Salon Concerts 20th Anniversary Season Opener

This concert's three virtuosi showed us why nothing trumps a live music experience

"...about live music that gets us off our couches rather than throw on a favorite playlist and save the..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman

American Repertory Ensemble

Coming soon to a computer or TV screen near you: dance and classical music from ARE?

"...Obviously, it's the "live" in "live performance" that makes all the difference..."

July 24, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

In New Production of Belle, Ballet Austin Finds Grace in Beauty and Beasts

Stephen Mills mulls better life through dance

"...and discordant piano couplets from composer Graham Reynolds. A father bids goodbye to his three daughters, embracing each as..."

Sept. 27, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Surfing Indra's Net

"...it since yesterday, when a song he played on the air at KUT, Rufus Wainwright's "Barcelona," tickled his memory,..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Music Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Getting Online With Art

"...Still puzzling out that connection between art and the Internet? Does art really connect on the World Wide..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Arts Column

Articulations

IRS OKs G&S @ CCP

"...lot like one of those Saturday morning serials with the cliffhanger endings, the closure of Capitol City Playhouse by..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Arts Column

Song of Life on Death Row

How Dead Man Walking came to be an opera -- and to be produced in Austin before almost every other city in the world -- reveals the great risks and rewards in developing new works for the modern operatic stage.

"...The space is small and austere: fluorescent bulbs and walls..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

ACL Review: Bonobo

UK spinner’s live band aesthetic turns epic

"...by swashes of warm yellow and orange lights from the Tito’s tent early Friday evening, British DJ Bonobo (Simon..."

Oct. 7, 2017 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Gift Guide: Prince

Sign o’ the Times (Super Deluxe Edition) (Warner Bros.)

"...of 63 previously unreleased tracks on this 8-CD goliath. "There are no mistakes this time."..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Estate Sale Roundup: November 7-9

Keep on truckin' this week for everything under the autumn sun

"...Get up early, you'll want to hit all the estate sales this weekend...."

Nov. 7, 2014 Design Post by Anne Harris

Gregg Allman: Still No Angel

Legendary figurehead continues bottling that ol’ black magic

"...Last I tried to see the Allman Brothers, they canceled due to Gregg Allman’s liver..."

Jan. 3, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

12 More Days of ECM

12 More Days of vintage ECM jazz Touchstones

"...On the third gift guide of Christmas my true love gave..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Reggaeton, Psych Rock, Brat-Pop, and More Crucial Concerts

Local shows worth your admission this week

"...confused with legendary Parliament-Funkadelic bandleader George Clinton – makes the type of trippy, nostalgic electronic music that the kids..."

April 18, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Designated Drummer

Drummer Ernie Durawa's Way of Knowledge.

"...If you're going to hang a tag on the able shoulders of Ernesto "Ernie" Durawa, that would be..."

May 23, 2003 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Live Shots

"...The Red Elvises at the Continental Club, October 18 photograph..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Music Feature

The Black Keys

"...The Black KeysAttack and Release (Nonesuch)..."

April 25, 2008 Music Review by Austin Powell

Deerhoof at Wizard Rodeo and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Austin acts El Combo Oscuro and sleep well. both host album release shows

"...Looking for the best shows happening in Austin this week? Check out..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Jazz Sides

"...Ska and Afro-Cuban jazz. Yes, ska. It's all in the name. It's also all in the Caribbean-style piano flourish..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Music Feature

Fucked Up

"...Fucked UpThe Chemistry of Common Life (Matador)..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Reissues

Gift guide

"...The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Dungen

Record review

"...There's a Swedish proverb that says, "Wisdom is in the..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Ravi & Anoushka Shankar

Live shot

"...Paramount Theatre, Sept. 20..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

10 Free Week Acts to Watch This Weekend

Keep an eye out for these musicians in 2019

"...Abhi the NomadStubb’s, Thu. 3 For the next three years, Austin..."

Jan. 4, 2019 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Holy conceptual contortions, Batman!

In his Austin Shakespeare Festival staging of A Midsummer Night's Dream, director Robert Tolaro creates a fantasy world of superheroes with a strong hint of modern Chicago 'burb, that pulls up a bit short conceptually, but is still a fun, rambunctious evening.

"...Beverly Sheffield Zilker Hillside Theatre,..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Recommended

"...he sang his ass off. That night, D'Arby was the complete soul package, and surprisingly humble to boot. Ordinarily,..."

Nov. 17, 1995 Music Feature

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Celebrity Austin Music Pollster: Kalu James of Kalu & the Electric Joint..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Lord Friday the 13th: "Bigots Beware"..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Greener Pastures

Youth, Joy, and Jean Arthur

"...Emissary of despair! Why hast thou cast me into the pit of ultimate darkness, weeping, wailing, sulking. Was it..."

May 10, 2002 Features Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Fast Times at Liberty Lunch

"...come to praise Liberty Lunch, not to bury it. The gathering of tribes happens too often after something has..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Record Reviews

Barbarito Torres

"...Just because it's Cuban doesn't mean it's the Buena Vista Social Cloob. Destined to become one of..."

July 9, 1999 Music Review

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