SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...just that. The documentary chronicles the evolution of Antone's nightclub from a clothing store to the sanctuary for some..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

Box Sets

Herbie Hancock

"...a great influence on the recent revival of "mainstream" jazz (though Hancock should no more be blamed for that..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Music Feature

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...reliance on an endless recycling of bad clichés. (Continental Club, 9pm) -Michael Bertin..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...something new and noteworthy in an hour of aimless club-to-club wandering. At this BMI showcase anchored by El Flaco..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Record Reviews

"...If somewhere between R&B and jazz lies funk, then somewhere between funk and blues lies..."

June 13, 1997 Music Review

Miles and Miles of Miles

The Columbia Legacy

"...sat in with Billy Eckstine's band and watched Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie slay the hometown audience, Miles Dewey..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Music Feature by Jeff Mccord

Sxsw

"...not: Their popularity on the radio and the packed club gigs are testament to Breedlove's potential. Voted "Best New..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Fire Music

It’s definitely not trad, dad, in this history of free jazz

"...skill. So it was with the innovators of free jazz: Critics, peers, and the general public heard cacophony, but..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Juke Joint Blues

Blues Boy Hubbard strolls down Eastside Austin's Chitlin' Circuit memory lane

"...the spotlight and into the backdoor business dealings between club owners and players, and from onetime bandleader of the..."

July 13, 2007 Music Feature by Jonny Meyers

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...during the night of their graduation party. The breakfast club reconvenes for late-night pizza. (June 12)..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

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

"...Mel Eslyn, Jeff Baena, Alison Brie, Dylan Sellers, Chris Parker When the manager of an Italian restaurant chain wins..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest

"...Wed. 15, Continental Club, 12mid The local daddy of punk rock blues, kicking..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Dancing About Architecture

The Mercury enters a new orbit, how to build your own music festival, the Continental Club get's a new big brother, plus more food for thought about buildings and songs

"...repairs to be completed to their new location above Jazz on Sixth, were a success. Don't look for him..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Innocuousness That's Insidious

Pat Boone

"...put one over on no less than Col. Tom Parker...."

Dec. 15, 1995 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing the pinnacle of SXSW 2006.

"...in 2005, the Lafayette-based sextet blends zydeco, New Orleans jazz, Tex-Mex, country, blues, and more into an irresistible sound..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Saturday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...& Co. embody the virtues of noncompassionate conservatism. Their country-club charm wooed noted leftist Jello Biafra, who just put..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

The Sounds of Silence

"...with the normal goings-on of this city's foremost punk club. Onstage, an instrumental duet had the entire crowd holding..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Blues for Life

"...photograph by Todd V. Wolfson..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...Soul Train Drumline. Mixing traditional New Orleans stomp and jazzy funk, the BSBB caresses the ears of cerebral music..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

SXSW Thursday handicapping by the blurb

"...co-owner Topaz McGarrigle, Golden Dawn Arkestra pays tribute to jazz extraterrestrial Sun Ra with an out-of-this-world live spectacle. Mesopotamian..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Un Dios

"...his father's, Chano Pozo, more or less invented Afro-Cuban jazz with the recording of "Manteca" in New York in..."

June 25, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...and accompanied live by local bands. Alt.classical indie rock jazz band Golden Arm Trio pioneered the form along with..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

Christian McBride Quartet, Antone's, October 28

"...a quiet, empty, smoke-free Thursday evening at Antone's. When jazz bassist Christian McBride and his backing trio took the..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Record Reviews

"...MATHEW SHIPP DUO W/WILLIAM PARKER..."

March 14, 1997 Music Review

SXSW Record Reviews

"...First off, this is not a jazz album. Though best known to local audiences as one..."

March 20, 1998 Music Review

A Man and a Half

Hanging with music industry legend Jerry Wexler

"...the following week. "Western swing, straight country, Norteño, even jazz, rock & roll, and blues. ... Of all the..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Reissues

"...Reagan was elected president and Gang of Four played Club Foot in Austin. The band took the stage, told..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Music Feature

Please Kill Me and other ROCK & ROLL BOOKS of 1996

"...art project as anything else. And hey, a rock club's hardly a museum, and a well-scuffed 45rpm single or..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Books Feature

Texas in Bold, Dark Strokes

Artist/Historian Jack Jackson

"...the untold, true sagas of Texas historical figures Quanah Parker, the last chief of the Comanches (Comanche Moon), a..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...as silly as Telly's come-ons. Anyone who's been out clubbing in an urban area after 2am will find few..."

Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature

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