Sing Me Back Home

The Return of Libbi Bosworth

"...There comes a time in all our lives when we face..."

Sept. 20, 1996 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

Sing Me Back Home

Merel Haggard at the Paramount

"...You might think a Merle Haggard show at the Paramount Theatre would be a..."

June 19, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Back Home in Texas

The return of the reigning Queen of Austin Country Music

"...Don Walser, but closer inspection reveals the Northern Exposure clap-on-the-back of truly fine Texan Barry Corbin. "Welcome to Libbiville!"..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Filmmaker Brings Her Rap Drama Back Home

Katherine Propper finds family in Lost Soulz at Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival

"...in the film, so it may feel like a twentysomething's perspective on youth – some of which is timeless."..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Home Is Where You Hang Your Hat

Cyril Neville returns to the blues

"...Cyril Neville made his name as a musical chameleon, slithering between funk and R&B,..."

May 13, 2009 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Take Me Home: Kelley Mickwee

Trishas singer steps out front

"...Used to Live Here drops today. After spending years singing as a duo with Jed Zimmerman and finding success..."

July 22, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

John Fogerty Won’t Back Down

From Pete Seeger and Tom Petty to the romance of the Sixties

"...a few Sunday on Auditorium Shores when the Berkeley-born singer headlines the All ATX fundraiser titled “Back to the..."

Oct. 25, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Always Be Chloe-sing

Mary Lynn Rajskub on moving from 24 to stand-up

"...phrase on 24 – which was often – it meant go-time for the easily irritated, eye-rolling IT savant played..."

Nov. 12, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

A Final Gina Chavez Diary: Back to Argentina

Embrujos, Malbec, and even “Kumbaya”

"...nothing about. The magnitude of it all didn’t hit me until I left my parents at the airport. Born..."

May 6, 2016 Music Post by Gina Chavez

Home Grown

Down on Pioneer Farm with KLRU's 'The Biscuit Brothers,' ready for season two but still struggling for funds

"...the street register on Brown's mic. Before filming can commence, a farmer backs a motor loader into frame...."

May 19, 2006 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...Doyle Bramhall II glanced over his shoulder and gave me a piercing look. Queued up at the vinyl room..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

"Let Dusty Sing One!" ZZ Top’s Dusty Hill (1949-2021) and the Pursuit of the Perfect Note

Legendary Texas bassist died in his sleep Tuesday night

"...If you’re like me, you’re weeping, eating barbecue, and blasting Fandango! It’s only..."

July 29, 2021 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Don't Let Me Fall

One ancient, cracked 45 opens the doors to the church of the Relatives

"...blue van, banging on the side and waiting for something cold, but the man under the hood is not..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Luv Doc Recommends: Now I’m 64: Paul McCartney’s Birthday Sing-Along

Alamo Drafthouse Downtown, Sunday, June 18, 2006

"...Back in 1968 at the age of 28 John Lennon..."

June 16, 2006 Column by The Luv Doc

Of Thee I Sing (and Dance)

The musical is America's gift to theatre, and here's the local state of the union

"...What better time to celebrate the musical than the month in which..."

July 20, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Guys Like Me

Was America Really Made for Dick Price?

"...and No Place to Go," Dick Price claims that America was made for guys like him:..."

April 6, 2001 Music Feature by Clay Smith

'Forgive Me: A Novel'

An excerpt

"...Nadine met Maxim on her first day in the Nutthall Road..."

June 15, 2007 Books Feature by Amanda Eyre Ward

Going Back to "Lake Charles"

"...star circa 1985 with The Trough, a fake heavy metal band. Embarrassingly, Margaret Moser sings "Don't Slander Me" (right)...."

Oct. 23, 1998 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

'May the Passenger Pigeon Sing Thee to Thy Rest'

Second-Place Winner

"...My grandmother told me that the passenger pigeon traveled in flocks that blackened..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Books Feature by Perry Tyson Midkiff II

General Lee and Me

My life and dirty times as a Jam & Jelly Girl with Dino Lee & the White Trash Revue

"...It's nearly 1am on a sweltering summer night in 1985. I'm lying on my back on..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Bigger Than Me: The Musical Journey of BLK ODYSSY

A child of funk who lost his brother to police brutality soundtracks a revolution on BLK VINTAGE

"...other music industry hopefuls at Austin's annual spring break megaconference...."

Aug. 13, 2021 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Austin ISD Leans in to Win Back Families, Boost Enrollment

Every student counts

"...It is 8am, and the Joslin Elementary library is waiting, patiently, for elusive families...."

Aug. 13, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Luv Doc Recommends: Madonna 50th Birthday Sing-Along

Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz, Friday, August 15, 2008

"...This Saturday, Madonna turns 50. That means Blondie must be hobbling around on a tennis-ball walker..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Column by The Luv Doc

Thai Me Up, Thai Me Down

A Sampling of Thai Restaurants Around Austin

"...America just can't seem to get enough of Thai food...."

March 27, 1998 Food Feature

Page Two: The Path Back to Believing

It only takes a moment for the ordinary to transform

"...happen much anymore, though it used to all the time – the ongoing steady, expected beat of life ripped..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Column by Louis Black

Welcome Home

King Diamond crowns Fun Fun Fun Fest

"...roll. At least not in the case of heavy metal icon King Diamond. The 58-year-old Denmark native born Kim..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Back Door Man

A profile of Bill Bentley, former Austin Sun writer, current music industry impresario, and producer of tribute albums of Roky Erickson and Skip Spence

"...executive as a young man. To the twenty- and thirtysomethings who patronize the Hole for its mix of unknowns,..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

God Hates Me

Suffering through Austin's hangover cures

"...By the time my dad found me, my 501s were soaked. Awkward,..."

March 18, 2016 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Home of the Famous Cuban Sandwich

"...with no option to pass the elderly driver holding me up that I noticed the new place on the..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Food Feature

Back to Josquin

Texas Early Music Project Director Danny Johnson on the 15th-century composer he keeps returning to.

"...how important the Early Music Ensemble had been to me and to the other people. A huge chunk of..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Arts Feature by Jerry Young

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