Meet Curtis McMurtry

A third generation emerges in the McMurtry clan

"...Meet Curtis McMurtry, grandson of one of the greatest writers of..."

Jan. 7, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Christopher Paul Curtis

From Assembly Line to Literary Award Mill

"...For 13 years, Newbery Award-winning novelist Christopher Paul Curtis worked on an automobile assembly line in Flint, Michigan...."

April 7, 2000 Books Feature by Martin Wilson

Linda Curtis' Humble Opinion

"...Dear Editor, In response to Michael King's response to my letter last week ["Postmarks," Aug. 6],..."

Aug. 11, 2004 Postmarks

Curtis Not an 'Independent'

"...Dear Michael King, I appreciated your comments to Linda Curtis even as..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Postmarks

King of Bongo

Tracking Spain/France's illusive King of Latin punk rock, Manu Chao

"...Papa was king of the Congo..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Curtis' Independents Un(der)recognized

"...Dear Editor: Thanks to Michael King for his piece on Comptroller Carole Strayhorn's audit of..."

March 23, 2005 Postmarks

Risen

A Roman soldier is sent to track a rumor about the Christ's resurrection

"...Reynolds. Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felton, Peter Firth, Cliff Curtis, María Botto, Luis Callejo, Stephen Hagan and Joe Manjón...."

Feb. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Man and a Half

Hanging with music industry legend Jerry Wexler

"...immigrant turned window washer and a young German spitfire working in a bakery on Courtlandt Avenue near 161st Street...."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Learning the Game

Learning Buddy Holly's game, 203 tracks at a time

"..."Good evening, Austin," says Keith Richards like the King of England himself, stepping back from the microphone to..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Rebirth of Venus

Greg Curtis' Disarmed gets the elusive skinny on the sculpture whose stomach is "immense like the sea."

"...one -- Mona Lisa -- has inspired the Nat King Cole song, numerous books and monographs, and one of..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Aretha Franklin & King Curtis

"...Aretha Franklin & King Curtis..."

May 27, 2005 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Reissues

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

"...The past sure is tense. Thinking back amid the knotted exposed-nerve gratings, atonal mewlings, bent..."

June 25, 1999 Music Feature

Beverly Hills Chihuahua

It may be a family-friendly trifle, but it's nevertheless a silly, if guilty, pleasure to watch.

"...Directed by: Raja Gosnell. Starring: Piper Perabo, Jamie Lee Curtis and Michael Urie. If you are an adult going..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Movie Review by Margaret Moser

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.

"...There was a time when “ladies man” meant Tony Curtis in Some Like It Hot, seducing secretaries with his..."

July 20, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Antone’s Anniversary: Bernard Purdie Drum Clinic

Aretha Franklin bandleader rocks Home of the Blues Saturday

"...all-time greats: Nina Simone, Miles Davis, Ray Charles, B.B. King, Louis Armstrong, James Brown, Dizzy Gillespie, Donny Hathaway, and..."

June 27, 2019 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Play it to the Bone

"...written and directed by Ron Shelton -- the modern king of smart, funny, and knowing sports movies, who has..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Doctor Sleep

Back to the cinematic hallowed ground of the Overlook Hotel

"...Flanagan. Starring: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Cliff Curtis, Roger Dale Floyd, Carl Lumbly, Zahn McClarnon, Emily Alyn..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Waylon Jennings

Reissues

"...plenty of jumpy Fender guitar, and Tommy Allsup and King Curtis providing backup on a couple of songs. Ricocheting..."

June 21, 2002 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

SXSW Interview: Dion

“I don’t sing white, I don’t sing black, I sing Bronx”

"...isn’t like they’re trying to do it, or they’re looking to do it. They just do it! Like right..."

March 17, 2016 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Sam Cooke

Box sets as catalog ghetto

"...at the Harlem Square Club (in Miami with saxist King Curtis) takes the place of Cooke's final LP for..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Chaos in Rhythm

Sing-alongs and smelly shirts at SXSW

"...set at Peckerheads, I watched McLamb and his band shaking tambourines and banging snare drums in the crowd while..."

March 26, 2009 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Playback: Cherubs Flit Back

The unlikely return of Nineties noisemakers Cherubs.

"...Martin, who resembled a composite of Blue Man Group, King Diamond, a World War I GI, and a 19th..."

July 25, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Crazy Heart

At the crazy heart of the 2009-10 Austin Music Awards sits Stephen Bruton

"...Sextons bridge classic local rock to contemporary folk, Charlie rocking the globe once again with Bob Dylan, and brother..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...We agree that the initiative and referendum process for making law is not perfect. But I&R can play a..."

March 10, 2006 Column

Trumpet Constant Ephraim Owens Won’t Be Rushed

New Austin Music Hall of Fame inductee substitutes kindness and ubiquity for a back catalog

"...Ephraim Owens is striking...."

April 7, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Skydog

'Skydog' scrapes together a mother lode of Duane Allman

"...That's Gregg Allman talking about his brother Duane from a 1981 interview published..."

Aug. 16, 2013 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Cornell Dupree

"...Fort Worth-born guitarist, who started with fellow hometown landmark King Curtis, played in the Atlantic Records stable, and recorded..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Jimi Hendrix

West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology

"...the most revealing, especially disc one with the guitarist backing Little Richard and Don Covay as well as unknowns..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Spot Barnett

Live shots

"...he played a string of sublime numbers such as King Curtis' "Soul Serenade," Percy Mayfield's "Please Send Me Someone..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Hall of Famers?

"...and Liverpool ... the best. Why no mention of King Curtis, who was the greatest rock sax player and..."

March 7, 2006 Postmarks

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