Prez for Life & Beyond: Lester Young

Tenor sax king helped put Kansas City on the musical map

"...Imagine yourself inside Club Reno in Kansas City for a late-night session circa..."

Aug. 27, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Saturday Picks & Sleepers

One last night of band blurbs!

"...8pm, Continental Club After a fury of digital EPs, last year's Dream..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Critics Poll

"...7 with Brownout, DJs Manny & Bigface, Afrika Bambaata, Club de Ville..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Music Feature

Ether Ore

Ether Ore

"...installment in Thirsty Ear's adventurous Blue Series. Top-shelf adventurous jazz players Matthew Shipp, Joe McPhee, and William Parker and..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Dancing About Architecture

Butthole Surfers and Austin City Limits suffer set backs while Riverfest marches on.

"...is the "real" grand opening for the new, Cavity-like club, so here's Beerland's "Third Annual Grand Opening" lineup: tonight,..."

June 29, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Record Reviews

Prince Paul

"...time to time, it's less George Clinton than Culture Club. The major difference here is one of production. Where..."

May 14, 1999 Music Review

Rock This Way

The Semi-Annual, Whenever-We-Feel-Like-It Rock & Roll Books Section

"...roughly 1930-50, this miles-long commercial strip housed countless round-the-clock nightclubs, dance halls, ballrooms, speakeasys, dives, hotels, and restaurants; as..."

March 20, 1998 Books Feature

Crucial Free Week Concerts

Grab your mask and hit some gratis live shows

"...record collective Austin Boogie Crew, devoted to "soulful, synth-heavy, club-friendly" sounds. – Rachel Rascoe Eagle Claw, Rickshaw Billie's Burger..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

A tribute songwriting Legend Cindy Walker, Daikaiju, A Giant Dog & Go Fever, Sonic Movidas with Carrie Rodriguez, and Temple of Angels

"...Johnson and her Women of Western Swing bandmate Georgia Parker present Bubbles in My Beer, named for Walker's 1947..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Page Two: The Suburbs

Growing up with Phoebe Snow, whose presence and music transcended the ordinary

"...music story – a story of the blues and jazz and even rock – but one set in the..."

May 6, 2011 Column by Louis Black

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Lemon Twigs, Trouble in the Streets, Enslaved, and more local shows worth the decibels

"...Chess Club, Friday 21 Carson Creek Ranch, Saturday 22..."

April 21, 2023 Music Column by Tim Stegall

Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine

Rockabilly fillies Rosie Flores and Janis Martin together through life and death

"...fail, you can find her firing up the Continental Club on an annual basis...."

Nov. 16, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Gypsy Rose

The 'Rockabilly Filly' bucks back into Austin

"...Thursday night talent show at North Hollywood's famed Palomino Club...."

Aug. 10, 2007 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Road Shows

"...FRI 12 Ronnie Dawson, Continental Club..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Music Feature

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...Nossa Chape tracks the rebuilding of the Chapecoense football club in Brazil after an airplane carrying the team crashed..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback – Austin Loses Its Voice: Paul Ray 1942–2016

Paul Ray 1942–2016, and now, a time without twine

"...my favorite people in the whole wide world," gushed club co-owner Gary Clark Jr., making his onstage debut at..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...of Nashville's best bands, Paul Burch & the WPA Ballclub play like it's 1953, with a finesse and spirit..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

National Top Nines

"...4. Buena Vista Social Club (Nonesuch)..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Music Feature

'A Guy Walks Into the United States Art Authority...'

Feral Cinema/Lenny Bruce

"...biopic on comedy’s patron saint, but considering Lenny Bruce’s jazz-inspired delivery, the resulting 5 Academy Award nominations aren’t so..."

July 15, 2010 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Life by the Drop

The return of Doyle Bramhall

"...The club is L-shaped. At the far end is a tiny..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Only the Beginning

Wednesday Night SXSW "Sleepers"

"...the experiment an apparent success, there are 30 local clubs putting on Wednesday night SXSW showcases and some 150..."

March 13, 1998 Music Feature

Road Shows

"...FRI 5 Jesse Dayton, Continental Club..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Music Feature

Free Week’s Big Weekend and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Plus back-to-back gigs from Cactus Lee, Runner and Bobby

"...head to Chron Events. Cactus Lee Times Three Antone’s Nightclub, Thursday 4C-Boy’s Heart & Soul, Friday 5Sam’s Town Point,..."

Jan. 5, 2024 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

A Culture 50 Years in the Making: The Kerrville Folk Festival Experience

Life-altering and deep-listening scenes from the oldest music festival in Texas

"...love … Texas style. And then you're in the club. Welcome home...."

May 20, 2022 Music Feature by Hank Erwin

SXSW Tuesday Showcases

Park your hiney at a Tuesday night SXSW showcase

"...stars from the Korean peninsula are playing a tiny club at SXSW on Tuesday. None arrive bigger than HyunA,..."

March 7, 2014 Music Feature

2012 Austin Critics Table Awards

Giving a lot of sweet bouquets (and taking their sweet time doing it)

"...Monday, June 4. The ceremony at Cap City Comedy Club crept along like a senior citizen in the passing..."

June 8, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Beacon Blues

Since 1970 at the One Knite, Jimmie Vaughan's worn the smile of a blues savior

"...University of Texas and finding his way to Eastside clubs Marie's T Room and Alexander's, places where the blues..."

July 16, 2010 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Dancing About Architecture

A flood of weather (and music) following SXSW

"...Park's "Blame Canada" -- to which SP co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone responded, "Whatever bad things people have..."

March 30, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Central Avenue Sounds (Rhino)

Box Sets

"...while scattered throughout, there are recordings by out-of-towners Charlie Parker, Wardell Gray, and Howard McGhee. Longtime L.A. residents, including..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Music Review by Harvey Pekar

Postmarks

More tributes to Doug Sahm

"...hear you one more time as I walked in clubs saying "I want to send this to my producer..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Column

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