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"...Cash, Sam Cooke, Bob Dylan, Ella Fitzgerald, Woody Guthrie, Jimi Hendrix, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Prince, Taylor Swift, and others...."

Feb. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Blues, Funk, and La Bamba: Antone’s Austin Blues Festival Returns to Waterloo Park

Home of the Blues revives its genre mosh nearly a quarter-century later

"...Tash Neal gave as good on his vocal close-up, Jimi Hendrix signpost “Red House.” Tripping, ripping, skipping – slicing..."

April 30, 2023 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Little Richard: I Am Everything

Biography of the architect of rock & roll is built on shaky foundations

"...of flamboyance, an inspiration and mentor to everyone from Jimi Hendrix to the Beatles...."

April 28, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin Psych Fest Interview: Vieux Farka Touré

Legacy blues scion talks Malian music and Khruangbin collaboration

"...Mali be together as one. Just like Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, and B.B. King used their guitars to tell..."

April 21, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Film Review: Little Richard: I Am Everything

The architect of rock & roll gets a detailed but thin biography

"...of flamboyance, an inspiration and mentor to everyone from Jimi Hendrix to the Beatles...."

March 16, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Dreaming With Elephant Gym, 9m88, and LÜCY at SXSW’s Taiwan Beats Showcase

A six-act journey from island grooves to hip-hop chaos

"...vacation basslines swelled into crisp, fiery licks reminiscent of Jimi Hendrix, especially with guitarist Shanghua Yang’s toying and tinkering..."

March 15, 2023 SXSW Post by Wayne Lim

It's in the Rivets: The Secret Passion of Loungefly

The "geeky Gucci" designer brand makes its SXSW debut

"...expanding, into music with products for the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix, and even sports, with bags for Dallas Cowboys..."

March 12, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Sundance 2023 Review: Little Richard: I Am Everything

The architect of rock & roll gets his flowers in new documentary

"...of flamboyance, an inspiration and mentor to everyone from Jimi Hendrix to the Beatles...."

Jan. 24, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

What We’re Listening to This Week

Charley Crockett, Flora & Fawna, the Black Angels, and more

"...Moore and Ravi Shankar had a brainchild with the Jimi Hendrix Experience, it might sound something like new Austin..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

The Most Memorable Moments of Sunday’s ACL Fest

Spoon, Buffalo Nichols, and Paramore’s devotional nostalgia

"...mutual intersection – or crosstown traffic, as it were: Jimi Hendrix. All three ax maniacs transcend boys and their..."

Oct. 10, 2022 Music Post by Christina Garcia

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Californian Genius or Affront to ACL-goers?

Writers go pro/con on RHCP's third ACL Fest in a decade

"...Slovak was the band's Brian Jones, Frusciante is their Jimi Hendrix," reasoned the Chronicle in 2003 after experiencing the..."

Oct. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

The Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Fest, Eastside Kings Festival, HAAM Day, Vein.fm, Monte Warden & the Dangerous Few, and more

"...Slim Junior, whose papa (1926-1959) set the stage for Jimi Hendrix, ventures ESK into the Bayou State and beyond...."

Sept. 9, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Austin Punk Chronicles: "Hard, Fast & Unapologetic" – Raul's Shifts Into Fourth Gear

In the wake of the one-night debut of the Skunks and the Violators, Austin punk begins in earnest in Chapter 5, Part 2 of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...February, some wag in the audience yelled at Muñoz: "Jimi Hendrix!"..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Austin Punk Chronicles: The Shock of the New – The Violators and the Skunks Invade Raul's

14 days after the Sex Pistols break up and mainstream media declares punk dead, Austin's scene begins at a Tejano bar on the Drag in Chapter 5, Part 1 of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...led by Ben Marinez, and Steve Jordan, the notorious Jimi Hendrix of the accordion. Muñoz recalls seeing Shorty &..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

New, Local Music We’re Listening To

Patty Griffin, Mugger, Kalu & the Electric Joint, Horti, and more local sounds worth seeking out

"...Clapton plotting his death quicker than you can say, "Jimi Hendrix" – top-notch shredding without trying too hard. Hortillosa's..."

