James Hunter Six

Hold On! (Daptone)

"...ballads and boppers in the mold of Jackie Wilson, Sam Cooke, and Chuck Willis. They're fine tunes with few..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Maxwell Matters at the Moody

Neo-soul singer slips in some impassioned urban politics

"...a full Moody Theater, Maxwell’s haircut and wardrobe screamed Sam Cooke and young Marvin Gaye: gray suit, white shirt,..."

July 19, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

We Need to Talk About Maxwell

“I make records because I live, not because I live to make records”

"...At the same time, I’m stubborn and I like having a really..."

July 13, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Friday SXSW Interview: Anderson .Paak & the Free Nationals

"...Those are two powerful things to have at the same time. At lot of times, you don't have those..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

The Soul of Nathaniel Rateliff

Sold-out Austin City Limits warmup prompts a dance sprawl

"...the earnest and longing croons of Otis Redding and Sam Cooke. Yet all the credit shouldn’t be given to..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

ACL Fest 2015 Friday Listings – Second Weekend

Blurbing the second Friday of ACL 2015

"...Royal Blood 2pm, Samsung stage Big rawk riffs on a four-string stints neither..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Music Feature

ACL Review: Leon Bridges

Texan soul great can do no wrong

"...sextet with an R&B not heard since the Fifties. Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, the soundtrack to Animal House –..."

Oct. 3, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Roxy Roca

"...out the poseurs. The pressure of James Brown's and Sam Cooke's perfection (or perception of it) lurks over every..."

July 10, 2015 Music Review by Kahron Spearman

Kalu James’ Feel Music

Nigerian émigré makes Austin a better place one song at a time

"...The next day, he’d be listening to Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke, and Tracy Chapman...."

April 30, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham

SXSW Live Shot: Leon Bridges

Fort Worth soul man undaunted by soul-sucking venue

"...most, the immediate reaction to his heavenly vocals is “Sam Cooke!” Yet there were times when his singing recalled..."

March 20, 2015 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014 Sunday Reviews

"..."Lady, you shot me!" Sam Cooke's final words when Bertha Franklin unloaded the fatal..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Music Feature by Richard Whittaker

ACL Music Fest 2014 Sunday Listings

Blurbing Sunday ACL

"...music as we know it, launched the careers of Sam Cooke, Johnnie Taylor, and Lou Rawls, and eventually earned..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Music Feature

The Boxing Lesson

Box sets grow up and out

"...Hathaway be as lionized today as Otis Redding or Sam Cooke? Morbid speculation aside, don't let Donny Hathaway's 1979..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Music Feature by Scott Jordan

The Alamo's Action Man

Programmer Greg MacLennan on the world's most ridiculous job

"...by complete accident. One SXSW, he was in the same room with Alamo head honcho Tim League. The pair..."

Oct. 13, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ACL Live Shot: Vintage Trouble

Hollywood quartet plies powerhouse soul rock

"...Later, Taylor channeled his inner Sam Cooke on closing ballad “Run Outta You,” enticing the..."

Oct. 6, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland

Funemployed: Whiskey Shivers

Wilding out on the road, where their moniker precedes them

"...in California, which was really cool, but at the same time we were like, ‘Oh shit, we’re not playing..."

Aug. 15, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Playback: Empire of Music

Even a new Pope couldn't top SXSW

"...Malford Milligan performing the evening's most appropriate tune in Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come." Two statements most..."

March 22, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The James Hunter Six

"...box with "Chicken Switch," whereas Hunter's sound mostly echoed Sam Cooke and Jackie Wilson in the past. There's chunky,..."

March 15, 2013 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

The Legendary Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section: The Swampers

SXSW showcase reviews

"...Grateful Dead, joined in for a fevered version of Sam Cooke's "(Don't Fight It) Feel It." Hood led a..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Dinners to Rock To Series Does Rock

Adventurous, multi-course menus inspired by kickass bands

"...of Neil Young's albums … and then doing the same for all of my favorite bands.”..."

Feb. 24, 2013 Food Post by Claudia Alarcón

Royal Headache

"...fury that throws the Goner Records vault straight into Sam Cooke's Harlem Square Club. It's a sock hop in..."

June 1, 2012 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

I Just Wasn't Made for These Times

Then again, maybe Kat Edmonson fits perfectly

"...LPs (and 20 subsequent Grammys) from Steely Dan to Sam Cooke and Ray Charles, recorded, mixed, and co-produced Way..."

April 6, 2012 Music Feature by Adam Schragin

The Town Was Hoppin'

Austin's music scene of the Fifties lives on in Ray Campi

"...icon, brought in such giants as Duke Ellington and Sam Cooke...."

March 30, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Dikes of Holland, Not in the Face, Flesh Lights

"...of the swelling crowds even when there's a cover. Same for junkyard choogaloo duo Not in the Face, whose..."

Jan. 13, 2012 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Off the Record

Red River anchorman Frank Hendrix stakes his claim to the Eastside and beyond

"...has proven aptly prophetic. He was first signed by Sam Cooke in the Womack Brothers; penned the Rolling Stones'..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Last Soul Man

Bobby Womack washes up on 'Plastic Beach'

"...you of the one you just heard. It’s the same way with the bookings: me, Mos Def, Snoop Dogg,..."

Oct. 21, 2010 Music Post by Austin Powell

Shinyribs

"...Rust") and ends the night with a cover of Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come" so sublime it..."

June 25, 2010 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Wilson Pickett

in box

"...appears by the third disc to help Pickett manhandle Sam Cooke's "Bring It on Home to Me," "Stagger Lee,"..."

May 14, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Please, Judge

Roky Erickson's first studio album in over a decade proves Will Sheff and Okkervil River's genius once again

"...artists – Little Richard, James Brown, the Rolling Stones, Sam Cooke, Bo Diddley, the Kinks, and Little Willie John,..."

April 16, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

All Times Through Paradise

Introducing Austin's patron saint of musicians, Saint Cecilia

"...of painters when he was 23. Briefly inhabiting the same parish as Bartolomeo Manfredi (1582-1622), whose David-and-Goliath head-butts Roky..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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