Thursday Showcases

International hip-hop, or domestic, Modern Outsider sounds?

"...Peru. Representing Santo Domingo, Dominican songstress Carolina Camacho layers jazzy vocals with themes of empowerment and spirituality over electro-tinged..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

The Poughkeepsie Kid

Shadowing Austin City Limits Executive Producer Terry Lickona

"...in Austin, may have foreshadowed the East Coaster's eventual Texan citizenship...."

Oct. 3, 2014 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Springsteen’s High Hopes in Houston

Rarities set-list turns on a pair of Hispanic siblings

"...afterglow of ESB’s recent stopover at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival with Cajun-Irish hoedown “Jesse James” and..."

May 8, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Passionate Kisses

2013/2014 Austin Music Awards: Lucinda Williams plants one on Margaret Moser

"...with Doug Sahm and Freddy Fender at the Alamo. Texan pioneers who died for the cause: music. Blues, country,..."

March 7, 2014 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Playback

Christmas wishes for the local set

"...• Kimberlee Leber, O Come All Ye Faithful: Urban folk/jazz singer-songwriter carols about Santa and the Bible. Half Notes..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Sarah Jarosz & Gary Clark Jr. Nominated for Grammys

Local youths step further out into the national spotlight

"...“Invisible” (live on the recent KGSR Broadcasts disc) and Texan Edie Brickell with Steve Martin (the title track to..."

Dec. 9, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Late October Food Event-Palooza

Calendar packed with worthwhile food, wine, beer, film events

"...business is home to the ghost of legendary Austin jazz piano man Robert Shaw, a former tenant. In honor..."

Oct. 23, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Testing One's Mettle

Will Bridget Dunlap's new restaurant shine or tarnish on the Eastside?

"...a brunch cocktail that gives the Cuban classic a Texan twist with grapefruit and Topo Chico...."

Aug. 9, 2013 Food Review by Melanie Haupt

Shirley Ratisseau’s Last Blues

Pioneering Texan dies at 84

"...Eckstine, Albert Collins, Count Basie, and countless blues and jazz legends...."

April 16, 2013 Music Post by Margaret Moser

On the Bus Again

On the eve of turning 80, Willie Nelson's still calling the tune

"...powerful, bordering on a rock & roll version of Texan honky-tonk, taking in elements of blues and jazz. In..."

April 12, 2013 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

SXSW Saturday Showcases

"...Mississippi's eclectic showcase kicks off with native Texan Kallie North, having taken root in the Delta to..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

Ellington, Mingus, Monk

Complete catalogs trump career overviews

"...Sixties, each had already established himself as an undisputed jazz pillar. Nonetheless, these albums yielded some of their most..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Undiscovered Jewels

Formula One visitors get a taste of Austin's best hotel dining

"...is open from 5-10pm Tuesday through Saturday with live jazz as an accompaniment. The coolest thing to look for..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

This Week

Your one-stop weekly source for capital city events and nightlife

"...6 - 9pm. This year's lineup features nationally known Texan artists; the concert series is held in conjunction with..."

July 18, 2012 Events Post by Chrontourage

The Town Was Hoppin'

Austin's music scene of the Fifties lives on in Ray Campi

"...Motel and nightclub, but it was more of a jazz club, with owner Bill Turner's trio playing most nights...."

March 30, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

1, 2, Tres, Cuatro: Five Degrees of Chinanine

Thirty years of the Austin Music Poll, five layers of Chinanine, and a fistful of Austin Music Awards confirmations

"...first championed punk rock in Austin via The Daily Texan in the late Seventies, and you can see the..."

Feb. 17, 2012 Music Column by Margaret Moser

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

Old Settler's Music Festival preview

"...taking mandolin to places it's never been, including space jazz and funky reggae. Celebrated for his fiddle work as..."

April 15, 2011 Music Feature

SXSW Friday Picks & Sleepers

Friday night blurbage of SXSW

"...by fans and therefore more personal and relaxed. Reggae, jazz, folk, and even hip-hop mingle freely, courtesy of her..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

Vinyl Ashes

A gray vinyl 7-inch with your exit songs?

"...out my favorite, Bruce Springsteen's "Cadillac Ranch," the famed Texan landmark. The Boss' roadhouse rocker begins cocky enough ("Well..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Crossroads 3

I went up to the Crossroads – and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – fell down on my knees

"...down from Tommy's mountain of hummus – which the jazz scholar ("What about this Sun Ra DVD?") had suggested..."

July 2, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

Can you hear me now? Local musicians and OTR get some much needed hearing aid while Jody Denberg signs off from KGSR.

"...his voice at the University of Texas' The Daily Texan before working his way up the ladder at KLBJ,..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Lyle Lovett

"...that fit pleasingly into his career's output. The lanky Texan composed just five of Natural Forces' 11 songs, the..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Monk-Think

It's Black Monk Time – again. Shave your head!

"...Gary Burger, bass player Eddie Shaw, organist Larry Clark, Texan drummer Roger Johnston, and rhythm guitarist Dave Day. In..."

April 24, 2009 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

SXSW Showcases

Friday

"...Maiden-esque epic metal from San Francisco's Slough Feg. Sole Texan entry Absu hammers black metal from deep in the..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

News/Print

UT nets the papers of Liz Smith and Jim Crace, BookWoman's back in business, an O.Henry twofer, book-cart drill-team madness, and what's this about a new Books blog?

"...In a late April New York Post column, once-and-forever Texan Liz Smith announced the University of Texas will acquire..."

May 9, 2008 Books Column by Kimberley Jones

Austin Represent

Texas artist whips out the leather in NOLA.

"...Leave it to a Texan to whip out some slabs of leather at a..."

April 27, 2008 Design Post by Kate X Messer

2007-08 Austin Music Awards

Austin Music Hall, Wednesday, March 12

"...swagger. Stylistic inheritors the Belleville Outfit energized the swinging jazz of "Outside Looking Out," but Lyle Lovett, who produced..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

ACL Fest Saturday Picks

"...Marry Me (Beggar’s Banquet), Texan Annie Clark’s debut LP as St. Vincent, is one..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Music Feature

Lizzy Wetzel, Bradley Brown & Edward Setina: Agent on the Road

This first part of the artist exchange between Dallas' Road Agent Gallery and Austin's Art Palace brings a stylistically different perspective to our town

"...take a Texas symbol, the chalk-dry cow skull, and jazz it up into hyperbolic mysticism. The underlying sheep skull..."

June 1, 2007 Arts Review by Salvador Castillo

Food-o-File

Openings, awards, accolades, and other assorted food goings-on

"...the subject of a news feature in The Daily Texan when he opened last week, and a Fox 7..."

April 13, 2007 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

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