ACL Music Fest Saturday Listings

The blurbing of ACL 2011

"...Following last year's excellent debut EP for Austin's Insect Records, the trio just dropped a digital single, "Hot New..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Music Feature

Come and Take It

Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears' lightning strike sophomore disc, Scandalous, stops in for a G&T at the Mustang Ranch

"...Robert Earl Keen – still sells respectably at Waterloo Records. Now, with last month's follow-up, Scandalous, lightning strikes twice...."

April 8, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Loaded Dice

Less is no longer more to Iron & Wine's Sam Beam

"...imagistic narratives wholly embellished with brushes of 1970s pop, Motown soul, and a sonic experimentation as potentially divisive as..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Saturday Picks & Sleepers

One last night of band blurbs!

"...Continental Club Forty years ago, Andre Williams sang for Motown and Chess and penned hits for Stevie Wonder, Ike..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

The Chopping Block

"...Geffen Records..."

March 20, 1998 News Feature

Ways to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop in Austin

The Illharmonic Orchestra, Bavu Blakes, and more reflect on the genre's golden jubilee

"...high-energy vinyl set. As Herc mixed funk and soul records into a rapid succession of rhythmic breaks, MCs spun..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood

21 Austin Rappers to Know in ’21

A hard-cut list of MCs proving the local hip-hop scene’s legitimacy

"...House, the business-minded rapper signed to indie label Babygrande Records last December. Hoody Rap (Chucky Conway + Feddi Brosevelt)Recommendation:..."

June 25, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...Make You Love Me D: Karen Bernstein Fellini meets Motown in I'm Gonna Make You Love Me, one man’s..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hot Luck Music Headliners Dig Into the Festival Menu

Talking turkey with Archers of Loaf, Erika Wennerstrom, Robert Ellis, Sunflower Bean, the Suffers, and PJ Morton

"...wine and then start preparing food. Just listening to records and hanging out is a really fun communal experience...."

May 24, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Organ Great James Polk Works Wonders Outside the Limelight

We speak with Austin’s esteemed multi-instrumentalist and former arranger for Ray Charles

"...1958, Austinites such as trumpet great Kenny Dorham and Motown arranger Gil Askey drove their respective scenes. Just Plain..."

Jan. 18, 2019 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Dr. Lonnie Smith’s B-3 Love Affair

Getting existential with the organ’s greatest suitor

"...Good debut in 1967 before moving to Blue Note Records the following year and recording a series of soul-jazz..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Playback: Sunday Morning Coming Down

Last Sunday marked the death of two Austin music connectors; plus, in regards to local public policy, Mayor Steve Adler calls

"...private until last month. Even with his Music Road Records partner, in attendance at the Paramount, offering to finance..."

May 26, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Top 40 Vices Playlist

A walk on the wild side with songs of the seven deadly sins

"...true/ But what it don't get, I CAN'T USE!" Motown's first hit peaked at No. 2 R&B and No...."

Jan. 6, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

SXSW Tuesday Picks & Sleepers

First night SXSW blurbing

"...Young Songwriting Competition in the bargain. The group's Harvest Records debut arrives later this year. – Michael Toland..."

March 7, 2014 Music Feature

Playback: HAAM-er Time

Being a musician doesn't always come with a choice, and rarely includes health insurance, so HAAM Benefit Day remains paramount

"...Silhouettes hit with "Get a Job," to which Detroit's Motown kings Smokey Robinson & the Miracles answered with "Got..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Lace Curtains

"...of Joy and the Well of Loneliness (Female Fantasy Records)..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Music Review by Austin Powell

Water to Wine

One lifetime and 34 seconds is all it took for Nakia to find his Voice

"...Birmingham, interning for producer Brendan O'Brien's Sony imprint 57 Records in Atlanta, and landing in marketing for Aware Records..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

SXSW Wednesday Interviews

"...Gerard Cosloy could vouch for that. The Matador Records co-owner cited the group's Beerland gigs as the main..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

Crossroads 3

I went up to the Crossroads – and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – fell down on my knees

"...1100 Rock and Roll Blvd.: Downstairs, past Motown motor James Jamerson's upright bass and Elvis Presley's Smith..."

July 2, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Voodoo Lounge

That ol' black magic, West African style

"...stood out to me was the production on the records – raw, heavy grooves that still feel like the..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Grunge, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bob Seger, The Rolling Stones, and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

'Picture book of people with each other'

"...it for free. Then buy the vinyl for posterity. Records include digital doppelgangers now anyway. Fetish means never having..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Wednesday Picks

"...energy into a debut on the local Business Deal Records soon. – Audra Schroeder Bruce Robison..."

March 7, 2008 Music Feature

In Her Own Time

Haunting the dark corners of Karen Dalton

"...Covering the breadth of her character, Dalton's Capitol Records rollout includes tunes from Neil, Hardin, Jelly Roll Morton,..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Off the Record

Scaling the Wall of Sound Festival in Fort Worth, paying respect to late blues great Gary Primich, and readying for the second annual HAAM Benefit Day

"...band, told tales of traveling wonderment, spiced with newfound Motown vibes. Among the more established acts, the Sword bruised..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Hey, Hey, Hey!

No. 2 hit from 1965, 'Treat Her Right,' by Roy Head & Gene Kurtz: 'Just one of them songs that hangs around"

"...the early-Sixties charts were bloated with treacly pop. Even Motown's fabulous soul stable formulated their music for suburban whites..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

What's Happening?

Ruta Maya toasts the Summer of Love

"...Warhol and the Velvet Underground in New York, Stax Records in Memphis, the Beatles, Pink Floyd, and Jimi Hendrix..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Critics Poll

"...Best Local ShowGreg Beets: Almost There Records' tribute to Neil Young, Stubb's..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Music Feature

ACL Music Festival Interviews

"...the Detroit-bred soul singer recorded for classic imprints like Motown, Atlantic, and Epic, and while she never became a..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Flowing Over

More with Craig Brewer

"...Michael Jackson moonwalk for the first time on the Motown [television] special and staying up all night long with..."

July 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Lousy With Desire

Soulman Walter Tragert and the light at the end of the tunnel

"...by the art of songwriting as it is by Motown ("SXSW Records," Music, March 19, 2004)..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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