I Before E

A career retrospective on one of the lost cosmic cowboys, Rusty Wier

"...of the "Austin Sound," along with Jerry Jeff Walker, Michael Martin Murphey, and Steven Fromholz. He collects regular royalties..."

May 31, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Steven Fromholz

"...to the same degree as Jerry Jeff Walker or Michael Martin Murphey, two of his best-known peers from what..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

An L.A. Benefit, Toni Price Tribute, and More Crucial Concerts

Recommended shows for the week ahead

"...and energetic performance style brings life to songs from Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, the Temptations, and more. The show’s..."

Jan. 24, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Mandy Barnett’s Classic Country

A ‘Blue Blue Day’ for the Nashville siren tonight on SoCo

"...the pop world, there’s a place for someone like Michael Bublé, but in country there’s not that place.”..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

A Night at the Opera

Opera for dummies: Name one male tenor

"...and poor, doomed Tammi Terrell preceded Jackson 5 dynamo Michael Jackson in taking the big sleep even as Diana..."

May 27, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

Red River anchorman Frank Hendrix stakes his claim to the Eastside and beyond

"...from 300 to 1,700 people. Conceptualized by Austin's esteemed Michael Hsu Design Office, the tentatively named Emo's on the..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Wednesday SXSW 2014 Showcases

Stay planted for an evening

"...of its recent early career retrospective The Zodiac Sessions. Michael Toland Single Lock Records7:45pm, Tap Room at the Market..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

SXSW Thursday Interviews

Busting out with six Thursday SXSW interviews

"...exist in the moment. You reinvent it every night." Michael Toland Tony Joe White11pm, Continental Club..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

He Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul of Arizona Dranes

"...by Michael Corcoran Tompkins Square, 48 pp., $24.99..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

From Pilot to Prime Time: 50 Years of Austin City Limits

Five decades of music resonate at ATX TV Festival

"...the instrument – artists ranging from Bobbie Nelson and Ray Charles to Jerry Lee Lewis and Tom Waits. The..."

June 2, 2023 Screens Feature by Doug Freeman

Heavy Lifting: The Hammond Organ Has a Special Place in Austin ... I Should Know

Austin's an epicenter for an instrument that stopped being manufactured 47 years ago

"...to me play. I knew he played organ with Ray Charles and at Jimmy Smith's club in L.A. After..."

April 1, 2022 Music Feature by Red Young

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

A tribute songwriting Legend Cindy Walker, Daikaiju, A Giant Dog & Go Fever, Sonic Movidas with Carrie Rodriguez, and Temple of Angels

"...late country songwriting legend's expansive body of work spans Ray Charles to Willie Nelson. After organizing a Walker tribute..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Ethan Azarian, Soccer Mommy, OUTlaw Pride Fest, Fuckemos, Playboi Carti, and Dr. James Polk & Centerpeace

"...Outside of playing with Lionel Hampton, Hank Crawford, and Ray Charles, among others, he also led James Polk &..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Music Column by Doug Freeman

An Excerpt From Willie Nelson and Sister Bobbie's New Book

A new family bible Me and Sister Bobbie finds the Nelson siblings moving to Austin and making Shotgun Willie.

"...enjoying being close to [my sons] Randy and Freddy. Michael was doing great at law school, and the four..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Music Feature

Austin Musicians of Color Talk About the Pandemic's Outsized Impact on Their Communities

COVID-19 extends into all realities of Austin's pervasive inequality

"...the virus arrived from Asia and Europe. In fact, Michael Lee, singer-guitarist of Nine Inch Nails-esque local act 1996,..."

June 19, 2020 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Meet Austin’s Funk Prodigy D-Madness

Blind purveyor of soul, hip-hop, and reggae takes us behind the curtain

"...with Black Blind Rooster, a trio configuration with drummer Michael Hale and bassist Yoggie Musgrove. Dopeiam, a soul/alt-R&B duo..."

July 28, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Tuesday-Wednesday SXSW Live Shots

Tuesday and Wednesday night SXSW showcase reviews

"...with the ferocity of death metal. Like Split Lip Rayfield, they use only acoustic instruments, adding a wide-eyed fiddler..."

March 25, 2011 Music Feature

Aural History

Jeff Lofton, son of an Army drill instructor, sure doesn’t play trumpet like one – or does he?

"...up and do their steps; 'Oh, he looks like Michael Jackson.' That was just a totally normal part of..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Dirty Laundry

Hey, you got soul in my country

"...his 1962 Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Ray Charles created the benchmark for crossing the line, highlighting..."

Sept. 18, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Into the Vault

Breaking into Breakaway Records

"...Michael Jackson, Got to Be There (Motown, 1971): Young MJ’s..."

June 3, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

The Toros: Season Three Preview (First Less-Than-Successful Attempt)

"...of an enormous television screen watching endless highlights of Michael Jordan and Bill Russell and Muhammad Ali and Yogi..."

Nov. 25, 2007 Sports Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Stretching the Limits

"...really want to see, like Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Ray Charles, Roy Orbison, Emmylou Harris, Nanci Griffith, John Mayall,..."

March 8, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Quincy Jones

Box Sets

"...having worked with, among others, Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Ray Charles, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin,..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

INXS

"...Does: The Anthology 1979-1997 (Atlantic/Rhino) In 1988, INXS frontman Michael Hutchence observed in Rolling Stone that INXS, U2, and..."

July 13, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Gray

`Tis the Season...

When Zachary Scott Theatre Center Flies With Angels

"...what made that really apparent was once it opened, Michael Barnes said casually to me, "So, what's next?" And..."

June 27, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...Widmer; Ed: Jon Altschuler; Cast: Peter Bubriski, Jay Corcoran, John-Michael Lander, Jeff Miller, Paul Outlaw, Merle Perkins, David Vincent...."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Demi Lovato: Dancing With the Devil D: Michael D. Ratner Producer: Marc Ambrose Demi Lovato: Dancing With..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Uncle Drew

Kyrie Irving's soda campaign gets a movie spin-off

"...Directed by: Charles Stone III. Starring: Kyrie Irving, Lil Rel Howery, Shaquille..."

July 6, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Further Reflections

"...Tom Gamble; DP: Rob Sweeney; Ed: Olof Kallstrom; Music: Charles Engstrom; Cast: Ernest Borgnine, Kim Hunter, James Morrison, Wendell..."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature

The Summer Revival Spirit

Can I Get a Witness?

"...D: Frank Capra; with Cary Grant, Peter Lorre, Raymond Massey, Priscilla Lane, Josephine Hull, Jack Carson, Edward Everett..."

June 12, 1998 Screens Feature

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