Say It Loud! A Celebration of Black Music in America

Box Sets

"...of black musical culture from Scott Joplin, Jelly Roll Morton, and Duke Ellington all the way down to ......"

Dec. 7, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Gray

November Previews

"...D: Eric Styles; with Rupert Graves, Samantha Morton, Lee Ross, Lauren Richardson, Miriam Margolyes...."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Feature

Nearly 50 Food, Music, & Arts Festivals to Keep You Busy This Spring

From barbecue to burlesque, something for every Austinite this season

"...clubs (including Archers of Loaf, Leftover Salmon, and PJ Morton) that come with “show snacks” provided by local vendors...."

April 3, 2019 Events Post by Alyssa Hiarker

The Half-Century Psych of Shiva's Headband

13th Floor Elevators weren't the only local psych act exploring Austin's outer limits – and still doing so

"...boasted unbeatable music at that juncture, everyone from Bongo Joe beating on his 55-gallon oil drum on the Seawall..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Headlines

"...Attacking the Plaque: House Speaker Joe Straus has requested the State Preservation Board remove a..."

Sept. 22, 2017 News Feature

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more

"...West Benjamin Blum – Ranger Games Peter Brown & Joe Holley – Hometown Texas Jenna Bush Hager & Barbara..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Innocence Network Honors "Incendiary"

"Incendiary: The Willingham Case" doc wins journalism award

"...for two local filmmakers. On Friday, Steve Mims and Joe Bailey Jr. received the Innocence Network's Journalism Award at..."

April 2, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

More From the Joneses

More music scene oral history from the Joneses

"...I remember a lot is that Mrs. Azie Taylor Morton, who was the first African-American woman treasurer of the..."

June 18, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

In Memory of Dennis Hopper

'A walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction'

"...in films such as Super Mario Bros. (D: Rocky Morton; 1993), True Romance (D: Tony Scott; 1993), Waterworld (D:..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Talking 'Bout New Orleans

Talking 'Bout New Orleans

"...fete past glories by the likes of Jelly Roll Morton, Professor Longhair, and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Others,..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Music Review by Robert Gabriel

Arts Stalwarts

Twelve of Austin's cultural heroes will be inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame at the 2003 Austin Critics Table Awards ceremony, and here is an introduction to them and some of their significant contributions to the local arts scene.

"...Beutel, Ruth Denney, Acia Gray, Deborah Hay, Kent Kennan, Joe Sears, Jaston Williams, Michael Shelton, Shannon Sedwick, Judith Sims,..."

May 30, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ether Ore

Ether Ore

"...a student of Tony Conrad, La Monte Young, and Morton Subotnick, created a series of dense, overdriven guitar symphonies..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Central Avenue Sounds (Rhino)

Box Sets

"...by artists from New Orleans (Kid Ory, Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong) or Toledo (Art Tatum), who were passing..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Music Review by Harvey Pekar

Reflections

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98

"...response to an ordinance in the Chicago suburb of Morton Grove that banned all guns. Director Seth Henrikson films..."

March 20, 1998 Screens Feature

Dancing About Architecture

photograph by Todd V. Wolfson A Big Hand for a Little Lady

"...and will soon be seen singing the Jelly Roll Morton tune "Millenburg Joys" in Richard Linklater's new film The..."

March 13, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Amplifying Little Voices

The Alan Lomax Collection

"...historical sessions with Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, and Jelly Roll Morton for the Library of Congress in the late Thirties..."

June 27, 1997 Music Feature by Karl Pallmeyer

Reissues

"...find cuts by legends like King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, or the golden-voiced Mamie Smith, but how many CDs..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Music Feature

Independent Yet Empathic

Jazz Legend Ornette Coleman

"...of their favorite vintage club recordings of Jelly Roll Morton, know that if only they could have been there,..."

Nov. 22, 1996 Music Feature by Jeff Mccord

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