Seven Essential ACL Fest 2022 Recommendations

Heavyweight hand-picks from the Chronicle Music team

"...good, Sullivan is staging a revolution. – Clara Wang Billy StringsFriday, 7pm, T-Mobile stage..."

Oct. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

"Maria Chávez: String Room"

With this interactive sound installation, it’s hard to tell whether it’s more about music or not-music

"...Chávez's "String Room" is a collection of steel piano strings pulled taut from floor to ceiling and neatly arranged..."

April 28, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

The Rebirth of Doyle Bramhall II

For his first solo LP in 15 years, Eric Clapton’s top lieutenant may have put out the blues album of 2016

"...song "November" has that vibe, with its horns and strings. Was the R&B in that song intentional?..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Ellen Fullman

The former Austinite returns to turn Seaholm into a giant stringed instrument

"...here for the first time in 12 years. The strings of the Long String Instrument are 100 feet long...."

March 12, 2010 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

WIll Taylor & Strings Attached with James McMurtry

Live shot

"...WIll Taylor & Strings Attached with James McMurtry..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Will Taylor and Strings Attached

"...Will Taylor and Strings Attached The last few years have seen local strings..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Hess

Golden Arm Symphony

Unraveling the budding symphonic genius of Graham Reynolds

"...among the 26 other kamikaze compositions, there were no strings...."

Feb. 11, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Inventor

The life of Leonardo da Vinci recounted in charming stop motion

"...souls at Laika, home of Kubo and the Two Strings) it's rare that large studios will fund these miracles..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Out There in the Fresh Air With Utopia, Old Settler's, and Kerrville Folk Festival

Fall fests coax us from the metropolis

"...Mikaela Davis (Sat., 6:15pm) Enchanting songwriter plucks heart strings with harp strings and is known to unleash stirring..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...songs resound in and out of 22 minutes, bass strings audibly vibrating and primal drums thumping...."

July 2, 2021 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Trolls World Tour

Too many notes make for a flat CG-animated sequel

"...divided lands, each possessing one of the magical musical strings from which all tunes are derived. Yet the hard..."

April 10, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Bach's Herd of Harpsichords V: Double Play

You'll always find something unexpected at a La Follia harpsichord concert, but you can expect the instrument to be well-played

"...teacher, Womer's eyes grew wide, and he asked amazedly: "Strings?" At which Jones-Ragona glared Womer's way and, in his..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Herd the Third: More Concerti by Bach for Multiple Harpsichords

La Follia takes the harpsichord beyond Bach and proves the instrument isn't just for the baroque

"...the Concerto in A Minor for Four Harpsichords and Strings from the original 2011 Bach's Herd of Harpsichords concert..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow

Director Sophie Fiennes gives us this elegant examination of the highly personal artwork of German painter and sculptor Anselm Kiefer.

"...emerging artworks. Accompanied by the clashing brasses and insistent strings of Hungarian composer György Ligeti, we are taken on..."

Feb. 17, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mask Instructions: The Top 1%!

Who wants to be a billionaire?

"...5) Pull some strings – Washington strings or Wall Street strings, whatever seems..."

Oct. 28, 2011 News Feature

Fantastic Journey

Alejandro Escovedo comes full circle

"...don't expect that to mean guitar, bass, drums, and strings, you don't know Alejandro Escovedo's music. These are essential..."

June 20, 2008 Music Feature by Dave Marsh

Alejandro Escovedo String Quintet

Record review

"...aftermath, Escovedo emerged a songwriter with Gravity. Solo, with strings, and later an entire orchestra, he worked up the..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

All There in the Music

Mandy Mercier puts down her fiddle to talk about her eventful life.

"...then come the notes, the soulful fiddle, the heartbreak strings, and soaring melodies. Onstage, she wears the hats of..."

May 11, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Whirled of Sound

Tracking down Rob Halverson and Robinson Ear's Little Whirled of Sound.

"...Whirled of Sound, swells to an oceanic crescendo of strings and voices, your emotions soar with the song. Over..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Exhibitionism

Phantom of the Opera: Window Display

"...between all the players is tight and entertaining. The strings dominate, which would have made a horn solo a..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Arts Review

Catching His Breath

For Performance Artist Sxip, It's All in the Breathing

"...his otherworldly guitar pieces with paper clips over the strings, or playing the harmonica with mad stomping and huffing..."

April 11, 1997 Arts Feature

Album Review: Will Johnson’s Pensive Trip to Diamond City

Folk-rock troubadour strips down for 10th solo album

"..."Floodway Fall" slips into misty strings that brush against Johnson's tender vocals as he warbles..."

May 30, 2025 Music Feature by Miranda Garza

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

A farewell party for Jim Eno, Rock the Park with Rosie Flores, and more recommended shows

"...out of any audience member. – Adam Cherian Billy StringsMoody Center, Friday 2 – Saturday 3..."

June 2, 2023 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Sound Unseen is Blowing Up Your Stream

The hybrid music and movie fest unifies the ATX and the Twin Cities

"...tour, via France (Marseille, Rap Capital!), Iraq (The Forbidden Strings), and Indonesia (A Punk Daydream). Or maybe you’re fascinated..."

Nov. 10, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Lucinda Williams, Ray Prim, and Curved Light lead the pack

"...an admixture of highwayman ramble, countrified blues twangs, signature strings, down-home gospel, and age-old frustrations specific to Black people...."

Aug. 21, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Symphony Orchestra With Jennifer Frautschi, Violin

The ASO's latest musical tour of Russia took a literary turn

"...a rather demure demeanor, once she put bow to strings, she attacked the score with breathtaking speed and intensity...."

Jan. 15, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Folk Music Fireball!

Sixty years ago this month and next, Elvis Presley destroyed Austin

"...hit his guitar, a lick, and he broke two strings...."

Dec. 25, 2015 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

"Luz y Movimiento: Ender Martos"

A new space for Camiba Art allows for a playful, active relationship to Ender Martos' vibrant Op Art work

"...a reversal of Soto's "Penetrables" (large installations of dangling strings that viewers can move through and touch). In Camiba's..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Arts Review by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Miró Quartet with Anton Nel

A concert which proved that eloquence survives in the age of the sound bite

"...first movement of Edward Elgar's Quintet for Piano and Strings in A Minor, they alternated passages of dramatic conflict..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Return of the Herd of Harpsichords

This La Follia concert was to the harpsichord what a fine wine tasting is to vino

"...and down scales and running rings around the sedate strings, whose long notes and fluid passages between notes suggested..."

Jan. 13, 2012 Arts Review by Robert Faires

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