Off the Record

Great music in odd places: punk rock at the Grand, Billy Gibbons' Twin Liquors visit, and 'Rehearsal at the Astoria'

"...the free exhibit, which is open through April 10, bands will "rehearse" daily on the stage, making it one..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Wop-bop-a-loo-bop

Little Richard, the pompadour himself, raps a little

"...AC: I saw you at Gruene Hall several years ago, and you said you were retiring..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Off the Record

Fanning the flames of the ACL Music Festival 2007

"...for them individually, but they were such a great band." Later, last-minute ACL addition St. Vincent, in tattered fishnets,..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Faster Than Sound: Could Austin Arts & Music Finally Get a Cultural Trust?

It's not here yet, but talks are intensifying. Also, bars and a few live music venues reopen.

"...Even so, the concept of cultural preservation has kicked around Austin politics for decades. At the..."

May 29, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Complete catalogs trump career overviews

"...Preservation Hall Jazz Band50th Anniversary Collection (Sony/Legacy)..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Music Feature by Scott Jordan

Dancing About Architecture

The Star System

"...deserves to make it into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year. Official procedure mandates we choose..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Off the Record

The 2011 Austin City Limits Music Festival draws to a close, as does Emo's outside on Sixth Street

"...Twin Shadow, the Antlers) and outlaw country: Athens, Ga.'s band of heathens, Futurebirds; J. Roddy Walston & the Business'..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Signed, Sealed and Delivered

Stevie Wonder, Arcade Fire, and Kanye West headline ACL 2011

"...Broken Social Scene, Preservation Hall Jazz Band & the Del McCoury Band, Mavis..."

May 17, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

Saturday in the Park

Saturday at ACL Music Fest 2011

"...While the crowd cheered the occasional raindrop, the Brooklyn-based band’s roaring sound enveloped me in a way that recalled..."

Sept. 21, 2011 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

A Food Writer's Favorites From ACL Fest

Back and forth between the concerts and food court

"...people jumping around and singing along with Aterciopelados. This band's positive energy and message truly deserve a much bigger..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Boxing Day

Box sets dwindle but not in scope

Dec. 14, 2012 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

International Bands

Friday

"...Tango. This year, the multi-instrumentalist returns as Pedro Menéndez JazzTango Ensamble (Thu., Elephant Room, 11:45pm), incorporating classical compositions and..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Musically, San Antonio Is a Special Place

"...Orleans with Ben Jaffe, creative director of the world-famous Preservation Hall. (My tour mate, Kid Koala, sat in with..."

Aug. 12, 2008 Postmarks

Song for My Fathers: A New Orleans Story in Black and White

Sheet music

"...elderly black men in barely desegregated New Orleans? With Preservation Hall serving as a backdrop for prolonged cross-cultural interaction,..."

June 30, 2006 Music Review by Robert Gabriel

White Ghost Shivers

Record review

"...Dixieland-derived licks. Yet it's somehow hard to imagine the Preservation Hall Jazz Band breaking into "Orange Blossom Special" like..."

April 28, 2006 Music Review by Christopher Gray

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