July 22, 2022 Music Column by Doug Freeman

Patti Smith: “I don’t claim to be a progenitor of any particular movement – I just did my work”

Ever-evolving singer, writer, & artist communes at ACL Live Saturday

"...I love a lot of the Bible. I love Jimi Hendrix. The basic ideology of the Sixties, no matter..."

May 2, 2022 Music Post by Tim Stegall

“It’s Like a Family Business, Except Rock Stars”: The Kindred Bond of We Don’t Ride Llamas

Afro rock sibling band is defiantly unconventional on new EP The Oracle

"...Hazel, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Nile Rodgers, Faith Evans, Jimi Hendrix, and that's just a randomized selection from a..."

April 29, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, April 8-14

"...LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You know who Jimi Hendrix was, right? He was a brilliant and influential..."

April 8, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

Strand of Oaks and the Cadence of Joy

Overcoming grief and exploring sobriety, Tim Showalter finds himself In Heaven

"...tail end of 2020. The first three singles, "Galaticana," "Jimi & Stan," and "Somewhere in Chicago," display a lush..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Music Feature by E. Ryan Ellis

Bigger Than Me: The Musical Journey of BLK ODYSSY

A child of funk who lost his brother to police brutality soundtracks a revolution on BLK VINTAGE

"...Rios worships at the altar of guitar gods like Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page. The six-stringer introduced Houston to..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Spirit Adrift's Nathan Garrett Lands His Astral Metal Rocket in Bastrop

Ride into the light

"...the Spirit moved upon the face of the waters, Jimi Hendrix said, "Let there be light."..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Ex-NFL Star Joe Barksdale Moves to Austin to Tackle Music

After a drastic career change, Barksdale looks for understanding and self-reflection

"...would consider my music like if Marvin Gaye and Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone were writing music together and..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Ex-NFL Star Joe Barksdale Gets Sincere

Stream today’s EP drop from retired footballer turned Austinite

"...Fisher and released his first album four years later. Jimi Hendrix, Marvin Gaye, and Star Wars inform the 31-year-old..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Music Post by Derek Udensi

Thanks Raoul!

"...I will tell you about being turned on to Jimi Hendrix at 13 after having explored tons of records..."

Sept. 2, 2020 Postmarks

The Forgotten Era of Glitter Rock in Mid-70s Austin

The Austin Punk Chronicles, chapter two, part one: glam rock (1972-76)

"...like Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, the Who, and Jimi Hendrix. They dressed real cool, wore rock & roll..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Public Notice: Ho, Ho, Holidaze Continues

"...to the Haight, from Kinky Friedman's political campaigns to Jimi Hendrix's failed open mic night audition to Huntsville prison..."

Jan. 3, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Life Is a Butt Dial: Tales From a Life Among the Tragically Hip

"...like a Beat Forrest Gump. Serendipities range from sublime (Jimi Hendrix auditioning at the Night Owl in NYC) to..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Honolulu’s Oil in the Alley to Rock the Hideout

Hawaiian trio takes the Downtown stage for an improv-fueled joyride

"...human? Dear God, he’s like a turducken made from Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Lee, and Freddie Mercury!..."

Nov. 14, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Nils Lofgren Gets Blue With Lou (Reed)

Songcraft: “Fictional characters with non-fictional emotion”

"...house, playing teen clubs in the Sixties. He loved Hendrix, the Beatles and the Stones, but it never occurred..."

May 23, 2019 Music Post by Michael Toland

Faster Than Sound: Jackie Venson Solos

Local blues hero goes solo to cut costs, city polls on use of $12 million earmarked for the arts, and the U.S. State Dept. blocks Palestinian artist Dirar Kalash from the Fusebox Festival

"..."There's always scragglers in Jimi Hendrix T-shirts telling me that I need to get..."

April 12, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

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