R.I.P. George Reiff

Cancer steals extraordinary bassist and producer

"...Reiff, just 56, succumbed to a 10-month run-in with..."

May 22, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: David Yow Meets the Jazzus Lizard

David Yow fronts the Jazzus Lizard, Cherubs knock off 22 years of rust, Preston Hubbard dies, and Blind Lemon Jefferson gets kicked off Texas license plates

"..."When we started the band, we just did it..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Handicapping Slots for Tots

The pols and the lobby shuffle the deck on gambling for education'

"...Coleman isn't alone. With Republicans in charge, gambling forces..."

Feb. 18, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Jailbird

The Prison Diaries of the Fabulous Thunderbirds' Preston Hubbard

"...My name is Preston Hubbard. From 1984-94, I played bass for the platinum-selling, multi-Grammy..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Feature by Preston Hubbard

Déjà Vu Development

photograph by Jana Birchum

"...sequels. Or does it? Over in Oakmont Heights and Ridgelea, about a mile west of that three-cornered spat, the..."

July 18, 1997 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

SXSW’s Eighth Artist List

Nathaniel Rateliff, Bun B, Rob Stone, and 141 more

"...Hyatt, Nashville garage-punk faves Pujol, and bounce rapper Vockah Redu...."

Feb. 15, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Texas Piano Professors

"...relaxin' and soaking in some of that Austin blues tradition? That's what Sundays are for, or so sez the..."

Sept. 15, 1995 Music Feature

Dialtone, Please

Eddie Stout's Shoestring Label Sticks Close to Its R&B Roots

"...offering tour support, booking, distribution, the whole shootin' match. Credit cards at the ready, it offers advances to bands,..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Dancing About Architecture

"Bob" Watches Over Us or: Weekend of Slack

"...still a lot of poor, slackless children in this world. "Bob" Urges More Slack..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Akeelah and the Bee

This story about a girl from the ghetto who wins the national spelling bee has lofty if sometimes unfulfilled goals, but is a rewarding tale nevertheless.

"...Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Keke Palmer, Curtis Armstrong, Erica Hubbard and J.R. Villarreal. If you’ve seen the outstanding 2002..."

April 28, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Off the Record

Mohawk welcomes Red River Flats to the neighborhood, Ego's sings karaoke, and a tribute to pianist Doug Hall

"...rapidly, because it's the 'live music capital of the world,' and these guys understand it makes sense to embrace..."

April 11, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

TCB

SIMS and Alejandro Escovedo on the mend, plus more hip-hop and SXSW for your shoulder-to-shoulder

"...campaign, which outreach coordinator Paul Minor likens to a public-radio membership drive. "We're trying to get the message out..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Bright Lights, Inner City

When Austin's Eastside music scene was lit up like Broadway

"...I was a kid. Right next door was the Paradise Inn. They had a jukebox, but every now and..."

July 4, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...South by Southwest is a game of numbers: approximately..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

A Man and a Half

Hanging with music industry legend Jerry Wexler

"...years in the music business signed, worked with, and/or produced LaVern Baker, Ruth Brown, the Drifters, Champion Jack Dupree,..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...Ray Wylie Hubbard..."

July 17, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Postmarks

Kudos for the Lost Austin issue, and much environmental ado.

"...that the bandleader of the Jets was Blues Boy Hubbard...."

Feb. 9, 2001 Column

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...Wed. 14, Swan Dive Patio, 10:20pm Since forming in..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Texas Book Festival 2013

Oct. 28, 2013. 36 photos.

"...just remember knowing you all my life.” So said producer Lynda Obst (r) on a Saturday morning panel paired..."

Oct. 29, 2013 Photo Gallery

Texas in the Title

"...25 "Texas Flyer," Freddie King Songwriters: Freddie King, Roy Davies, Bob Tench, Steve..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Austin Music Awards Show Performers 1983-2016

Every AMA performance lineup of the past 34 years

"...with Loose Diamonds & Michael Hall, Alejandro Escovedo, David Rodriguez, Michele Solberg, Grey Ghost Orchestra with Danny Barnes, Mark..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

Wednesday Picks

The 'Chronicle' says see these SXSW acts now

"...8:30pm, Beauty Bar Patio Brooklyn's Comas follow-up 2004 shooting..."

March 9, 2007 Music Feature

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...Thursday PicksAll showcase times subject to change. Please check official..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Warcraft

No fun storming the castle in this lousy adaptation of the hit video game

"...A Clockwork Orange – of the John Travolta/L. Ron Hubbard lovefest-cum-shitstorm Battlefield Earth and a return to the world..."

June 10, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Urban Tejano

Tortilla Factory pulls down a Grammy nomination as Best Tejano Band as the almost four-decade-old local institution gets ready to reinvent the genre

"...photos, posters, clippings, and mementos, Guerrero's tale embodies Chicano pride told through family and band...."

Dec. 24, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Dancing About Architecture

Keeping up with Lucinda, Britney, Thurston, Kim, and a bunch of sick people

"...The No. 1 priority in town continues to be..."

May 4, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...Thursday PicksALL SHOWCASES SUBJECT TO CHANGE..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Cold Sweat

Where have all our black clubs gone?

"...Skylark Lounge, 6pm Friday, and it's dark as the daybreak inside. A party..."

June 13, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Playback

You thought SXSW was the spring festival end-all/be-all? You thought wrong.

"...Listings, p.68). The Lonestar Rod & Kustom Round Up rides into the Travis County Expo Center beginning Friday, bringing..."

April 5, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

In Between Days

At the Crossroads of the 1999-2000 Austin Music Awards.

"...-- The Cure, "Out of This World," 2000..."

March 10, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

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