Brian Jones: The Making of the Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones' sacrificial lamb receives an overdue close-up

"...Brian Jones: The Making of the Rolling Stonesby Paul Trynka Viking, 384 pp., $28.95..."

May 29, 2015 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Wayfaring Strangers

Old Settler's Music Festival assimilates

"...marquee act Hot Rize cites in Los Lobos and Ry Cooder. "[They] synthesize [roots music] into something new. That's..."

April 17, 2015 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Old Settler's Music Festival Interviews

Talking bluegrass with five OSMF headliners and a Dripping Springs dweller

"...really healthy that, within the world of acoustic music, everything has opened up so much. I don't want to..."

April 17, 2015 Music Feature

Little Feat

Texicana

"...from the second song on its eponymous, 1971 debut, "Strawberry Flats" (fleeing Waco satellite Moody) to the aforementioned opener..."

July 4, 2014 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

DVDanger: Asian Exchange

New takes on old standards and international transplants

"...In his third feature, writer/director Yeng shows a mastery of set pieces, but it's really cinematographer Yu Cao..."

June 7, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Haden Triplets

"...time. The trio's debut features a supporting cast of Ry Cooder producing and adding guitar and mandolin, his son..."

March 14, 2014 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Chieftains Chief Paddy Moloney

On why Dublin’s trad masters didn’t become the Beatles

"...“Hello, Paddy Moloney here!” The voice is everything you imagine the elfin leader of the Chieftains to..."

Feb. 26, 2014 Music Post by Margaret Moser

It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas

Ready for some holiday LPs?

"...Every year, there’s always one new Christmas release that stands..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Charlie Robison

"...also boisterous Tex-Mex via Doug Sahm's "Nuevo Laredo" and Ry Cooder's "The Girls From Texas." At nine tracks, High..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Festival International de Jazz de Montreal

Indie rock music festivals could learn a thing or three from the Montreal Jazz Fest

"...helped brand his and the region's Western breakthrough, 1994 Ry Cooder collaboration Talking Timbuktu...."

July 12, 2013 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

From the Vaults: Blank Checks Out

Les Blank tells us the favorite all of his films

"...subjects include Dizzy Gillespie, Lightnin' Hopkins, Clifton Chenier, the Ry Cooder Group, Huey Lewis and the News, Mance Lipscomb,..."

April 12, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Diamond in the Rough

Shawn Colvin's memoir in song

"...charm. Her voice rings sure and clear, settling into every corner of the boutique room, working through a kaleidoscopic..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

Record Roundup: Election Special

New discs from Ry Cooder, Aimee Mann, Waylon Jennings, and more

"...result, Goin’ Down Rockin’, is one of the best country albums of the year. He may have been ill,..."

Sept. 19, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Bill Carter

For the Sake of the Song

"...way, Barn is packed with Americana visions worthy of Ry Cooder and John Hartford...."

April 6, 2012 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Good Music, Good Himes

Texas engineer Chet Himes talks about Christopher Cross

"...Quick, connect the dots between Christopher Cross and Ghostland Observatory using San Antonio psychedelia as a reference! Answer? Engineer..."

Jan. 23, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Top 10 National

Despite Austin's musical omnipresence, some national albums merited rating

"...4) Amanda Shires, Carrying Lightning..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Music Feature

Back When: 2011

One last look at 2011

"...1) Richard Buckner, “Traitor,” Our Blood (Merge) 2) Ry Cooder, “No Banker Left Behind,” Pull Up Some Dust..."

Jan. 4, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

ACL Music Fest Friday Interviews

Freedom songs for the 21st century

"...Mavis Staples proved an unexpected delight. Performing at the very first Austin City Limits Music Festival and a giant..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

North Mississippi Allstars

Thursday

"...some past Allstars efforts and with an emphasis on country and gospel rather than the trio's gut-bucket blues, it..."

March 18, 2011 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Circle Sky

For your resident Head, the Monkees' Michael Nesmith still lassos 'Circle Sky' country-rock

"..."Silver Moon" sets a luxurious mood, its soaring country-rock here converted for the canals of Venice. "Harmony Constant,"..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Page Two: A Column Where First We Ramble

Then we let others blow our horn. And with SXSW 2011 only weeks away, there's lots of horn blowing still to come.

"...Stirred for a bird, – the achieve of, the mastery of the thing!"..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Column by Louis Black

Off the Record

Paying tribute to the Texas Tornado, working out at the Music Gym, and Trail of Dead's Justice for all

"...Sir Douglas Quintet. South by Southwest commemorates the 40th anniversary of the LP with a panel featuring the quintet's..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Cosmic Cowboy Souvenir

'Austin, 1972,' an excerpt from Joe Nick Patoski's new tome, Willie Nelson: An Epic Life

"...had by all on the ride through the Hill Country. The country singer and his band and the hippie..."

April 25, 2008 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

A Detour With Taj Mahal

"...inside baseball to reveal sometimes you work on a story idea and it never sees the light of day...."

Nov. 7, 2007 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

ACL Fest Friday Reviews

"...Carib) and marooned African slaves. Theirs is a multistoried history, and currently communities exist in Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras,..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Music Feature by David Lynch

Dylan Does Texas

Bob Dylan takes Theme Time Radio Hour down Texas way.

"...this one, he chose nothing but the good stuff: Larry Davis' original "Texas Flood," an ancient clip of Jimmie..."

March 8, 2007 News Post by Christopher Gray

Outlaw Onda

If Tejano music isn't on the radio, does it still exist?

"...hides somewhere in the middle. Here's some of both.The Honorary Chicano..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Music Feature by Belinda Acosta

Heroes and Villains

Van Dykes Parks: 'Smile' and the world smiles with you

"...in 1966, in the wake of the Beach Boys' revolutionary "Good Vibrations," Smile was going to redefine what a..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...programs saved us from the Great Depression? On the contrary. The socializing of the American society and Keynesian economics..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Column

My Taste Is Right; Yours Is Wrong

"...from the record. You do spot good things: the cry of "open up for me" on "Heaven's Door," Springsteen's..."

Oct. 8, 2003 Postmarks

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