Playback: The Mayor's Plan to Save Austin Music

Mayor Steve Adler addresses the elephant in the club, Susan Antone honored, and Henry Gonzalez goes to the head of the Austin poster artist altar

"...the Obamas – Austin music still has problems, and Steve Adler's here to help. The mayor appeared on the..."

March 4, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

'Abstraction: Take 3'

A rhythmic joining of three disparate bodies of work, this Davis Gallery show creates a compelling harmony of color and pattern

"..."Abstraction: Take 3" at Davis Gallery comprises work by Steve Redman and Chun Hui Pak and Sydney Yeager, and..."

April 5, 2013 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Mayor’s Omnibus Resolution: Actualization Is Hard

Moving into Phase II

"...Dan Redman sees something different. As he tours the 25,000-sq.-ft. maze..."

Feb. 24, 2017 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

SXSW Music Review: Army

Hardcore punk townies siege Beerland’s patio

"...Opening Army’s set on Wednesday afternoon, Ben Redman’s primal cymbal hits had a Pied Piper effect. The..."

March 14, 2019 SXSW Post by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Goodbye Prop B, Hello HOT Monies

Following the defeat of Proposition B, Austin music advocates brainstorm applications of the first city funding for commercial music

"...space, now nearly at capacity, invited Shinyribs and Mayor Steve Adler to christen a new courtyard stage. The event..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Saturday Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...other late-Seventies pogo machine can touch. Pete Shelley and Steve Diggle still know how to riff your heartache to..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

World-Class Trombonist Andre Hayward's Spiritual Journey

"Big Butter" brings his warm sound to Austin

"...the San Francisco Jazz Collective (with Dave Douglas, Joshua Redman and Bobby Hutcherson), the Duke Ellington Orchestra, and the..."

April 2, 2021 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Residual Kid’s Major Label Premiere

Austin trio’s new video teases their Sire Records debut

"...fuzzy memory, while subsequent recording sessions with alt-rock juggernauts Steve McDonald (Red Kross, Off!) and J Mascis remain unreleased...."

March 14, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

'The NFL Beat': Bye Week Bros

Fantasy fill-in friends

"...at Panthers WR Louis Murphy. Murphy will start opposite Steve Smith against my second-best matchup for opposing WRs in..."

Nov. 3, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Friday Picks & Sleepers

The blurbing of SXSW

"...ass." So says Justin Townes Earle, echoing his daddy Steve's penchant for bravado. Even so, last year's acclaimed Midnight..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Jazz Sides

"...of them even take a song as long-buried as Steve Miller's "Fly Like an Eagle" and not only make..."

June 12, 1998 Music Review

Kansas City

"...Richardson, Harry Belafonte, Michael Murphy, Dermot Mulroney, Brooke Smith, Steve Buscemi and Jane Adams. The indefatigable Robert Altman is..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Whole Lotta Lava Going On

Winter/Spring Movie Sneaks

"...Big spectacles are clearly in. One seasoned spectacle king, Steven Spielberg, has already laid claim to the Memorial Day..."

Feb. 14, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Saturday Picks & Sleepers

Last night blurbs – hip-hop Picks and slept-on Sleepers

"...show, hosted in a cameo by Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones. – Tim Stegall..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Kerrville Folk Festival Founder Rod Kennedy Dies

‘People are isolated from each other by technology’

"...storied careers of the Flatlanders (1972), Lucinda Williams (’74), Steve Earle (’78), Shawn Colvin (’88), Ani DiFranco (’94), and..."

April 14, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Playback

Christmas wishes for the local set

"...frontman J. Mascis in January. The locals' drummer, Ben Redman, will no longer keep the beat for eye-dilating space..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Sipping From the Spigot, Vol. 2

The second Great Boxed-Wine Challenge, plus a very important lesson

"...Dan Redman, wine broker and owner of Mosaic Wine Group and..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Off the Record

Pinetop Perkins leads local Grammy nominations; The Heartless Bastards' Erika Wennerstrom relocates to Austin; the Invincible Czars re-envision Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Suite

"...George Strait, Lucinda Williams) are accounted for, while both Steve Earle and Patty Griffin received nods for Best Contemporary..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Chick Corea

Gift guide

"...duos to large ensembles, including Michael Brecker, Christian McBride, Steve Gadd, Bobby McFerrin, Joshua Redman, and Terence Blanchard, and..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Music Feature by David Lynch

The Innovators

Part 2 of "Jazz," by Harvey Pekar

"...and 50-year-old rhythmic clichés, ô la Wynton Marsalis, Joshua Redman, James Carter, and Roy Hargrove...."

June 15, 2001 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Top 10 1999/National

"...7. Redman, Doc's da Name 2000 (Def Jam)..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature

Record Reviews

Ani Difranco

"...Econoline courtesy of the empathic, gentle tweakings of producer Steve Thompson (Madonna, Metallica). All in all, it's a cross-country..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Music Review

Record Reviews

"...of big, marquee names -- Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt, Steve Earle, and Shawn Colvin -- might be as thin..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Music Review

The Spirit of Improvisation

"...night. The tones of genre heavyweights David Murray, Joshua Redman, Nicholas Payton, Steve Lacey, Roy Hargrove, Sonny Murray, and..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

The Bitter End

"...people that want to try a craft beer," said Steve Tidwell, who shares the brewing duties with Tim Schwartz...."

Nov. 14, 1997 Food Feature