SXSW Film Panel: Nelson George Keynote

Influential multihyphenate talks hip-hop and The Get Down

"...Nelson George is amongst the last of something not quite..."

March 13, 2016 Screens Post by Kahron Spearman

SXSW Film Panel: Nelson George Keynote

Influential multihyphenate talks hip-hop and The Get Down

March 18, 2016 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

With Sharply Different Approaches, Willie Nelson and George Strait Christen the Moody Center

Strait leads crowd in singing “Happy Birthday” to his fellow Texas icon

"...Willie Nelson turned 45 on the day that I was born,..."

April 30, 2022 Music Post by Chad Swiatecki

Willie Nelson’s Autobiography at Gruene Hall

Thirty tunes in 90 minutes details a epic Lone Star life

"...Braunfels at “Texas’ Oldest Dance Hall,” Gruene Hall, Willie Nelson & Family ran through the litany of misadventures in..."

Nov. 18, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Return of the King: George Strait

Megastar plays Gruene Hall for the first time in 34 years

"...Starting out in Lone Star danceterias like Gruene Hall, George Strait hadn’t played the historic venue since 1982, a..."

Nov. 17, 2016 Music Post by Doug Freeman

SXSW Music Live: Willie Nelson and Avett Brothers Fête Ray Benson

GSD&M b-day bash for Asleep at the Wheel leader runs three hours

"...GSD&M on Tuesday night, in which outlaw Buddha Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel’s frontman shared verses on..."

March 15, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Willie Nelson, Paul Simon, Bonnie Raitt Headline Hurricane Relief Benefit

Tickets on sale today for mega concert

"...arrives announcement of a mega benefit headlined by Willie Nelson and Paul Simon...."

Sept. 13, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Willie Nelson’s 90th Birthday Tribute Convenes Keith Richards, Snoop Dogg, Norah Jones, and More at the Hollywood Bowl

Two-night song extravaganza pulled stars from across generations

"...Beyond the songs, Willie Nelson’s greatest legacy may be as a convener. From bringing..."

May 1, 2023 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Paula Nelson Kicks Butt on Film

"...probably over-served fan at the Saxon Pub. Now Paula Nelson is kicking it up as Michael Madsen's mistress in..."

July 3, 2008 Screens Post by Joe O'Connell

Segle George Fry III, 1937-2015

Restaurateur, musician brought two scenes together at Good Eats Cafe

"...glimpse of local and traveling musicians: an unassuming Willie Nelson having a quiet cup of coffee; Steve Fromholz holding..."

Jan. 15, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Strictly Business

"...her own nightclub. Notable here is the fact that Nelson George of the Village Voice, an early chronicler of..."

Nov. 15, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

SXSW Film Announces Keynotes

Fest releases full schedule, plus convergence details

"...just announced its final list of speakers, with author/filmmaker Nelson George, legendary producer Gale Anne Hurd, and indie icon..."

Feb. 16, 2016 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

In this Depression-era Coen brothers film, a trio of chain-gang escapees seek a (possibly mythical) treasure while on the lam from a diabolical sheriff.

"...Directed by: Joel Coen. Starring: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman, Holly..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Record Reviews

"...John Fogerty, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Paul Simon, George Harrison, Bono, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, George Harrison, Ringo..."

March 14, 1997 Music Review

I Wanna Take You Higher

"...the point (whether someone sucks or is great). From George Gershwin to Sleater-Kinney, Mzwakhe Mbuli to Lucinda Williams, the..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Books Feature by Simon Reynolds

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...The Road Warrior (aka Mad Max 2) with director George Miller in attendance for a Q&A. It’s worth pointing..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Black Belt of the Rodeo

Paula Nelson will kick your ass

"...Here's a life lesson Paula Nelson learned the hard way: When your father's modern country's..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Steel

"...by: Kenneth Johnson. Starring: Shaquille O'Neal, Annabeth Gish, Judd Nelson and Richard Roundtree. This year's Shaquille O'Neal vanity acting..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Twisted Williemania

On the Bus Again with Willie Nelson

"...a glimpse of the bus' cargo, 63-year-old Willie Hugh Nelson, son of Ira and Myrtle, native son of Abbott,..."

Feb. 9, 1996 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Playing for Time

Turk Pipkin's 'The Old Man and the Tee' reviewed

"...as the Sirens, the Cyclops, and Circe: a hungover George Plimpton buying a 400-yard drive, a feisty Steve Fromholz..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Books Feature by Robert Faires

The Skulls

"...Harris, Christopher McDonald, Leslie Bibb, Hill Harper, Craig T. Nelson, Paul Walker and Joshua Jackson. I never thought I'd..."

March 31, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Death of Rock & Roll

Top 10s: Year, Decade, Eternity

"...Depression. Some of the 20th century's greatest entertainers -- George M. Cohen, Harry Houdini, W.C. Fields, Will Rogers, the..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Brain Donors

"...Directed by: Dennis Dugan. Starring: John Turturro, Bob Nelson, Mel Smith, Nancy Marchand and George De La Pena...."

April 24, 1992 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Beto O'Rourke and Ethan Hawke in Conversation

Two Texans discuss politics, fear, and the power of Willie Nelson to bring us back together

"...Ethan Hawke: I heard you played with Willie Nelson at his Fourth of July picnic...."

Aug. 17, 2018 News Feature by Ethan Hawke

Playback: Willie's Picnic Comes Home

Willie Nelson Fourth of July Picnic lands back in Austin

"...On Saturday, Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic returns to Austin for the..."

July 3, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Great Are the Myths

Edward Norton introduces Leaves of Grass to Austin

"...of those hours in a haze, listening to Lowell George & Co. on someone's Goodwill couch or porch or..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Troublemaker

Ed Ward's first-hand account of Willie Nelson's Complete Atlantic Sessions.

"...Rhino Records issued a 3-CD box set called Willie Nelson, The Complete Atlantic Sessions. As always with such collections,..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Music Feature by Ed Ward

What We’re Listening to Right Now

DJ Jester & DJ Marz, Willie Nelson on Billy Joe Shaver, Lisa Morales, High Heavens, and ZZ Top

"...on "Still Tippin'," but also counterpoints with a genius George Carlin sample. If this tape came to be an..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Hyde Park on Hudson

The film gets big points for casting Bill Murray as FDR but its vision gets muddy after that.

"...Screenwriter Richard Nelson casts the film’s disclosure of this relationship against the..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dolphin Tale

This true story of the world's first dolphin with a prosthetic tail provides solid family entertainment.

"...Young Sawyer Nelson (Gamble) of Clearwater, Fla., is a withdrawn kid who’s..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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