Qmmunity: OUTsider Arts Fest Gets Weird N’ Queer This Weekend

Plus, Trans Crowdfund Live fundraises for gender-affirming care for LGBTQIA Austinites of color

"...with Austin's only all-trans, BIPOC burlesque troupe's tribute to Motown. BSB co-founder and co-producer Sylvia Hatchett Purchase is your..."

March 5, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

SXSW and Amazon Announce Virtual Festival Lineup

Feature and shorts from 2020 fest going online for 10 days

"...Belovitch aka "Tish," Gloria Walker, Michael Musto Fellini meets Motown in I'm Gonna Make You Love Me, the tragi-comedic..."

April 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Star Parks Album Review

The New Sounds of Late Capitalism (Modern Outsider)

"...More," the maestro told Popmatters, "There's a lot of Motown in there and everything from bells and tingshas [to]..."

April 3, 2020 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

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

Rolling Stones Booked for Circuit of the Americas on May 24

British Invasion co-leaders encore 2006 Zilker Park razing

"...Presents production, wherein the band delivers a cover of Motown gang the Temptations’ “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” from..."

Feb. 3, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

ACL Live Review: Lizzo

Aretha Franklin for a new generation

"...raised in Houston and Minneapolis, the 31-year-old performer gleaned Motown, R&B, Southern braggadocio, hip-hop, and purple Minneapolis funk. When..."

Oct. 7, 2019 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

ACL Live Review: Rosalía

Spanish flamenco queen makes a splash

"...accomplish – basically an entire musical matte (just ask Motown). Her duet with Saturday ACL Fest slot James Blake,..."

Oct. 7, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Nils Lofgren Gets Blue With Lou (Reed)

Songcraft: “Fictional characters with non-fictional emotion”

"...discovered the Stones, the British invasion, American counterparts, Stax/Volt, Motown, Little Richard, Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Albert..."

May 23, 2019 Music Post by Michael Toland

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

"...in New Orleans, as his primary influence. A particular Motown legend figures heavily into the picture as well, so..."

May 24, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Summit on Race in America: Songwriters in the Round Panel Recap

Multiple generations of black artists push for music in schools

"...The LBJ Presidential Library today opens the exhibit “Motown: The Sound of Young America,” with certified pioneers Duke..."

April 10, 2019 Music Post by Derek Udensi

How a Joke on Facebook Became a Punk Album With 17 Covers of the Same Song

Austin punks offer takes on Worm Suicide song "Babies Ruin Bands"

"...Ministers of Hate go full-on goth/industrial, Brumes inject some Motown, and Sexy Charles could be Killing Joke. Babies Ruin..."

April 5, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Gary Clark Jr. Packs Antone’s for Spotify Exclusive Event

Homegrown bluesman debuts This Land

"...black knit cap, the axe grinder chopped a deep Stax/Motown groove on second supplicant “When I’m Gone” as if..."

Feb. 12, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

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

ACL Review: Durand Jones & the Indications

Indiana soul throwbacks hit their marks despite no hits

"...Every few years, a new band channels Stax, Motown, and old school soul as if Prince never happened...."

Oct. 14, 2018 Music Post by Michael Toland

Sunday ACL Fest 2018 Picks

Saturday handicapping for ACL Fest weekend two

"...Gospel Vol. 1, a soul stew with limbs in Motown, Stax, and modern R&B. – Michael Toland..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Music Feature

ACL Fest Interview: Curtis Harding

Atlanta soul raconteur stays true to the song

"...and R&B from the primes of Curtis Mayfield and Motown. Informed he possesses an old soul, Harding reveals that..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Fantastic Fest Review: Bad Times at the El Royale

Was it good times for the Fantastic Fest closing film?

"...all the bloodshed. Like an inspired cover of a Motown classic, Bad Times at the El Royale reminds us..."

Oct. 3, 2018 Screens Post by Matthew Monagle

Trumpet Colossus Kenny Dorham Towers Alongside the Jazz Gods

The Austin musician stands alone in showing up Miles Davis in his autobiography

"...Askey, the latter of whom gained distinction as a Motown arranger. Starting a prevailing theme throughout his career, Dorham..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Recommended Live Music for the Weekend

Not going to Float Fest? Stay dry with these show picks.

"...Brooklyn-based retro-soul act Lake Street Dive employs splashy jazz, Motown melodies, and Sixties radio pop. Sixth LP Free Yourself..."

July 19, 2018 Events Post by The Music Staff

Boy George’s New Life

Culture Club frontman relives the Seventies

"...voice making music influenced by Trojan Records reggae and Motown, and things like that. But you were also bringing..."

July 4, 2018 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Hot Luck Review: Questlove

Roots polymath demonstrates DJ prowess

"...sunglasses on throughout the night, the multi-instrumentalist effortlessly clocked Motown, Chaka Khan, and a litany of disco jives. However,..."

May 28, 2018 Music Post by Clara Wang

Rodeo Austin: Your Guide to All the Bands, Barrel Racing, and Buckin' Broncs

Ludacris, Young the Giant, and mutton bustin’ top the bill

"...SoCal rockers Young the Giant, chart-topping rapper Ludacris, and Motown great Gladys Knight, plus local side-stage talent sponsored by..."

March 10, 2018 Events Post by Savannah Opre

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...signs point to yass. "I want to evoke peak Motown sounds, and the Seventies black power movement," said Mobley...."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Rodeo Austin Announces Music Lineup

Ludacris, Dwight Yoakam & Gladys Knight have been roped in

"...are 2017 Rodeo Austin opener Dwight Yoakam, rapper Ludacris, Motown great Gladys Knight, and Americana juggernaut Turnpike Troubadours...."

Jan. 23, 2018 Events Post by Mark Fagan

Zach Theatre's A Christmas Carol

This slick and polished musical adaptation of the Dickens classic serves up holiday cheer in abundance

"...this show has a musical pulse; a vein of Motown, soul, funk, and even a little classic rock, pop,..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Playback: Death by David Vincent

Hanging with Morbid Angel singer-turned-country outlaw David Vincent and other dark tales of the live music capital

"...with imploring humankind to work toward a "united planet," Motown's most enduring figure also addressed the recent National Enquirer..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Formula 1 Music: Stevie Wonder

The master blaster signed, sealed, and delivered

"...delivering a cache of musical treasure spanning key Seventies Motown Records triumphs including Signed, Sealed & Delivered (1970) and..."

Oct. 23, 2017 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Is ACL Fest Local Mobley Austin's Bill Withers?

First-weekend act transforms hardship into post-genre pop

"..."I want to evoke these peak Motown sounds, and the Seventies black power movement," he states...."

Oct. 6, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Dr. Lonnie Smith’s B-3 Love Affair

Getting existential with the organ’s greatest suitor

"...Note, I had been playing behind all of those Motown-type groups: Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight, the Impressions, all of..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

The J. Cole & Anderson Paak Show

Friday’s Erwin Center twofer keeps it sincere

"...skills, his fivepiece offered chicken funk in “Come Down,” Motown cool with “Put Me Thru,” and genuine soul on..."

Aug. 21, 2017 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

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