Critics Poll

"...Trachtenberg: James McMurtry & Jon Dee Graham, Continental Club Best New..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Music Feature

April Showers

Turning expectations into gratitude, part 47

"...Sebastian supplied hand percussion with James McMurtry – and somewhere there’s a halo for McMurtry,..."

April 17, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

30 Rock

Thirty recordings for 30 years of music Chronicling

"...experimentation, and neo-disco funk on par with LCD Soundsystem. James McMurtryJust Us Kids (2008)..."

Sept. 2, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Austin Music Awards Show Performers 1983-2016

Every AMA performance lineup of the past 34 years

"...1990: Townes Van Zandt, Nanci Griffith, James McMurtry, Poi Dog Pondering, Daniel Johnston; An Austin Hoot..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

Playback: 35 Years of Chronicle Music Covers

We wade through the roughly 300 issues stamped with the mug of a musician

"...James White (5/20/94)..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Austin Music Awards Gallery, 1988-2007

"...Nanci Griffith and James McMurtry, 1990..."

Nov. 27, 2019 Photo Gallery

Austin Music Awards Hall of Fame Inductees 1983-2016

Never before published list of all Austin Music Awards Hall of Fame inductees

"...James Cotton (16)..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

Playback: HAAM-er Time

Being a musician doesn't always come with a choice, and rarely includes health insurance, so HAAM Benefit Day remains paramount

"...8:30: James McMurtry (Continental Club Gallery, 1315 S. Congress)..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Off the Record

Counting down 2008 in lists and casting the first ballot for the annual Chronicle Music Poll

"...ROOTS-ROCK: James McMurtry..."

Jan. 2, 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

"...in Dallas, recorded October 2004 with the late Henry James Townsend, Robert Lockwood Jr., and recent Cactus Cafe visitor..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...[for the ACC Board] ...." My name is Dr. James McGuffee, and I have been actively campaigning for the..."

March 15, 2002 Column

Checking in With Area Musicians Yielded 80,000 Words of Pandemic Realness

Stay TF home

"...Song craftspeople of every size, stripe, and sound: Kalu James, Seela Misra, Israel Nash, Ray Prim, Aaron Sinclair, Sydney..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...James Hand Move Forward Music Fest..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Faster Than Sound: Pure X Reconciles With Austin

Local rock group returns after six years, Gold Rush Vinyl checks in, and Threadgill’s closes permanently.

"...this Saturday, 7-10pm. The massive livestream lineup also includes James McMurtry, John Fullbright, Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison, and..."

April 24, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Playback – Austin’s Darlin’: Toni Price

Quintessential Austin song stylist takes up residency at Little Darlin’

"...for establishing one crucial weekly residency after another – James McMurtry, Jon Dee Graham, Dale Watson – Price's HH..."

May 18, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

2017 Music Critics Poll

Best roadshow, best new local acts, R.I.P.s, etc.

"...Freeman: James McMurtry, Continental Club..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Jim Caligiuri Exit Interview

Ten minutes, 20 questions, and 20-plus years of Americana chronicles

"...a singular artist. Although the story I did on James McMurtry a couple of years ago was pretty special...."

April 13, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Music Awards' Industry Accolades Announced

Best radio station, record store, club, and many more

"...Warren Hood, ABGB 4) The Resentments, Saxon Pub 5) James McMurtry, Continental Club 6) Austin Mic Exchange, Spider House..."

March 6, 2017 Music Post by James Renovitch

35 Years of the Austin Music Awards

Living in a dream

"...turn rounded up Townes Van Zandt, Nanci Griffith, and James McMurtry. All that and Daniel Johnston stole the show..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature by Doug Freeman

Playback: The FAQs of Austin Music 2015

Q: Is Austin still the "live music capital of the world"?

"...an impressive EP, LP, and roughly 1,000 local gigs. James McMurtry restated himself among our best musical poets with..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Welcome to the Machine

2014-15 Austin Music Industry Awards results

"...8) James Taylor, Holy Mountain..."

March 13, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Austin Music Industry Awards Winners

KUTX named Best Radio Station, Strange Brew Best Venue

"...7) Anthony Stevenson, Come and Take It Productions 8) James Taylor, Holy Mountain 9) Travis Newman, Parish 10) Howdy..."

March 9, 2015 Music Post by The Music Staff

Video Premiere: The Painted Redstarts

‘Curtains Wide’ evokes a classic ‘120 Minutes’ spot

"...Restarts – Graham, Sexton, Sam Jackson, Seth Jackson, and James Caldwell – hit the Continental Club Wednesday, opening for..."

Aug. 4, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Off the Record

A personal introduction to 'The Austin Chronicle Music Anthology'

"...at Emo's and Christopher Gray's quest to track down James Hand. That passion still leaps off the page, even..."

March 4, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Night in, Night Out

Steve Wertheimer describes working longtime Austin clubs

"...by and still depends on independent bookers. Take Beerland: James Moody of Transmission Entertainment describes the venue, defined by..."

Oct. 8, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

One Man’s View

Austin’s musical decade

"...James McMurtry, Childish Things (Compadre), 2005..."

Dec. 9, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Off the Record

The politics of Austin music in 2008: Barack Obama boogies back to Texas, a Man From Plains, and the Live Music Task Force

"...Musicians Benefit Day in October. Longtime South Congress staple James McMurtry dominated the Americana airplay charts, topped by Hayes..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 16

KGSR Broadcasts

"...stellar trio of Buddy Miller ("Wide River to Cross"), James McMurtry ("Just Us Kids"), and Sam Baker & Gurf..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Master Blaster

Q&A with Dave Alvin

"...don’t like live records, where I do. Whether it’s James Brown or John Coltrane or George Jones. A live..."

Nov. 19, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Off the Record

Ben Kweller saddles up in Austin, Willie Nelson and company share one last night in the Backyard, and Bavu Blakes and others gear up for election night

"...Bill Callahan ("John Tyler [In Hindsight]") and the Monahans ("James Knox Polk [The Other Is Better/The Landscape to Transform]")...."

Oct. 31, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

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