Momentum and the Mountainside Sound

Dylan's bottler of magic, Bob Johnston, on the nicest guy ever, plus Paul Simon, Willie Nelson, Michael Martin Murphey, and more

"...call 'Momentum.' You could see it in his face and he shared that fire, that spirit. Columbia's leading folk..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Music Feature by Louis Black

Paul Simon, Still Tender After All These Years

Hit-maker supreme digs in at the first of three Austin shows

"...It’s a testament to Paul Simon’s songbook that after Tuesday’s two-hour, 22-song set at Bass..."

May 11, 2016 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Paul Simon Takes a Final Bow

Last tour both rouses and hushes Erwin Center

"...Paul Simon began his farewell tour stop in Austin on Monday..."

June 5, 2018 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Paul Simon Makes History

PBS concert staple nets two hours of soul-stirring standards

"...music treasure from its bucket list Thursday night. Paul Simon mostly repeated Tuesday’s set list from the first of..."

May 13, 2016 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Crime Month: A Chron "… and Punishment" Playlist

Songs answering the musical question, "Does crime pay?" No.

"...rather, two. The first covers "Crime." The second, “… and Punishment,” feels like maneuvering through a field full of..."

July 17, 2019 Arts Post by M. Brianna Stallings

Simon & Garfunkel

Box Sets

"...Simon & GarfunkelThe Columbia Studio Recordings 1964-1970 (Columbia Legacy) The..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Yes

In Box

"..."How did that happen?" For sure, this is a band that's had more lineup changes than most college football..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Garden State

A mash note to love that speaks to Generation Y as powerfully as The Graduate did to the Boomers.

"...Braff, Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Ian Holm, Jean Smart and Method Man. "I am thinking it’s a sign that..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fire and Rain: The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSNY, and the Lost Story of 1970

David Browne's revisionist history of 1970

"...Fire and Rain: The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSNY,..."

July 15, 2011 Music Feature by Greg Beets

The Graduate

"...Ross, William Daniels, Elizabeth Wilson, Murray Hamilton, Walter Brooke and Norman Fell. By December of 1967 when director Mike..."

March 28, 1997 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Page Two

Acting as if God partakes in partisan or national politics is a display of blasphemy, not faith

"...voice, with hardly a hint of foreshadowing. Isaac loves and trusts his father...."

Dec. 24, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Late in the Evening

Live review of Paul Simon at the Cedar Park Center

"...Toward the end of Paul Simon’s 40-minute encore at the Cedar Park Center Saturday night,..."

Nov. 7, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

A Night For Austin Raises $500K for Capital Creatives

Willie: “We all need each other and we all need music”

"...“Thank you... no one’s here,” clowned Paul Simon on Wednesday night, arms outstretched to soak in silent..."

June 11, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW 2012 Film Lineup Announced

'21 Jump Street' selected as Centerpiece Film

"...Emerging Visions, Headliners, the music-oriented 24 Beats Per Second, and more – will screen over the course of the..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Coach's Corner

The perfect boxing match for the peace n' love generation.

"...of 50 should be dragged from their suburban homes and shot. This was certainly my position as I seized..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...According to Elton John, Simon and Garfunkel are bad at charades, but better at..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Page Two

The real tragedy of downtown construction, the life of Steven Fromholz, and the death of Joey Ramone

"...Many businesses in many areas, intoxicated by the boom, overexpanded. The bust -- if it is a bust --..."

April 20, 2001 Column by Louis Black

The Roots of the Left

Janes and Slusher's newsletter kept a Weird eye on City Hall.

"...if you don't keep an eye on it, it'll wander off where it should not, hide things from you,..."

July 4, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Coach's Corner

"...The family, sledding over the pure, driven snow to grandma's house, in the Miller Lite commercial, are oh-so- happy...."

Dec. 25, 1998 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...stages throughout the Texas capital. Among the international, national, and hometown musicians on the expansive lineup, the Chronicle music..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Chasing Amy

Painting lamps, chasing elephants, and singing with Alejandro Escovedo: Amy Cook jumps into the pool

"...Havana in San Antonio. The room is painted white and minty blue-green, with disembodied lamp bases strung wall to..."

April 9, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Only the Beginning

Wednesday Night SXSW "Sleepers"

"...for the first time were confined to 17 venues and approximately 85 acts. This year, with the experiment an..."

March 13, 1998 Music Feature

Simon & Garfunkel, the Everly Brothers

Live shot

"...Simon & Garfunkel, the Everly BrothersFrank Erwin Center, July 6..."

July 9, 2004 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Is It Rolling, Bob?

Bob Johnston produced some of music's greatest albums

"...Producer of Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde and Highway 61 Revisited; Simon & Garfunkel's Sounds of Silence;..."

June 26, 2015 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Wild

Reese Witherspoon stars as Cheryl Strayed in this autobiographical trek of expiation.

"...Gaby Hoffmann, Michiel Huisman, Kevin Rankin, W. Earl Brown and Mo McRae...."

Dec. 12, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Dan Ryan

"..."Ring Them Bells (Carrion Crow)." Things pick up on Simon & Garfunkel-y groove "Lonely Height" and the title buzz,..."

Nov. 24, 2017 Music Review by Rachel Rascoe

2014 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast

Almost exclusively white faces, as fine as they are

"...Even at its most pompous, elitist, self-aggrandizing, and racist, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame..."

June 6, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Think

Aretha Franklin heats up the Moody

"...Sade at the Erwin Center in September, Gladys Knight and her brother “Bubba” the Pip at the Paramount, Diana..."

Nov. 16, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Fleet Foxes

"...folk begging instant timelessness. Two months later, the Seattle band's eponymous LP flourished with a rich renaissance of indie..."

June 10, 2011 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Richard Barone

Sorrows & Promises: Greenwich Village in the 1960s

"...with New York's Greenwich Village in the Sixties. He and some pals cast a wide net, covering not only..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by Michael Toland

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