One of the Good Guys

Is Chris Ohlson the nicest film producer in town, or just the hardest working?

"...from director Matt Muir, with whom Ohlson eventually founded Revelator, a "full service film & video production company" that..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Shadow on the Ground

Matt Muir's 'Thank You a Lot' tackles the tensions of performance

"...the couch in the office of his production company, Revelator, which he runs with the film's producer, Chris Ohlson...."

March 7, 2014 Screens Feature by Doug Freeman

Checking In: The Saving Graces of Sarah Jarosz

Texan roots muse sings of Cedar trees, Bay towns, wilderness

"...Bill Withers, and Gillian Welch. Her album Time (The Revelator), which has always been one of my desert island..."

June 24, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re spending time with

"...Welch's heartfelt track from her third album Time (the Revelator) in 2001, he fell prey to the spell she..."

May 8, 2020 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Checking In: Scott H. Biram Can’t Sleep

Because, of course, rust never takes a siestesita

"...pantheon of ATX bluesmen. Ancient and raw, the Texan revelator distills Doc Watson, Lead Belly, George Jones, Slayer, and..."

April 29, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Industry Adjusts to Life Without Gigs

Creative pivots, City Council relief resolution, and meet Quinn Ryan Curtin!

"...performance, streaming to the large viewership of the Birmingham-based Revelator Coffee Company's Instagram covered her rent for the month...."

April 3, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

SouthBites Gives Downtown a Tasty Break

New cafe in the SXSW Center supercharges the coffee-and-a-bite scene

"...Denise Caballero, who was wrangled in from New Orleans’ Revelator Coffee and is working with Cuvée and others to..."

Aug. 7, 2019 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Austin Music Awards’ Ecstatic Experience

Thirty-four awards and six musical sets in 211 minutes

"..."John the Revelator with 13th Floor Elevators," he chortled...."

March 9, 2018 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Austin Music Awards’ Ecstatic Experience

Thirty-four awards and six musical sets in 211 minutes

"...“John the Revelator with 13th Floor Elevators,” he chortled...."

March 1, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: RSD in ATX

Record Store Day local exclusives, and out-of-the-way wax emporiums that may carry them

"...The Sword, "John the Revelator" 7-inch: Austin's Southern doom quartet opens the seventh seal..."

April 15, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: T for Texas, T for Starlings, TN

Double dulcimer reunion and other musical Thanksgiving

"...songwriter Jesse Vain dueting with Biram on "John the Revelator."..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Gillian Welch Q&A

Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlins return to Stubb's

"...before we went into the studio to make the Revelator record. We played somewhere on campus, some small theater,..."

June 7, 2012 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Midnight in Harlem

Tedeschi Trucks Band Live Shot

"...finished turning “Midnight in Harlem” from TTB’s 2011 debut Revelator into a Clapton-meets-Allman epic, she could barely contain her..."

Jan. 19, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Monster Band: Susan Tedeschi Q&A

Susan Tedeschi likes big families

"...guitarist Derek Trucks joined forces – in a band. Revelator, their soulful debut, recalls traveling circus acts like Delaney..."

Jan. 17, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Saturday in the Park

Saturday at ACL Music Fest 2011

"...songs old and new, with the trance-like “Time The Revelator” a personal favorite...."

Sept. 21, 2011 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Record Skipping

A fine frenzy of spring releases

"...“Are You Washed in the Blood?” and “John the Revelator” and the Ronnie Bowman-penned titled track is the definition..."

April 6, 2011 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Dark Was the Night

Blind Willie Johnson gets his place in history

"...“Motherless Children,” “It's Nobody's Fault But Mine,” “John the Revelator,” “If I Had My Way,” and his most famous,..."

June 2, 2010 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

County Permits TXI Aggregate Mine

Controversial sand and gravel mining project wins approval

"...our community's cause. ... We hope that an unspoken revelator is out there waiting for the most opportunistic time..."

Jan. 29, 2010 News Feature by Michael King

What Would Jean-Luc Do?

In a post-digital world, is cinema dead or just rebooting?

"...and sat down in person with Derek Woodgate, author, revelator, and president of Futures Lab (www.futures-lab.com), then edited the..."

July 24, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Gillian Welch

"...That Rock and Roll" and the extended jam of "Revelator." The pair's harmonies pitched perfectly together on the gorgeous,..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Music Review by Doug Freeman

The Harry Smith Project: Anthology of American Folk Music Revisited

Gift Guide

"...Blind Willie Johnson channeled through Nick Cave ("John the Revelator") spark next to old schoolers like Lou Reed (Blind..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Willie Graham

Live shots

"...medley of "Wanna Rock and Roll" and "John the Revelator" was particularly exhilarating. James McMurtry was up to the..."

July 1, 2005 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Planet Rock

Austin, Texas, SXSW 2005

"...numbers that revealed exquisite five-part harmonies on "John the Revelator," which focused the rowdy crowd's attention in a flash...."

March 25, 2005 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

'ACL' Live Shots

"...and uplifting. Relying on tunes from 2001's Time (The Revelator), like the weighty "Elvis Presley Blues" and jaunty "I..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

"Austin City Limits" Festival Picks & Sleepers

"...growing legion of fans. Her latest CD, Time (The Revelator) was hailed by many as one of the best..."

Sept. 27, 2002 Music Feature

The Gospel According to Austin, TX (Kick Butt Gospel/107.1 KGSR)

Texas Platters

"...so is Johnny Nicholas' Son House rewrite "John the Revelator" giving way to Don Walser's "Heavenly Band." Although Don..."

June 30, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Lee Roy Parnell Hits and Highways Ahead (Arista)

"...gale, and is contrasted with the chilling "John the Revelator, " a profoundly spiritual take on the blues/gospel standard,..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

SXSW Record Reviews

"..."Birth of the Mule" and Son House's "John The Revelator" prove that this Southern rock trio (with Matt Abts..."

March 20, 1998 Music Review

Dancing about Architecture

Goodbye, AM15?

"...in Me," George Jones and Kathy Mattea; "John the Revelator: Peace In the Valley," Lee Roy Parnell featuring the..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck