Best of 2014 (So Far)

Midyear playlist yields 25 tracks both local and national

"...hard and fast. All that’s not to ignore NRBQ, Johnny Cash, Eliza Gilkyson, Drive-By Truckers, and Rodney Crowell...."

July 8, 2014 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Prince Charming: Adam Ant

King of the Wild Frontier returns to Austin – tonight

"...suspect may have been a big influence on you: Johnny Kidd & the Pirates...."

July 26, 2013 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Earl Poole Ball

Pianorama

"...Mississippi, California, Tennessee, and finally Austin. He's worked with Johnny Cash, Gram Parsons, Buck Owens, Wanda Jackson, Merle Haggard,..."

July 19, 2013 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash

"...Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash(Legacy)..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Music Review by Abby Johnston

'Sweet Land of Liberty'

The musical melting pot from new U.S. citizen Michelle Schumann was sweet indeed

"...Mark O'Connor. Fraught with grief after the death of Johnny Cash, O'Connor sought to commemorate his idol with the..."

April 23, 2010 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman

Naked City

"...Mean Eyed Cat is an eclectic beer-bar shrine to Johnny Cash, with much supporting memorabilia; owner Chris Marsh named..."

June 15, 2007 News Feature

The Last Rock & Roll Deejay

KLBJ cans legendary Johnny Walker

"...For 16 years Johnny Walker was part of Austin rock & roll radio,..."

April 13, 2007 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Music for the Eyes

Annie Leibovitz's portraits of American musicians reveal her true oeuvre

"...or defines in visuals the closeness between Rosanne and Johnny Cash on the porch of the Carter Family home...."

July 8, 2005 Arts Feature by Margaret Moser

Dancing About Architecture

The Lunch's Last Supper

"...rest. Keeping with the theme of classic country artists, Johnny Cash pianist Earl Poole Ball has taken up something..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Record Reviews

Barbarito Torres

"...Flatt's band in his teens and a sideman for Johnny Cash not long after that, he's a fancy picker..."

July 9, 1999 Music Review

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...songwriting, where the craft is more important than the cash, and counts highly praised albums such as Whisper and..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Record Reviews

"...Petty & the Heartbreakers, Paul Simon, George Harrison, Bono, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and Paul..."

March 14, 1997 Music Review

On the Threshold

Slaid Cleaves

"...called it my treasure trove," says Cleaves. "There was Johnny Cash, and Buddy Holly, and old reel-to-reel tapes and..."

Feb. 21, 1997 Music Feature

Party on the Patio

Live review of ZZ Top's 1st Annual La Grange Fest.

"...Never mind Johnny Depp and Billy Gibbons joining Bill Carter onstage at..."

Oct. 24, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Johnny Cash

"...Johnny CashJohhny Cash at Folsom Prison (Columbia/Legacy)..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Music Review by Daniel Mee

How the West Was Won

SXSWUK 2008

"...lost profits. Thou shalt not take the names of Johnny Cash, Joe Strummer, Johnny Hartman, Desmond Dekker, Jim Morrison,..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Review: Little Richard: I Am Everything

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

"...rock & roll, like The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash or Elvis Presley: The Searcher, found far more..."

March 16, 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

"...rock & roll, like The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash or Elvis Presley: The Searcher, found far more..."

Jan. 24, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory

Departing Chronicle Music Editor Raoul Hernandez passes the reigns [sic] to Kevin Curtin with 10 anecdotes from 27 years.

"...for every Stones date within a 1,500-mile radius. 2) Johnny Cash @ Emo's (1994)..."

July 23, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Federico Archuleta Has More Murals to Make

The artist who made “‘Til Death Do Us Part” isn’t letting the pandemic stop him from making art

"...city's streetscape with dozens of works: beautiful portraits of Johnny Cash, the Clash, ZZ Top, Buddy Holly, Stevie Ray,..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Billy Joe Shaver Gets His Wings

Country songwriting sage (1939-2020) reunites with beloved son Eddy

"...In the ensuing years, Shaver's compositions were covered by Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, John Anderson, and Elvis Presley, who..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Harry Chapin: When in Doubt, Do Something

The "Cat's in the Cradle" musician who was so much more

"...Simpsons), movies (Eddie Murphy braying it in Shrek), and Johnny Cash – to reveal the Seventies storyteller’s cause for..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Movie Review by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Film Review: Amazing Grace

Two nights with the incomparable Aretha Franklin

"...One of those was The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash, in which the legendary singer recalls his mother..."

March 17, 2019 SXSW Post by Michael King

The Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo Turns 50

The landmark album spins at the Moody Theater via two of its makers and their virtuosic friends

"...country act, the Desert Rose Band. Ball played with Johnny Cash, intersecting with Marty Stuart's five-year residency in the..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Page Two: God Is Alive, Magic Afoot, and Music Everywhere

Egmont Street was where we discovered Risk, Quaaludes, phone phreaking – and some of the greatest albums ever made

"...& Nash. Stand! by Sly & the Family Stone. Johnny Cash's At San Quentin. Neil Young's Everybody Knows This..."

June 23, 2017 Column by Louis Black

An Unrelated Note ...

"...code regulations (i.e., the place was packed due to Johnny Cash) they weren't letting anyone in unless someone left...."

June 6, 2017 Postmarks

Spoon's Hot Thoughts Remodels the Locals' Art-Funk

Britt Daniel and Jim Eno talk about the rise of R&B in the band's sound

"...rock and hip-hop süper producer Rick Rubin is helping: Johnny Cash...."

June 2, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Logan

Hugh Jackman sports those famous mutton chops for the final time

"...seals Logan with a gravitas kiss by way of Johnny Cash’s biblically-minded “The Man Comes Around” as exit music,..."

March 3, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Music: Third Whopping List

Another 547 acts booked for the 2015 Music Conference

"...the big list: The 69 Cats, Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash, Bee Caves, Beto y los Fairlanes, Birdlegg, Black..."

Jan. 13, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me

Touching documentary captures Campbell's final tour, which is made more poignant and brave because of the musician's worsening Alzheimer's.

"...As one of the producers of the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line, director James Keach knows..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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