Southern Rock Opera

SXSW 02 Music Fest Wrap-up

"...swing that's performed with a touch of class. North Carolina's Thad Cockrell rendered some stripped-down country songs next, his..."

March 22, 2002 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Final Flowering

With Cold Sassy Tree, distinguished composer Carlisle Floyd crafts an opera to crown his lengthy career.

"...of artistry and craft at work in this new opera by Carlisle Floyd. Character, atmosphere, mood, dramatic tension --..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Cold Sassy Tree

The Austin Lyric Opera production of Cold Sassy Tree, Carlisle Floyd's sweet, simple opera of blooming love between a small-town Georgia shopkeeper and a much younger woman, featured a fine ensemble giving heartwarming performances, but their efforts were repeatedly wrecked by poorly executed set changes that brought the show to a halt.

"...It is appalling and unforgivable that Austin Lyric Opera could take Carlisle Floyd's sweet Southern tale and wreck..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Hysterical D: Andrea Nevins Producers: Ross Dinerstein, Rebecca Evans, Carolina Groppa Hysterical is an honest and hilarious backstage pass..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...Toll (Brazil) Director/Screenwriter: Carolina MarkowiczProducers: Bianca Villar, Fernando Fraiha, Karen Castanho, Carolina Markowicz,..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

New Best Friend

"...had a hand in MTV's cheerfully cheesy sex-romp soap opera Undressed, and New Best Friend, with its endless scenes..."

April 12, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...Iris: A Space Opera by Justice D: Andre Chemetoff, Armand Beraud Iris is..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

TCB

A rock out, a rock opera, and a rock show. Must be Rocktober.

"...the underground. And when the dust settled, after North Carolina's show-stealing Crank County Daredevils finally ceased their thunderous hillbilly..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Larry & Joe Bring Songs of Deliverance to Carrie Rodriguez’s Laboratorio

North Carolina duo play Paramount Stateside on April 30

"...produced Gustavo Dudamel, the ingenious conductor of the Paris Opera and the L.A. Philharmonic; as well as the newly..."

April 14, 2023 Music Post by John Job

It's Gonna Get Pitch Black at Other Worlds

David Twohy named this year's Defender of the Universe

"...an SF legend for his triple-bill of interstellar horror madness-turned-space-opera-turned-gritty-action franchise with Vin Diesel, the Riddick Chronicles (and, yes,..."

Nov. 17, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Rhiannon Giddens Reanimates Black Feminism

Antebellum bandleader untangles African-American music history

"...plumbed all its pain and truth via her North Carolina roots. Spiritual awakening of gospel, deep soul, simple folk,..."

April 26, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

ACL Prime Time

Blurbs to ACL Music Fest by.

"...Adam Duritz behind the mic and piano, the North Carolina native knows how to burn bridges with choruses. The..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Music Feature

His Shadow in the Frame

The Austin Museum of Art exhibition "Robert Frank Photographs" provides an excellent introduction to Frank's career from his early social documentary work to his introspective images of later decades, and shows him always striving in his images to reflect his deeply personal response to the world around him.

"...as his 1955 Barbershop Through Screen Door, McClennanville, South Carolina and his 1958 Mary, Provincetown disrupts the seeming disjunction..."

March 28, 2003 Arts Feature by Erina Duganne

Food-o-File

Virginia B. Wood finds the perfect tamale and much more at the Southern Foodways Symposium in Oxford, Mississippi.

"...Today, Joe St. Columbia operates a thriving mail-order tamale business in the little Delta..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Reflections

SXSW Film Festival and Conference

"...Bill Paxton surveys the crowd from the opera box at the Paramount Theatre before the world premiere..."

March 14, 1997 Screens Feature

Bloody Brides, Creepy Cats, and More Arts Events for the Week

Valentine's (and anti-Valentine) fun, soundtracking a rock, etc.

"...Gershwin collaborated with DuBose Heyward to create the folk opera in 1935, combining Twenties jazz with musical ideas from..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

White Denim 2.0

Frontman James Petralli talks of the old days and a new era

"...the studio, which was Echo Mountain in Asheville, North Carolina...."

Feb. 4, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Bohemian Rhapsody

'Moulin Rouge' Director Baz Luhrmann Loves Love

"...worked at a sleepy mom-and-pop video store in North Carolina. One day I stuck a tape of his directorial..."

June 1, 2001 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Further Reflections

"...ROCK OPERA..."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...sad day in Austin when they tear down the Opera House. Like the Armadillo, the Opera House was sacred..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...Set in a post-apocalyptic future, O'Dessa is a rock opera about a farm girl on a quest to recover..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...between a dangerous superfan (Pedro Pascal) and a CIA operative (Tiffany Haddish), Cage must reflect upon the legacy of..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ACL Fest 2015 Friday Listings

Blurbs on the hour

"...Rhiannon Giddens 6pm, Tito's Handmade Vodka stage On the Carolina Chocolate Drops' 2012 grand slam Leaving Eden, singer/banjo picker/fiddler..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Music Feature

The Wrong Kind of Rebel Rock

Why bands are lowering the Confederate battle flag

"...Episcopal Church. From a Confederate flag over the South Carolina state house to a Jefferson Davis statue locally at..."

July 22, 2015 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

The Way We Watch Now

Is theatrical-on-demand the next big thing?

"...and Bousman for his cult musical Repo! The Genetic Opera...."

June 22, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Thursday SXSW can't escape the blurbs!

"...but last year's self-titled mixtape captured Fam 420's modus operandi in just one track name: "Let Me Beat Dem..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

Loaded Dice

Less is no longer more to Iron & Wine's Sam Beam

"...buzz out and see the nightlife," he continues, his Carolina accent coming through in soft tones. "I have responsibilities..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

The Sound and the Fury

Monsters of Folk drummer Will Johnson continues demonstrating monstrous musical and compositional gifts

"...the Asheville Tourists, an obscure Single-A team from North Carolina, shading emerald eyes and a lumberjack beard you could..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

The Pilgrim and the Stars

Q&A with Italian trumpet standard Enrico Rava at the Montréal Jazz Festival

"...’67 to ’77. I worked in Los Angeles, North Carolina, Atlanta. In Atlanta, I worked with a well-known Italian..."

July 10, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

The Sword and Metallica ride the lightning at Ozzfest, while Kanye West and Hope for Heroes lend a helping hand to U.S. veterans

"...the time" on iTunes under the college-radio category. The student-operated station hosts a Cupcake Social at the Carousel Lounge..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

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