King Crimson’s Tony Levin

Veteran bass virtuoso stays progressive

"...you also worked with everyone from Chuck Mangione, Carly Simon, Tim Hardin, and Paul Simon to Gary Burton, Herbie..."

Oct. 12, 2017 Music Post by Michael Toland

The Soundtrack of My Life

Record executive Clive Davis loved Whitney Houston best

"...Soundtrack of My Lifeby Clive Davis with Anthony DeCurtis Simon & Schuster, 608 pp., $30..."

June 21, 2013 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Old Settler's Music Festival Day 2

Live Shots

"...as "definitely the fastest" such cover by its author, Paul Simon. Michigan's DIY pickers and thumpers Greensky Bluegrass later..."

April 27, 2012 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Think

Aretha Franklin heats up the Moody

"...(hold-out Chile Thile of the Punch Brothers opened for Paul Simon 10 days ago), Franklin had them dancing in..."

Nov. 16, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Fleet Foxes

"..."The Shrine/An Argument." "Sim Sala Bim" arcs a delicate Simon & Garfunkel introduction into full-on "Bridge Over Troubled Water"..."

June 10, 2011 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Page Two: The Suburbs

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

"...Saturday Night Live. It was the second episode ever. Paul Simon was the musical guest. Phoebe sang on Simon's..."

May 6, 2011 Column by Louis Black

ACL Prime Time

Blurbs to ACL Music Fest by.

"...British label run by Cocteau Twins Robin Guthrie and Simon Raymonde. Their oddly titled debut, Bamnan and Slivercork, is..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Music Feature

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...SHOWCASE: Since their dissolution five years ago, Cocteau Twins Simon Raymonde and Robin Guthrie have been quietly building a..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

What It Is

Edie Brickell returns to tell the world what she is.

"...Brickell's solution to said problem was marrying Paul Simon in 1992. Two years later, Geffen began pressuring..."

June 2, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Exhibitionism

Lu Ann Hampton Laverty Oberlander: Time Passages

"...not playwright Preston Jones was actually grooving to the Simon & Garfunkel album Bookends as he wrote the script..."

July 23, 1999 Arts Review

All in Perspective

Chris Searles

"...upright and Davíd was trying to make cracks about Paul Simon. He thought Simon was on CBS, but actually..."

April 3, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Lean, Mean, and Smoking!

Kris McKay

"...freaked over. In pre-production they treated it like a Paul Simon Graceland kind of thing, adding cool baselines and..."

July 12, 1996 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Alejandro Escovedo Grinds Axes at ACL

Austin escapee kicks out the jams in his fifth taping for PBS

"...succeeding “Beauty of Your Smile” loosened a clipped, Les Paul stadium solo from Bloch, who contained himself only barely..."

Dec. 1, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Friday Picks

"...slick art-punk, leaning heavily on the lush orchestration of Paul Simon's Graceland. The quartet of Columbia University grads craft..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

Right Where They Belong

Raoul Hernandez goes on tour with the Flatlanders

"...Street: Paul Schaffer slips in the side entrance undetected while a..."

July 26, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...SUPEREGO: Every Sunday night Paul Minor and his band of ringers hone their FM-inspired..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Tributes

"...Tim Buckley's, though Linda Ronstadt made it more popular. Paul Brady's "Let's Get Together" is the only genuine hit..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Music Feature

Live at Liberty Lunch

The Neville Brothers

"...anywhere else for a long, long time. Along with Paul "Martian" Sessums -- literally the first person I ever..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature

Review: Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer: The Guitarist Who Changed the Sound of American Music by Philip Watson

A deep read into one of America’s most versatile guitarists

"...the Eighties amongst the likes of John Zorn and Paul Motian, his meteoric rise in the music world, his..."

June 10, 2022 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Another Sea Change Year at the Austin Music Awards

So much so that even we don't know what to expect!

"...most popular and populist voices on the local airwaves, Paul Ray (1942–2016) represented the face of the AMAs for..."

March 6, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Best Live Music Performances of 2018

The bands and venues that kept our critics on their feet

"...Doug Freeman: Paul Simon Farewell Tour, Erwin Center..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Justin Stewart

"...than the surface waggishness. Opening triptych "Texas Fatmucket," "Saint Paul," and the title track spin out Stewart's scratchy drawl,..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Avett Brothers Stomp the Moody

Folk rockers stoke roots ecstasy for Father’s Day

"...Rag,” driven by drummer Mike Marsh and pianist/double bassist/organist Paul DeFiglia. “Go to Sleep” followed that rollick atop la,..."

June 20, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Page Two: As Tears Go By

The sound will live forever; the memories never die

"...gently falling outside the window. He did talk about Paul Pena, whose first album had just come out, at..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Column by Louis Black

XBRMNT's Top 10 for the Week of Nov. 2

After a weekend full of fright and frolic, Manic Monday was laid back.

"...Mean it! 5. "Still Crazy After All These Years" Paul Simon This is one of those songs that never..."

Nov. 2, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Nakia

DVDnds

"...Extras: Paul's letter to John, biblically Beatles, and Cream's backstage banter..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

Better Than the Van finds a place to crash in Austin, as does Ola Podrida's David Wingo, while Leeann Atherton goes big in Japan and Martín Perna stays up late with the Roots

"...of the Antibalas horn section, sat in recently for Paul Simon's revered rendition of "Late in the Evening." "For..."

July 10, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Lifetime Picks

29 years, 29 albums

"...1986: Paul Simon, Graceland..."

Sept. 17, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Friday

"...Copa The ivory tickler behind John Mellencamp, the BoDeans, Paul Simon, the Rembrandts, and Patty Griffin, Austin's Mexican-American multi-instrumentalist..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival New Orleans, April 27-May 6

"...band backing the blind blues guitarist. Eaglin's searing Les Paul lines and Cleary's sanctified electric piano kept the dance..."

May 18, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

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