Luv Doc Recommends: Fourth Annual Urban Music Festival

Auditorium Shores at the Long Center, Saturday, April 4, 2009

"...preponderance of black people. No, Austin is not the new Atlanta. We're not Houston or Memphis or Detroit or..."

April 3, 2009 Column by The Luv Doc

The Marcia Ball

Valentine's Weekend is all about her

"...love and affection suits Ball, who turns 60 in style with a three-day bash at Antone’s February 13-15...."

Feb. 9, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser

The Complete Motown Singles

In Box

"...affecting cover of Dylan's "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight." New Orleans powerhouse Jack Hammer (né Earl Burroughs) doing his..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

It Still Moves: Lost Songs, Lost Highways, and the Search for the Next American Music

"...no longer there, while places such as Austin or New Orleans, where forms of Americana roots she's searching for..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Res Publica

Good events for good citizens, Oct. 23-30

"...Austin's flagship library. 6pm. City Hall, 301 W. Second. www.cityofaustin.org/library/newcentlib.htm...."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature

Black Rat Swing

"...cropped hair. She appeared blissfully unaware that her once-rebellious hairstyle made its Austin debut more than a quarter-century ago..."

Sept. 22, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Ugly Americans

"...of this team, with their three-year commitments and their newfound devotion to team play, have been playing the game..."

Aug. 18, 2008 Sports Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Day Trips

Lasyone's Meat Pie Restaurant in Natchitoches, La., put the sleepy town on the map with its delectable meaty pies

"...filmed. The oldest town in the original Louisiana Purchase (New Orleans is two years younger), Natchitoches began as a..."

July 11, 2008 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Christian Scott

Friday

"...grooves derived from the late-1980s, Brooklyn-born M-Base sound. The New Orleans native tuned up for his Auditorium Shores gig..."

March 21, 2008 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Anti-Music Analysis From a Serious Fan of Music

"...Dear Editor, As a New Orleans transplant experiencing only my third South by Southwest,..."

March 17, 2008 Postmarks

ESPN Gameday Gourmet: More Than 80 All-American Tailgate Recipes

"...Johnson is well-known for his writing about all things New Orleans, from cookbooks to a highly entertaining website and..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Food Review by Claudia Alarcón

Charlie Musselwhite

Sunday, Sept. 16, Zilker park

"...on his latest disc, Delta Hardware, Musselwhite mixed full-bore Chicago-style blues with a few surprises. There was "Church Is..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Uncle Boudreaux's

There's a pot of gumbo waiting for you

"...the cayenne-spiked links of pork boudin and the distinctive Louisiana-style French bread that is the basis for the pistolettes,..."

April 20, 2007 Food Review by Virginia B. Wood

Letters @ 3AM

When your novel crawls along at about a paragraph per night and your apartment is tired of your company, then hooray for Hollywood and trans-fat popcorn: A summary of the movies seen by Ventura in 2006.

"...My mask will arrive in the mail. Revolution, X-gen style...."

Jan. 5, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

Jerry Lee Lewis

Gift Guide

"...first disc crackles with Lewis' blazing youth and reckless style ("Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On," "Great Balls of..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Kars: The Movie

Ron Mann on 'Tales of the Rat Fink'

"...toward fast cars and outlandish artwork into an all-encompassing lifestyle. Like the magazines Mad and Famous Monsters of Filmland,..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Jelly Roll Morton

Gift guide

"...became an independent form of music, growing from earlier styles including ragtime and marches. One of the genre's most..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Wayne Sutton

Record review

"...that Wayne Sutton's sophomore solo effort Walking Disaster invokes New Orleans as it does on "St. Louis' Balcony" and..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Karyn Olivier: Winter Hung To Dry

In her clothesline installation 'Winter Hung to Dry,' artist Karyn Olivier utilizes the sparest means to penetrate the consciousness of nostalgia and perception

"...The back yards of shotgun style houses in New Orleans are generally too small to..."

July 22, 2005 Arts Review by Benné Rockett

Jazz Sides

Jazz sides

"...Evolved, Nash and his chamber ensemble, Odeon, infuse their new project, La Espada de la Noche (Palmetto), with the..."

May 20, 2005 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Critics Poll

The 'Chronicle's music staff rates the best local and roadshows, new acts, and more

"...Trachtenberg: Grupo Fantasma Best New Local Act..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Music Feature

Equality

Ornette Coleman, speaking softly and carrying a huge legacy

"...if Coleman's performance resembles his gift to the 2003 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Sunday's uprising will be..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros

Record Reviews

"...hit-and-miss affairs as 1999's Rock Art and the X-Ray Style. Beats, Bourbon Street, and Johnny Cash inform Strummer's casing..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Music Review by Dan Oko

The Kids Are All Right

Not your parent's summer camp, rock & roll camp!

"...Remember when I went to Tulane Day Camp in New Orleans? We wore little green-and-white uniforms and hats. We..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Marcia Ball Reviewed

"...adult relationships. As always, the infectious street beat of New Orleans is at the core of any Marcia Ball..."

June 20, 2003 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Second Helpings: Bagels, Beignets, Doughnuts, and Kolaches

Store some SXSW energy by eating lots of carb-loaded dough.

"...staying power. They've been serving the same classic, East Coast-style boiled bagels from this same location since 1979 and..."

March 14, 2003 Food Feature

Tori Amos

Record Reviews

"...as she embarks from the West Coast on a Kerouac-style road trip. Things get off to a melancholy start..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

The Band, Little Feat

Reissues

"...The Band's Robertson wanted to go out in grand style, and staged a gigantic send-off at San Francisco's Winterland..."

June 21, 2002 Music Review by Scott Jordan

Houston International Festival

"...Johnny Brown's Gulf Coast soul to the revved-up Austin style of Angela Strehli to down-home swinging blues master Clarence..."

May 4, 2001 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Eddie & Bella: A Novel

"...by the Workman Publishing Company, a trade publisher of lifestyle, self-discovery, how-to, and popular science-oriented nonfiction. But surprisingly, the..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Books Review by David Marion Wilkinson

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