Amazing Grace

The lost concert movie of the nights that Aretha Franklin recorded her iconic album

"...Angeles in January of 1972, Amazing Grace records the 29-year-old Aretha at the height of her musical powers and..."

April 12, 2019 Movie Review by Michael King

Playback: This Is Not Traditional

Tim Kerr and Jerry Hagins remain unconventional in Up Around the Sun, plus an update on World Class Capital Group

"...the Sun's formula, like much of the art and music that Tim Kerr creates, evades definition. The seldom-sighted instrumental..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Betty Harris Understands

Soul singer finally gets her due

"...The singer, who plays Antone’s Friday and Saturday, left music in 1969 and only stepped back onstage in 2005...."

March 29, 2018 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Playback: Does Size Matter at SXSW?

A smaller SXSW Music week still satisfies

"...made a big deal of it. South by Southwest's Music week experienced significant shrinkage in 2018...."

March 23, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: And the Award Goes To ...

The Grammys went bust, but their local equivalent – the 34th annual Austin Music Awards – just dropped its star-studded lineup

"...television, cross-eyed and drooling, as the three horsemen of music's apocalypse – Bieber, Skrillex, and Diplo – unsuccessfully impersonated..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Best of 2014 (So Far)

Midyear playlist yields 25 tracks both local and national

"...been a surprisingly good year for my kind of music. I always complain about how much bad music there..."

July 8, 2014 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Saturday Picks and Sleepers

Saturday night SXSW blurbs

"...late-era Stiff Little Fingers, they perform for the first time in the U.S., first stateside visuals outside crackly old..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

We Were From Texas

Texas Triangle: Guy Clark, Susanna Clark, Townes Van Zandt

"...immortalized in Clark's "Desper­ados Waiting for a Train," the old, busted oil-driller crying at the kitchen table to broken..."

July 19, 2013 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

SXSW Thursday Showcases

"...Speaker. Andrew Whiteman of Broken Social Scene, along with musical partner Ariel Engle, debut their new project, AroarA, a..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The Story of Johnny Lydon

PiL/Pistols frontman and FFF Saturday headliner finds peace

"...of learning, how butter saved PiL, and what folk music means to him...."

Nov. 1, 2012 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

The Here & the Now: Best of 2012 (So Far)

Sampler mixtape for the first half of the year

"...Per usual it’s been a good year for roots music from both old and new names. Newcomers JD McPherson,..."

July 11, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

20 Questions With David Kilgour

The Clean guitarist comes, well, clean for Chaos in Tejas

"...I first heard the Clean early one spring morning..."

May 30, 2012 Music Post by Greg Beets

Off the Record

Ian McLagan snubs the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame while Suzanna Choffel uproots to New York

"...proceeds to the cause, the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians convincingly illustrated once more the way music binds the..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Blist'ring Strings

This summer the Austin Chamber Music Festival really brings the heat

"...I'd need to tell anyone in Austin that this time of year it's hot enough to fry an ostrich..."

July 8, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Off the Record

Local songwriter Johnny Goudie takes the stand while Trailer Space Records preps for Record Store Day

"...on the couch of her Barton Hills apartment. Her then-16-year-old son, local rocker Johnny Goudie, and his girlfriend at..."

April 15, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

For those about to rock (we salute you)

"...people to know we're not fucking around," Will Sheff told OTR in regard to the sympathies between his Okkervil..."

April 23, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

TV Eye

Austin gets a sneak peek at the return of Glee

"...enough to suit me. But I know a good time and a good cause when I hear one, so..."

April 2, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Off the Record

Rod Kennedy's 80th birthday

"...idea I was going to live to be this old," chuckled Rod Kennedy on Friday, his 80th birthday. "It's..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Rise Above

SST Records' Greg Ginn jams econo in Taylor, Texas

"..."It's a different world down here," the then-53-year-old reflects in a careful monotone. "I needed a quiet..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

The More You Learn About God, the Further Away from Him You Move

mewithoutYou frontman Aaron Weiss likes a good question, but finds some answers easier than others

"...down at Emo’s tomorrow night, Tuesday, June 16. The 30-year-old singer and crew were in Florida, headed for a..."

June 15, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Early to Rise

Daniel Johnson loves early music's purity of sound and intimacy, and he's not alone

"...See, he plays early music. Early, as in before the Classical Era, before the..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

These Are the Breaks

Checking in with Austin's new R&B boys and girls.

"...in Dumb & Dumber. But the look suited the 25-year-old vocalist and frontman of local nine-piece T-Bird & the..."

Feb. 5, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Honeydripper

John Sayles’ new drama is about life in a destitute African-American cotton-farming town in Jim Crow-era Alabama and the music that gave the region its mythology.

"...Jr., Mable John and Stacy Keach. I think it’s time for me to come clean and admit that I’ve..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Just a Family Thing

"...going to snicker, but I’ve grown fond of Avenged Sevenfold for much the same reason that I’ve been listening..."

Nov. 28, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Saturday Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...Whether you are fascinated by him or think his music is about as compelling as watching grass grow, the..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Starter for 10

This British coming-of-age drama and romantic comedy is fairly predictable, although the charming actors manage to keep the story’s characters just this side of stereotype and mediocrity.

"...and based on his eponymous novel and directed by first-timer Vaughan, who studied drama at Bristol U. along with..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Plays Well With Others

Why Michelle Schumann is meant to be running the Austin Chamber Music Center

"...to listen to her once to know that playing music is what Michelle Schumann is meant to be doing...."

Sept. 8, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TCB

Hair metal sneaks into ACL 2005, under a blanket of dust

"...and sung, TCB caught about a third of the musical offerings at last weekend's sweat-off in Zilker Park: full..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

I'll Sing for You

A documentary about Mali blues giant Boubacar Traoré.

"...known as KarKar – returning home after a long time gone; the heartfelt, protracted greeting from an old friend..."

May 21, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Hills Are Alive

The Hill Country is teaming with Austin songwriters.

"...In fact, for a growing number of musicians, the Hill Country is the place to play. The..."

May 9, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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