The Music Never Stopped

After 20 years and a loss of memory, a father and son learn to reconnect over the music of the Grateful Dead and Bob Dylan.

"...Mia Maestro, Tammy Blanchard and Scott Adsit. Based on the essay “The Last Hippie” by Dr. Oliver Sacks (whose..."

April 1, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Faster Than Sound – Austin Radio: “We Never Stopped or Went Off the Air”

Austin radio stations stay on-air and spirited during COVID-19

"...Susan Castle kicked off her first show back in the station with Gene Autry's "Back in the Saddle Again."..."

May 8, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Out Among the Stars: Cash to the Clash

New but vintage bluegrass, classic rock, country & punk CD/DVDs

"...Since his death more than a decade ago, there’s been no shortage of Johnny Cash releases. None match..."

April 2, 2014 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

ACL Review: Florence + the Machine

“Get as high as you can! I want to see some people in the sky!”

"...Barefoot. Florence Welch took to the stage sans shoes Sunday night to close out the..."

Oct. 12, 2015 Music Post by Sarah Marloff

Page Two: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Watching the Tide Roll Away

The Chronicle at 35

"..."The present-day composer refuses to die!"..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

After a Relapse Into Addiction Quietly Broke Up Street Sects, the Duo Has Exorcised Their Demons

The Gentrification V 7-inch hit last week, but Austin experimentalists are focusing on a balanced existence instead of rushing anticipated third LP

"...Languishing in the corner, monopolizing the dust that might have otherwise spread..."

May 27, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...and gave me a piercing look. Queued up at the vinyl room register in Waterloo Records, I flashed back..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Ray Manzarek: Trying to Set the World on Fire

The late Doors keyboardist at the Garden of Eden

"...first semester, I only knew one individual who fit the criteria: Doors’ keyboardist Ray Manzarek...."

May 23, 2013 Music Post by Danielle Zelisko

Blood on the Tracks

The ballad of Griff Luneburg and Cactus Cafe

"...its 30th anniversary this month. Griff Luneburg has run the intimate, Texas Union listening room for 28 of those..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Checking In: The Still is Still Moving to Oliver Rajamani

ATX’s Romani Lone Star makes another auto doc, My Mind

"...“In your series, I noticed a musician added videos they listen to, so I added James..."

Nov. 10, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Performing in the Moment

"...Maybe you were there that time when darkness came so quick. And I..."

May 7, 1999 Arts Feature by Barbejoy Ponzio

Kathy Valentine of the Go-Go's Recalls the Moment Her Band Topped the Charts in 1981

Austin born and raised, Valentine and the girls reigned with Beauty & the Beat – as excerpted from her new memoir All I Ever Wanted

"...Beauty and the Beat was mixed, mastered, and finished. All of the..."

April 17, 2020 Music Feature by Kathy Valentine

The Pleasure Seekers

Patti Quatro and her sisters started a revolution

"..."Detroit in the Sixties was a Renaissance. Motown was the going thing,..."

July 29, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Flip the Switch

"...The phone is already ringing. Who? "Somebody with the Rolling..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Long Story of East 11th and 12th Streets Takes a Turn

Austin’s historically black neighborhood continues to stand at the crossroads of growth

"...Dr. Charles Urdy, at 86, can still remember the names of long-gone nightclubs along East 11th Street. He..."

Oct. 18, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Aftermath

Days later, the Red River rampage echoes through many lives

"...driving westbound on East 12th Street, when he spotted the gray Honda Civic...."

March 21, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...SXSW has strapped on the rockets with not just a few titles for this..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Unlocking the Michael Schenker Festival

Sound pilgrim reveals the combination to his “whole story”

"...and Doogie White all orbit a red-hot turbine at the center, German guitarist Michael Schenker, 64. Lightning rod to..."

May 16, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

How the West Was Sung

The Newton Boys Soundtrack: An Oral History

"...THE NEWTON PLAYERS..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

The Table Ed Ward Built

Pioneering music journalist (1948-2021) wrote rock & roll history

"...Ed Ward, who died Monday at the age of 72, welcomed me to the table –..."

May 5, 2021 Music Post by Tim Stegall

For the Good Times

The Life and Times of Texas country crooner, Ray Price.

"...Before he took the stage of Central Missouri State University's Hendricks Hall on..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Music Feature by David Cantwell

Sleeping With the Television On

Teething Problems at the Austin Music Network

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Feb. 21, 1997 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Remembering Rod Moag, The Pickin' Singin' Professor

Jeff Moag honors his academic, musician, and KOOP radio host father

"...Last week, the Austin academic and musical community lost a charismatic figure..."

Jan. 28, 2023 Music Post by Jeff Moag

Beyond the Horizon with Denny Freeman

Austin lodestar offered the theories of life through a guitar

"...Every time Denny Freeman picked up his guitar, whether a lean and mean Fender Stratocaster or a beautiful..."

April 27, 2021 Music Post by Bill Bentley

Sparking a Glamour Riot at the Capitol

Peter Rapp brings living memory to Austin Pride's Stonewall event

"...Garland's body lay in state just blocks away, but the kids at the bar were in no mood to..."

June 26, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

Off the Record

Good vibrations courtesy of the Roots, Distant Lights, and the Sword

"...In a matter of weeks, the Sword departs for an Australian and Japanese tour with..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Page Two: The Long Scream

The endless Republican nightmare casts its shadow on health care reform

"...Then again"..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Column by Louis Black

The Marvelous Jew

Larry Harlow talks salsa consciousness

"...accent, Larry Harlow is an unlikely hero of Latin music. Born in 1939 into a family of musicians, Harlow..."

Oct. 7, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Hurd Is the Word

Cornell Hurd, Austin's most prolific C&W songwriter? It's no joke.

"...some of you are gonna dance. Holy mackerel, it's the Cornell Hurd Band!"..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Welcome to the Jungle

Metal and alt-rock collide and flourish during the Back Room's glory years

"...Never in its 30-plus-year run was it Austin's classiest venue,..."

July 28, 2006 Music Feature by Ray Seggern

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