

"...storyline sung, and a score requiring a tormented F2-Gb4 bass, flamboyant B2-C5 tenor, and sprightly Bb3-A5 soprano, operatic stagings..."

Feb. 1, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Angélique Kidjo Punches Until Crosseyed & Painless

West African body rocker covers Talking Heads & worships Mother Earth

"...near uproarious close-up in Angélique Kidjo Thursday night at Bass Concert Hall. Nigerian rhythms fuel 1980 Talking Heads shifter..."

May 13, 2022 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Review: A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder

Tony-winning musical serves pure stage magic & killer hilarity

"...Onstage at the Brutalist-design Bass Concert Hall sits a Victorian theatre, complete with antique..."

March 22, 2018 Arts Post by Shanon Weaver

Hikes and Boyfrndz Mosh McAllen

Austin twofer ventures far south on a Lone Star trek

"...“Does somebody have a bass?” Not exactly the kind of stage banter you want..."

June 6, 2016 Music Post by Bryan Rolli

Razzle-Dazzle 'Em

David Bologna on making it to Broadway with 'Billy Elliot'

"...version. The national tour of the musical opens at Bass Concert Hall today...."

Dec. 11, 2012 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Catastrophe and the Cure

Explosions at the Hogg.

"...year, Feb. 26, they worried that Sigur Rós at Bass Concert Hall would be too … staid. Too controlled...."

March 5, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Stooges at ACL Music Fest 2012

ACL Music Festival lineup announced

"...Last fall, when Stooges guitarist James Williamson told the Chronicle that Detroit's punk pioneers had..."

May 22, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

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