The Return of Ellen Fullman & The Long String Instrument

The Bay Area composer performs with Austin's New Music Co-op

"...with herself and others walking among and manipulating the 100-foot-long wires of her now-legendary Instrument...."

Aug. 10, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

"Maria Chávez: String Room"

With this interactive sound installation, it’s hard to tell whether it’s more about music or not-music

"...Maria Chávez's "String Room" is a collection of steel piano strings pulled..."

April 28, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

The Thousand-String Guitar

Austin gets the world jazzed about classical guitar

"...11 share – left foot up on a footrest, instrument resting against the inner left thigh, left hand on..."

June 18, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Exit Interview: So Long, Jeff Pinkus

BH Surfers/Honky/Melvins bassist off to Asheville, banjo on his knee

"...of Austin for 35 years in bands including Daddy Longhead, Areola 51, Moistboyz, Pure Luck, the Jackofficers, and Honky...."

May 1, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Long Center for the Performing Arts: Opening the house before it opens

The long-awaited cultural facility throws wide its doors for four days of free performances and tours

"...of March to get your first taste of the Long Center for the Performing Arts, but why? – when..."

March 7, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ellen Fullman

The former Austinite returns to turn Seaholm into a giant stringed instrument

"...Ellen Fullman is returning to Austin to play her Long String Instrument here for the first time in 12..."

March 12, 2010 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Year's Cheers

The nominees for the 2010 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...The Cherry Orchard, Breaking String Theater..."

May 14, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Platters

"...DEEP LISTENING BAND & THE LONG STRING INSTRUMENT..."

April 11, 1997 Music Review

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

It's a Russell Crowe's nest of a performance in this seafaring adventure.

"...very much a rollicking and explosive chronicle of one long naval battle and all of which that implies, retains..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Music in Architecture – Architecture in Music

More songs about buildings and space

"...town turned the Seaholm Power Plant into a musical instrument with her 100-foot-long Long String Instrument, is back to..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Charles Lloyd Marvels

Swimming and soaring with the saxophone great

"...Coast jazz titan since the Fifties, saxophonist Charles Lloyd’s long career maps enough hills and valleys to create a..."

Jan. 24, 2018 Music Post by Michael Toland

Dancing About Architecture

Eyes on the Prize

"...the list and let me know when it's gotten long enough for you to start bitching about how all..."

Feb. 21, 1997 Music Column

Culture Class

The 2009-2010 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Ellen Fullman & the Long String Instrument, New Music Co-op Choral Performance..."

June 11, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Tony Visconti Part 1

"...case of Alejandro, getting very, very involved in the string arrangements of the band. I’ve been arranging strings for..."

June 19, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Dueling Banjos

Is old-time music Austin's next big thing?

"...the dance floor and playing banjos, fiddles, and other instruments associated with Appalachian folk music. They'll be huddled in..."

March 30, 2007 Music Feature by Mark Rubin

'Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey'

"...in the air while not holding a readily apparent instrument. He made the most amazing sounds I had ever..."

July 25, 2008 Music Feature by Bill Elm

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...Sub Pop's current Sub Pop Singles Club release schedule, alongside Jonathan Richman, Bright Eyes, the Promise Ring, and the..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

For the Sick: An Interview With Michael D. Williams

A post-jail interview with Eyehategod's frontman.

"...definition of Southern discomfort, setting in motion a complicated string of events that ultimately forced him to abandon his..."

June 20, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

2 Kool 2 Be 4gotten

"...$29.95 hard) makes a good case, though, for the string instrument as an icon of the times. Like their..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Warren Hood Settles Into Strange Brew

Second generation fiddler finds a home for Sunday residency

"...the Berklee School of Music, he took home the String Achievement Award. Later, he played with San Fransisco’s Waybacks..."

April 30, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

The Miller's Tale

Swinging across the century with Ernie Mae Miller, 'a little blues, a little bawdy'

"...Both studied to be Methodist ministers, and L.C. taught alongside Booker T. Washington in Tuskegee, Ala., before joining Ernest,..."

July 6, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

We Asked Writers To Review Bands They’d Never Seen Before at Free Week in Austin

First looks at Dregs, Chief Cleopatra, Exotic Fruits, Nuclear Daisies

"...Free Week 2023 landed the largest in recent memory. Long lines wrapped venues in the Red River Cultural District,..."

Jan. 9, 2023 Music Post by Nayeli Portillo

Back-to-School Guide: Stores to Shop Your Way Into Austin Music

Dress for the job you want: stylish scenester – plus recommendations on record shops and instrument stores

"...want," if you're interested in becoming a sweaty, second-row, bobbing-along, music scene townie, a splashy T-shirt is a great..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

ACL Review: Car Seat Headrest

College rockers eschew Tom Petty for Neil Young

"...Will Toledo has come a long way from recording in the backseat of his car...."

Oct. 8, 2017 Music Post by Michael Toland

Off the Record

SXSW news and carryings on

"...Fab Four's 185 songs is translated through Hawaii's favorite four-string instrument, helmed by organizer Roger Greenawalt with help from..."

March 19, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Day Trips

Tyler, Texas' own City of Roses.

"...the self-proclaimed "Rose Capital of the U.S." celebrates its long love affair with America's favorite flower with the annual..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Hill Country Breakdown

"...soundchecks and guitar tunings, was bare except for a long table toward the back, filled with water bottles and..."

June 4, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Austin Goes Classical

This week of musical events expanded our sense of what classical guitar can be

"...Dell Hall, Long Center for the Performing Arts..."

July 2, 2010 Arts Review by Robert Faires

A Guide to Austin Classical Music

The virtuosi who know the score and make beautiful music happen here

"...music for orchestras and symphonic bands, chamber pieces for instruments of all kinds, art songs, operas, cantatas, scores for..."

April 26, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Man and a Half

Hanging with music industry legend Jerry Wexler

"...watching Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Mel Ott hit long balls; Grand Illusion and Un Chien Andalou at the..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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