A Christmas Carol: The Musical

Though touching, this homespun production was inconsistent

"...In last week's Sunday funnies, a cartoon of Marley's ghost mistakes the comic strip's protagonist for Ebenezer Scrooge...."

Dec. 23, 2011 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

Manu Chao

"...at a soccer-stadium scale. Opener "Mister Bobby," as in Marley, summed it up in a song, wafting a syncopated..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Supernatural

Santana live at the Moody Theater

"...two – Santana’s spiritual investment in Miles Davis, Bob Marley, and SRV borders on the cult-like. If he’s long..."

Sept. 13, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

A Night at the Opera

Opera for dummies: Name one male tenor

"...Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley – all long martyred – but Stevie Wonder survives...."

May 27, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

ACL Music Fest Friday Picks

The blurbing of ACL 2009

"...on his J.K. Livin' label. While Mishka's clearly a Marley disciple, 2008's Above the Bones is all Kaya and..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Music Feature

The Future’s So Dark I Gotta Wear Mirror-Shades

On cyberpunk

"...With apologies to Charles Dickens and Marley's money-boxed ghost, cyberpunk is dead to begin with. There..."

July 25, 2008 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

Saturday Sleepers

"...9pm, Flamingo Cantina Formed in 1997 as a Bob Marley tribute, this New Zealand reggae band has evolved into..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

National Top 10s

"...2) Stephen Marley, Mind Control (Tuff Gong/Universal)..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Music Feature

ACL: Life Lessons With Ziggy

"...got to take care of the Earth, kids,” Ziggy Marley prefaced his three-song, all-encompassing history lesson at the Austin..."

Sept. 16, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

ACL Fest Saturday Picks

"...your knees and say yes. – Audra Schroeder Stephen Marley..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Music Feature

ACL Fest Sunday Picks

"...documentary Before the Music Dies. – David Lynch Ziggy Marley..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Music Feature

Rockabye Baby

Rockabye baby, on the treetops, when the bow breaks, the cradle will rawk!

"...Ramones, Nine Inch Nails, No Doubt, Smashing Pumpkins, Bob Marley, the Beatles, Björk, and Green Day. That brisk clip..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

If You're a Viper

From 'La Cucaracha' to Snoop Dogg and Willie Nelson: P-O-T

"...was the official high. The grinning face of Bob Marley, spliff in hand, spoke volumes...."

May 25, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Grindhouse

Grindhouse, which was filmed in Austin, raises the bar for movie showmanship and the theatregoing experience.

"...by: Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino. Starring: Rose McGowan, Marley Shelton, Freddy Rodriguez, Josh Brolin, Jeff Fahey, Michael Biehn,..."

April 6, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Saturday Sleepers

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...Are the Days (New Door), was tracked at Bob Marley's Tuff Gong studio with Chinna Smith, Marley's guitarist. –..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Catch a Fire

Phillip Noyce explores the havoc and repercussions caused by white interlopers toward indigenous peoples in this straightforward account of real-life black South African activist Patrick Chamusso and the white Boer police agent, who hunts him.

"...and rally the revolutionary spirit) and some well-placed Bob Marley buoy this period film. Catch a Fire's only failure..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TCB

The ACL Festival turns five, and the weather gods (might) give Austin a break. Trae tears up Red 7, and the obituary roll call grows.

"...and the Raconteurs (Sunday); Cat Power (Monday); and Damien Marley (Tuesday). Marley tapes at 9pm; all others at 8pm...."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Bob Marley & the Wailers

"...Bob Marley & the Wailers..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

A Christmas Carol Roasting on an Open Fire

With his solo show 'A Christmas Carol Roasting on an Open Fire,' Rob Nash has lit a fire under Dickens' perennial fable like Austin's problem child with a grill

"...Dickens' intention all along to have Joan Crawford as Marley Dearest or Mae West as Scrooge's nephew...."

Dec. 23, 2005 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

A Christmas Carol

The State Theater Company brings its artistry to bear on that most conventional show of the season, 'A Christmas Carol,' and delivers a perfectly packaged production

"...the classic tale, the haunting ghost story that starts "Marley was dead: to begin with." We know it so..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

That's Entertainment!

Gang of Four bassist Dave Allen: 'We've still definitely got it'

"...Our background musically was reggae, especially very early Bob Marley, Lee Perry, Peter Tosh. All four of us were..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

TCB

Sorting through the spring flood of new records and old festivals, plus a deeper look inside George W.'s iPod

"...AUSTIN MARLEY FEST: Praising Jah and benefiting the Capital Area Food..."

April 15, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

World in a box

World in a box

"...place where oud and electric bass warmly embrace. Bob Marley & the Wailers' Burnin' Deluxe Edition (Tuff Gong/Island): unreleased..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Music Review by David Lynch

2004 ACL Fest Guide

Everything you need to know

"...billion (yes, that's billion with a "b") LPs? Bob Marley's band keeps the international superstar's legacy alive by performing..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Music Feature

TCB

Spring is here and there are more music festivals than bluebonnets

"...(see "Pick-Me-Up Hoedown," p.66) and the 11th annual Austin Marley Fest, which takes over Auditorium Shores noon-10pm Saturday and..."

April 16, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Reggae artist Bob Marley's mother was an 18-year-old black woman named Cedella Booker;..."

May 23, 2003 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Dancing About Architecture

The outdoor shows continue …

"...this weekend's outdoor events. Among them, the Austin Bob Marley festival runs noon-10pm Saturday and Sunday at Auditorium Shores,..."

April 19, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Sonic Youth, Liberty Lunch, July 7 & 8, 1999

"...world music remain: the Wailers' Aston "Familyman" Barrett, Bob Marley's only bassist, eliciting sounds from his golden bass as..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Third World Cop (Palm Pictures)
Monty Alexander Monty Meets Sly and Robbie (Telarc Jazz)
Horace Andy Living In the Flood (Melankolic/Astralwerks)

"...top-ranking DJs and singers, including Beenie Man, Luciano, the Marley Brothers, and Lady G get in yo' face with..."

June 2, 2000 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Dancing About Architecture

Doug Sahm returns from beyond, MP3s shake up Austin music, Hip Hop meets R&B, and the Watermelon Saga continues...

"...year... If you spotted Bruce Springsteen at the Bob Marley Festival last weekend, it wasn't because somebody spiked your..."

April 21, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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