Dancing About Architecture

Eyes on the Prize

"...Music Awards, presented by your own cute, cuddly Chronicle (and cute, cuddly Margaret Moser). In order of appearance, you'll..."

Feb. 21, 1997 Music Column

Off the Record

Fanning the flames of the ACL Music Festival 2007

"...Ring of Fire..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Paul Taylor Dance Company

The Paul Taylor Dance Company's Nov. 16 appearance at Bass Concert Hall allowed Austinites to see how this 72-year-old master molds intricate, enthralling shapes into the space of the stage and to marvel at the remarkable team of dancers that he employs to coax his vision to life.

"...Ah, the body in motion. The arch of a back, the turn of a wrist, the sweep..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Arts Review by Molly Beth Brenner

Page Two

Our cover story delves into the complex legacy of Townes Van Zandt, an artist who cared more about music than business, who literally lived his whole life for the sake of the song.

"...The building, over 100 years old, was run-down, paint-stripped, and in overall bad repair. The folks I was visiting..."

June 14, 2002 Column by Louis Black

Holy Smoke!

The Barbecue! Bible

"...Live fire cooking is the world's first cooking method; it's the..."

June 25, 1999 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Record Reviews

Ibrahim Ferrer

"...The Buena Vista Social Club recordings of the last two years, featuring some of Cuba's great,..."

June 11, 1999 Music Review

Record Reviews

Ani Difranco

"...Austin, drugs are bad, the homeless have been criminalized, and the erosion of America's industrial base coupled with a..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Music Review

Live Shots

"...Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Cha's at Generation Tex in Waterloo..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Music Feature

Faster Than Sound: Pure X Reconciles With Austin

Local rock group returns after six years, Gold Rush Vinyl checks in, and Threadgill’s closes permanently.

"...Six years ago, hazy local rock band Pure X quit their jobs in anticipation of touring..."

April 24, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Thursday

"...BELAIRE7:30pm, Emo's IV Everyone loves to dance and smile. Austin fourpiece Belaire is a collaboration between twin..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Do the Chili Mac

"...The Texas Tornados may just be on the verge of having the biggest hit of their career(s). A dance..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Music Column

Playback: Jon Pettis Rising

One man's life touches so many others

"...Last Thursday, Jesse Moore woke in the middle of the night and eased his mind by listening to..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Miller's Tale

Swinging across the century with Ernie Mae Miller, 'a little blues, a little bawdy'

"...Ernie Mae Miller holds in one small hand a framed photograph from the Forties. It's a band..."

July 6, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...the agendas are really all the same: safe, convenient, and reasonably quick transportation. It's great that Katie Larsen can..."

May 30, 2003 Column

Dancing About Architecture

Neil Diamond comes to town, the Metro stays open, Cotton Mather searches for a deal, Hamstein sells its publishing, Wynton Marsalis visits the Elephant Room, and much, much more.

"...they gotten Neil Diamond to perform on their show and ... why was he singing the phrase "blow me"..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Girl Who Met Robert Johnson

Shirley Ratisseau wrote a song with Robert Johnson

"...Memory and history. Both have a way of being skewed by,..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Do Right Woman

Polly Parsons, only child of Gram Parsons, comes full circle in Austin with the Hickory Wind Ranch, sober living for women

"...vacant house with a few stray chairs out front and stops, the driver smiling at the woman beside her...."

July 31, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Bad Boy Boogie

“Let There Be Rock,” pronounced AC/DC - on the silver screen, in 1980. With Bon Scott.

"...“War Machine” incinerated San Antonio’s AT&T Center last December, and tonight the Frank Erwin Center’s sprinkler system tests its..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Ramones Signer Seymour Stein Visits Local Mentees Residual Kid

Plus Casey Monahan's exit interview, James Petralli's new side project, and SXSW's 547 additional acts

"..."It's all about the song." "Trends are over before you can spot them." "There..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Holy Well, Sacred Flame

Irish mythology is littered with conflicts more dramatic than the material for Holy Well, Sacred Flame. Still, writer-director Bonnie Cullum makes a unique rite from sincerity, sensuousness, and outlandish vision.

"...town, Kildare itself, Jimmy the bus driver deposited me and the rest of Mr. Keane's fourth-grade class at a..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Arts Review by Rob Curran

"...Fan with not-so-Princely nu soul, featuring the unfunky sounds of Grover Washington Jr. and Alison Moyet. Mark Bell and..."

April 27, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Knnc X-mas/reverend Horton Heat, Meices

"...There's music 365 days a year in Austin Texas, and you don't have to go very far to find..."

Dec. 22, 1995 Music Feature

Off the Record

Celebrating Independence Day with Wild America and Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic

"...Gods of the Earth..."

July 9, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Media Watch: Bow Chica Wow-Wow

The life and times of a porn-music impresario

"...John Dial, software designer and porn-music impresario, is trying to explain his..."

Aug. 3, 2007 News Column by Kevin Brass

Musica del Mar

Hanging Ten with Austin trio the Sir Finks

"...On the Casino el Camino patio, it's one of those gorgeous spring evenings that Austinites savor for a..."

May 12, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

SXSW Tuesday Showcase Picks

"...Shoegaze melancholy and churning punk percussion meet in Philadelphia's Suburban Living, whose..."

March 10, 2017 Music Feature

SXSW Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...Lucero's gathering enters its fourth year and its second SX, and, as always, the bluegrass revivalists/punk..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Friday

"...LUCKYIAM.PSC7:30pm, Emo's Main A founding member of Mystik Journeymen, LuckYiam.PSC introduced himself as an MC to..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

The Year It All Went Wrong

Looking back at club closings in Austin in 1999.

"...It's almost dead. Thankfully. And 1999 deserves to die before it kills anything else...."

Dec. 31, 1999 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

photograph by Todd V. Wolfson

Bruce Hughes

"...Bruce Hughes may play in two ofAustin's most popular bands, the Ugly Americans and the Scabs,..."

June 5, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

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