Odetta Sings!

A blues legend shines on Austin

"...debut, The Tin Angel, and seminal 1956 album Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues cemented her reputation as one of..."

June 5, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Conspirare Sings at Matthew Shepard Interment

Austin choral ensemble performed at National Cathedral service

"...has garnered many honors through the years, but the one it received this week may be the greatest of..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Jared Leto Sings for Kids in Foster Care

Then invites them to 30 Seconds to Mars concert

"...foster care or who have been adopted. “Fifty-three!” shouted one. Another guessed “Fifty-two!” The 46-year-old actor/musician grimaced then chuckled,..."

April 5, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

DVDanger: The Story of Cinema, Part One

Four documentaries examine four film legacies

"...them, that cannot be contained within the narrative of one single production...."

Sept. 2, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

One Vote

From Alaska to Kentucky, the clear importance of voting

"...same presidential candidate, but they all strongly agree on one thing: The ability to vote in this country is..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things

The life and legacy of the First Lady of Jazz

"...According to Ella Fitgerald: Just One of Those Things, “Mama Jazz” (1917-96) went on to..."

June 19, 2020 Movie Review by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Music Review: British Music Embassy Sings the Razor’s Edge

The two biggest trends currently importing from the UK

"...in-person this year, Black Country, New Road would’ve been one of the must-see acts to catch, the band buzzed..."

March 18, 2021 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Typical One Percenters

"...winds its way down my right cheek. A violin sings. Meanwhile, where are the opponents to this example of..."

July 13, 2012 Postmarks

Of Thee She Sings

A conversation with Sarah Vowell, America's patriot laureate

"...so has her scope: In recent years, she's mostly abandoned the personal essays and pop-culture pieces of her youth..."

Feb. 26, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

One Last Hitch and We're Done

"...her captive son is somewhere in the house – sings as loudly as she can "Que Sera Sera" (a..."

July 9, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Andrés Useche Sings for 'Change' (the Obama Kind)

"...but, as with seemingly all things in life, this one's gone viral – netting a national audience and 50,000..."

Feb. 25, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin Lyric Opera: Fat lady sings for artistic/managing director split

Austin Lyric Opera Artistic Director Richard Buckley and Managing Director Tamara Hale are both leaving their posts in June 2007, after which ALO will return to a single general director running the show

"...So a new task force has been formed, one charged with deciding the type of person the opera..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Jesse Sublett's Top Reads of 2015

The Theater of War leads a list that reminds us how ancient lessons about war continue to ring true today

"...Iliad by Christopher Logue (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) is one hell of a book/poem. Reading it now, saying "wow"..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Jesse Sublett

Gloating Before the Fat Lady Sings

"...thanks. Congratulations on finally “getting it.” But I'm not done. This is no conciliatory comment. I don't care if..."

Nov. 2, 2008 Postmarks

Hark! The Herald Organ Sings

New UT faculty members and exceptional organists Gerre and Judith Hancock give the mighty Visser- Rowland organ a workout with their own holiday concert

"...There are reasons the archbishop chose Dr. Hancock as one of last month's 11 recipients of the Cross of..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dale Carter Sings The Song of the Cicada

AFF documentary explores the life of a Texas mortician

"...seen Maury Povich. All the talkshow hosts. Name me one that had an embalmer on to talk about what..."

Nov. 1, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Conspirare's Quarantine Madrigals Creates a Choir of One

This new song cycle gives isolated singers music to build a choir with – a choir of just themselves

"...If the member of a choir sings when no one is around, is there a sound?..."

March 12, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sabrina Ellis Sings National Anthem for Hurting Nation

Mass shootings on the mind at Blues on the Green performance

"...wine bottles and congregations of teens giggled at their phones...."

Aug. 8, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Babadook Director Sings a Song of History With The Nightingale

Jennifer Kent honors a commitment to the Aboriginal people of Australia

"...The colonial history of Australia is one of blood and horror. With her new film The..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

'Narco Cultura' Sings a Song of the Drug War

Director Shaul Schwarz explores the balladeers of crime

"...shadows Rich Soto, a crime scene investigator in Juarez. One man glamorizes the violence through songs commissioned by the..."

Sept. 23, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Memorable Moments From ACL Fest Weekend One

Some of our favorite performances that you can revisit this weekend

"...set was packed with cuts from 2020’s Gaslighter, the undertones of the Trump administration echoing through. The only thing..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

"Let Dusty Sing One!" ZZ Top’s Dusty Hill (1949-2021) and the Pursuit of the Perfect Note

Legendary Texas bassist died in his sleep Tuesday night

"...the glue of ZZ Top, their secret weapon. His tone was fat, his touch perfect. They may have been..."

July 29, 2021 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Bats Left, Sings Right

With help from Esther's Follies, Austin Lyric Opera turns Strauss' Viennese waltz into a Texas two-step

"...Even the Little Rascals got one...."

May 30, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

One Night on Red River

Darcie Stevens returns to the live music beat – for just one night – on Red River

"...promises. Club owners mumble to themselves, kegs full of Lone Star chill, while regulars count their pennies. Tumbleweeds bounce..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Community Chest and Chance Rolled Into One

The Applicants

"...years on the Mixed Arts panel and applying for money for her company Stillpoint Dance for four years. She..."

May 28, 1999 Arts Feature

Review: Alchemy Theatre’s Mack & Mabel

Intimate staging bests Broadway’s Hollywood tragedy

"...audience is abruptly transported from a world where no one sings and dances without cause or provocation (except, perhaps,..."

May 26, 2022 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Tim Burton's adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim classic shows just how dull violent retribution can be when it's all someone ever talks (or, in this case, sings) about.

"...want to steer clear of Sweeney Todd (Depp). For one, it's six to five and pick ’em whether or..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Wild Rose

Jessie Buckley roars in this outlaw country tale (only the country is Scotland)

"...by: Tom Harper. Starring: Jessie Buckley, Julie Walters, Sophie Okonedo, James Harkness, Craig Parkinson, Jamie Sives, Daisy Littlefield and..."

July 12, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Gift Guide: Bobby Bare

Bobby Bare Sings Shel Silverstein Plus (Bear Family)

"...time work began on groundbreaking 1973 LP Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends and Lies, hipnik cartoonist, playwright, poet, and..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Inside Llewyn Davis

The latest from the Coen Brothers nails the Sixties folk-music scene, and delivers another of their memorably flawed heroes.

"...Llewyn is not a bad man, and when he sings, he’s an angel. But he’s also in pain and..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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