Compass: Mexican Institute of Sound & Toy Selectah

Pachanga Fest preview

"...up Compass, the new project from Toy Selectah and Mexican Institute of Sound's Camilo Lara, it's collaborative. A second..."

May 15, 2015 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

The Dialogue of Poets

Conjunto Aztlan's Movimiento Music

"...heavens in eloquent scrolls. A place where the Dialogue of Poets was a state event, convened to gather regional..."

April 17, 1998 Music Feature by Belinda Acosta

In Search of Selena

"...You never knew her. Saw her a couple of times. Once at the corner of Riverside and Congress,..."

June 28, 1996 Books Feature

Cumbia de la Pachanga!

Nine hours at Fiesta Garden's Latino Music Festival on Saturday turns into a rock en Español empanada

"...Testament to the ultimate success of Saturday’s Pachanga! Latino Music Festival at Fiesta Gardens occurred..."

June 2, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Blazing Baile Carioca

Mexico takes on Brazil: winner, metal-based dance?

"...The Mexicans are coming! The Mexicans are coming! Sixteen bands from..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Belinda Acosta

¡Pachanga! By One and All

Spanish, Mexican, Texan – sated en Español!

"...Pockets of Latinos inhabit every festival. We blend into the masses,..."

May 18, 2015 Music Post by Nina Hernandez

SXSW Music: Third Whopping List

Another 547 acts booked for the 2015 Music Conference

"...To get a perspective on the vastness of South by Southwest, consider that this morning’s announcement of..."

Jan. 13, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Pachanga Fest Announces Lineup

Local fiesta spreads to include Houston and Dallas

"...Austin’s annual gathering of acts rooted in Latin music, Pachanga Fest, transforms into..."

March 3, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music Adds the Residents and a Free Latin Concert

Experimental legends plus Intocable, Bomba Estereo, and Compass

"...Conference bulked up its schedule today with the inclusion of San Francisco’s performance art veterans the Residents, and a..."

Feb. 24, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Friday’s Latinx Mega-Stream Proclaims Rock the Border, Stop the Wall, and Vote!

Online rally stars G-Fantasma, B-Pumas, G-Chavez y mucho mas

"...For Beto Martinez, the cultural synthesis of growing up in Laredo near the Texas/Mexico border, proved..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Mexican Institute of Sound

"...Mexican Institute of SoundDot Com Day Stage, Austin Convention Center,..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Pachanga!

Cinco de Mayo month Part III – the hombres: from Jovita's Mayo Pardo to Ruben Ramos' Mexican Revolution, Del Castillo, Joel Guzman, y más

"...Mary Welch, and Joanna Ramirez are the first generation of female musicians/singers to transcend the old-school macho that kept..."

May 29, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Hecho en Mexico

¡Pachanga! Fest crosses borders

May 15, 2015 Music Feature

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

S.H.I.T. – So Happy It's Thursday blurbs

"...nominated for the Australian Music Prize on the strength of extra-catchy baubles like "What Falls Away" and the hilariously..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

SXSW Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Wednesday night SXSW handicapping

"...mature approach to songwriting. Recorded in Nashville using some of his favorite veteran session players, it lives up to..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

Sí Señor!

The Pachanga Latino Music Festival's trinity year

"...musical gathering. Last year's headliners, Mexico City cumbia rockers Mexican Institute of Sound and Chihuahua-born black-hat Tejano Michael Salgado..."

May 21, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

Mayoral candidates sound off on the future of Austin music, Scott H. Biram gets back on his feet, and unveiling the lineups for the Austin City Limits Music Festival and Pachanga Latino Music Festival

"...As the ongoing hullabaloo over the Austin sound ordinance in regard to live outdoor music at restaurants..."

May 1, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

¡Pachanga! Picks

Pachanga Fest preview

"...This 17-year-old Austin organization puts instruments in the manos of at-risk kids, but procurement followed by lessons remains only..."

May 15, 2015 Music Feature by Michael Toland

I Built My Girlfriend's iPod

Stranded on a desert island? At least you have your iPodSolar.

"...was Gordon Lightfoot, sundown. Time to take a load off, either way, bury the day. Conversation assumes a Miami..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Luv Doc Recommends: Pachanga Latino Music Festival

Fiesta Gardens, Saturday, May 30, 2009

"...is nice and all, but it's a little Limey sounding and ultimately doesn't have the zest of "fiesta," does..."

May 29, 2009 Column by The Luv Doc

Off the Record

Scouting reports on Austin Psych Fest and Reckless Kelly's Celebrity Softball Jam

"...Austin Psych Fest to link the original psychedelic awakening of the late 1960s to its modern resurgence. The connection..."

April 29, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Saturday Showcases

"...SXAméricas6pm, Auditorium Shores In keeping with the recent tradition of curating free shows largely by and for the Latino..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Sonidos del Barrio

Part 1, the overview, of Latino music in the Austin mainstream

"..."Not to be sarcastic," offers Isidoro Lopez when asked if a language barrier keeps..."

May 1, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Audio Snapshots

America's premiere archival roots label celebrates the big 4-0.

"...Back in the early days of Rolling Stone, circa 1968 when it was still considered..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Music Feature by Mike Quinn

Rainey Street Bites

A world of flavor – all on one street

"...The talented husband and wife team rode the wave of interest in the authentic cuisines of Mexico with an..."

May 25, 2012 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Not Boxed In

Although filmmaker Carlos Avila grew up in Echo Park, only 10 miles from Hollywood, it couldn't have seemed farther away. With Price of Glory, Avila has finally arrived.

"...You might expect a certain kind of movie from filmmaker Carlos Avila. After all, he grew..."

March 31, 2000 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Border Violations

What happened to the thousands of unaccompanied children who crossed the U.S. border last year?

"...the Obama administration scrambled to deal with a surge of unaccompanied children coming to the U.S. from Mexico and..."

April 3, 2015 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

A Wink and a Smile

As Food editor Virginia B. Wood relates in a review of Wink, a new restaurant on North Lamar, two of Austin's longtime chefs are busy operating the restaurant of their dreams.

"...Stewart Scruggs and Mark Paul were rather unceremoniously relieved of their high-profile positions at Brio Vista early this year,..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Council: From Trash to Treasure

Dripping Springs wants to dump its wastewater where?

"...3), the undeniable highlight will be the 5:30pm appearance of "El Idolo de Tejas," Ruben Ramos (and the Mexican..."

Nov. 4, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Rhythm is King

"...and before the night is through, a small army of dedicated dancers damn near wear a groove in Borinquen's..."

June 25, 1999 Music Review by Jay Hardwig

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