Adrian Quesada and the Long Path to His First Official Solo Release

Austin's unassuming superstar is a travellin' man

"...Natalia Clavier described the 45-year-old Laredo native as "the most talked-about man in the Latin music everything right now,"..."

July 15, 2022 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Faster Than Sound: Live Music Preservation Fund Outlays Another $3.5 Million

City program supports 28 venues with ongoing grants as national Save Our Stages funds stall

"...alongside his own albums, he contributed to works from Mos Def, Levon Helm, Keith Richards, and others. After moving..."

April 23, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Live Music Recommendations for the Weekend

A rock & roll revival?! Here's our weekend music picks.

"...slow-burning raps. Snapping at times like Joey Badass or Mos Def, KTF’s at his best riding breezy instrumentation, oscillating..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

SXSW Music Review: The Veldt

Afro-shoegaze pioneers re-emerge for their close-up

"...with recent collaborations alongside TV on the Radio and Mos Def, plus a tour with Phantogram and its 1994..."

March 17, 2018 SXSW Post by Michael Toland

SXSW Music's Hip-Hop Hierarchy

From up-and-comers to rap royalty, 20 key sets to see

"...Everything." Before the Trinidad rapper could capitalize with a Def Jam debut, he was dropped from the label, wherein..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

SXSW Music: Must-See Hip-Hop

Rap royalty and rising stars

"...15, Monster Energy Outbreak House, TBA One of the most respected beatmakers in the game, the Boston-born producer and..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Magna Carda’s Golden-Era Rap Realization

The homegrown rhyme syndicate just went from "emerging" status to "fully realized"

"...the Native Tongues/Soulquarians, which once clustered Common, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, and Q-Tip. Aural wizardry from Dougie Do and..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Magna Carda

"...legacy of the Native Tongues/Soulquarians collectives (Common, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, and Q-Tip). That provided a synced springboard for..."

July 15, 2016 Music Review by Kahron Spearman

Thursday SXSW Picks

"...Austin punk-soul hero Black Joe Lewis has been his most-enduring quality. When most in R&B veered toward smooth retro..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

Playback: Hip-Hop at Home With the Armadillo

Weird City Hip-Hop takes another strike, but Austin City Limits hits a home run in landing Kendrick Lamar taping

"...Austin City Limits. He's the only rapper not named Mos Def to be featured on the 41-year-old music program...."

Oct. 30, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Who Let the Dogs Out?

A playlist for the dog days of summer

"...of a famous dog." In 1982, P-Funk's R&B chart-topper almost got run down in the street, the author's industry..."

July 17, 2015 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Who Let the Dogs Out?

A playlist for the dog days of summer

"...what happened one morning when the phrase describing the "most sultry period of summer," approximately July 3 to Aug...."

July 17, 2015 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Holy Mountain Closing Oct. 1

Holy Mountain falls prey to skyrocketing rents Downtown

"...the property, but he can't take away the time Mos Def played at Holy Mountain, or the time half..."

June 26, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Friday Picks & Sleepers

Obvious Picks and loads of not-so-obvious Sleepers!

"...has also recorded with Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, and Mos Def. He recently relocated to Manchaca, just south of..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Thursday Showcases

International hip-hop, or domestic, Modern Outsider sounds?

"...Chancha Via Circuito has emerged as one of the most compelling characters out of the Buenos Aires electro-cumbia club..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Beethoven to Beyoncé

SXSW Music panels – topics over talent. Except they're also star-studded.

"...et cetera. There are elements of it that are almost punk rock, the fury and frenzy of it." – Thomas..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Music Feature by The Music Staff

The Poughkeepsie Kid

Shadowing Austin City Limits Executive Producer Terry Lickona

"...from Roy Orbison to Radiohead – Merle Haggard to Mos Def – lensed with un-intrusive, musician-focused videography. Since 2002,..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Ill Communication: Transmission No. 1

Fear not of rap and hip-hop, but rather FOR rap and hip-hop

"...reintroduce myself. My name is....” Kahron Spearman, lover of most genres, but focusing mostly on the urban variety. More..."

Sept. 9, 2014 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Got My Mojo Workin'

Paul Oscher used to blow harps for Muddy Waters

"...He made records for himself and with others – Mos Def, Eric Clapton, Levon Helm, Keith Richards, and Waters'..."

June 27, 2014 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Old Settler’s Music Festival: Friday

Ralph Stanley, Del McCoury, Donna the Buffalo & Paul Janeway

"...singer: “Is that voice coming out of that guy?” Mos def...."

April 12, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Knockout: Jay Z & Kanye West

Rap duo scheduled for Austin Music Hall on Wednesday

"...in 2011 to play the Seaholm Power Plant alongside Mos Def, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, Pusha T, and more..."

March 10, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Playback: Major Frost

Who's Max Frost and how did the Austin native sign to Atlantic Records?

"...Jane, though it was local rapper Kydd Jones who most contributed to Frost's development when they collaborated...."

June 28, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Empire of Music

Even a new Pope couldn't top SXSW

"...old handheld tape recorder" at 13 taught him his most valuable music lesson: "There's no right or wrong; there..."

March 22, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Saturday Picks and Sleepers

"...Shores Backbeat of the Band and one of the most iconic voices in American music, Levon Helm gets a..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

Spotlight: Robert Glasper Experiment

Jazz and hip-hop go together like R&B

"...The album convenes a summit of modern R&B talent redefining the boundaries of the disc's title – everyone from..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

SXSW 2013 Film Reviews: 'Brothers Hypnotic'

A look at the family dynamics and musical exuberance of Chicago's Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

"...heavy-hitters like Prince, Sun Ra, Earth, Wind & Fire, Mos Def, and Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz), the main subject's..."

March 15, 2013 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Green Day Confirms at SXSW

Punks complement a pair of SXSW Film docs with a Moody gig

"...For 10 days in March especially, mos def...."

Feb. 25, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Halloween 2012

Get your costumes ready for these spooky holiday events

"...Showcase. Presented by Twitchy Dolphin Flix (one of Austin's most beloved and prolific indie film companies), the showcase features..."

Oct. 23, 2012 Events Post by Cara Tillman

Hornucopia

Goodwin shakes the 'Obama curse' in big win over Ole Miss

"...wide receiver Marquise Goodwin made an insane bolt between defenders for a 69-yard touchdown that led the 12th-ranked Texas..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Sports Column by Michael Corcoran

Horns Run, Pass All Over Ye Olde Miss

Ash is almost perfect, defense not, in 66-31 win

"...wide receiver Marquise Goodwin made an insane bolt between defenders for a 69-yard touchdown that led the Texas Longhorns..."

Sept. 16, 2012 Sports Post by Michael Corcoran

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