The Soloist

Although Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr. are terrific in the leads, this drama plays its tune with a heavy hand.

"...by: Joe Wright. Starring: Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr., Catherine Keener, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Tom Hollander, Nelsan Ellis and..."

April 24, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Man With the Light Touch

Peter Bay leads the Austin Symphony with the finesse of Astaire

"...If all the term "symphony conductor" calls to mind is that cartoon..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Residential Address: Jenny Parrott's Cozy Nest of Songs and Stories at Hole in the Wall

The Austin folk experimentalist offers a free-entry Friday time portal

"...Walking up the Drag's ever-growing skyline these days, it's impossible to avoid..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Music Column by Gary Lindsey

Conspirare Goes to the Barber

The Grammy nominee's new CD of music by Samuel Barber is out

"...music by Samuel Barber &ndash now forever associated with the movie Platoon &ndash and sang it with such care..."

Sept. 12, 2012 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Listen: Amigo the Devil Revisits “Cocaine and Able”

Bridge City Sessions offers sparse vision of dark folk soloist

"...he was scheduled to perform, all right, but from the outside it resembled a place you might awake in..."

June 19, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Reelin' in the New Years

Where you gonna be when the clock strikes 12?

"...one of Austin’s magnificent New Years Eve music events. There are literally dozens to chose from, so I took..."

Dec. 31, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Sean Wheeler, a KVRX house party, the Southside Psychout, and two Hole in the Wall extravaganzas

"...Sean Wheeler & the Reluctant Messengers..."

March 11, 2022 Music Column by Gary Lindsey

In the Frigid Cold of a Surging Pandemic, Tear Dungeon’s Blood-Spewing Chaos Made Us Feel Alive

Finally, a band that wears masks on stage – oh wait

"...No, the most accurate answer is Tear Dungeon during Thursday’s Free..."

Jan. 8, 2022 Music Post by David Brendan Hall

The Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2018

Actor/director Norman Blumensaadt, dance artists Kathy Dunn Hamrick and Anuradha Naimpally, and philanthropists Jeanne and Michael Klein join the ranks of cultural heroes

"...When you look at the vitality of the arts and culture in Austin, it..."

May 25, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Ascent of Mandolin

The next step in Avi Avital's mission to convert the world to mandolin: Vivaldi

"...a solo mandolin recital. Let's face it, mandolins are the black sheep of musical instruments, either confined to cherubic..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Arts Feature by Natalie Zeldin

Pasties and Pleasure at the Marchesa

Texas Burlesque Festival returns this weekend

"...Get the big underwear hamper out: The Texas Burlesque Festival returns..."

April 11, 2012 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

The Difference Engine

Local composer Graham Reynolds discusses his two new discs.

"...to back CD releases this weekend – Friday at the United States Art Authority with Mother Falcon for triple..."

Jan. 27, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Moving Toward the Light

On the heels of its balletic colleagues, Chrous Austin melds music and movement to voice the unutterable

"...Those who did not attend Ballet Austin's remount of Light/The Holocaust & Humanity Project last weekend missed an unmistakably..."

March 30, 2012 Arts Feature by Adam Roberts

The Haven

Exploring the grounds and sounds at the International Festival-Institute at Round Top

"...this instance, is a good thing. Festival Hill represents the value of the arts. It's a place where the..."

June 4, 2004 Music Feature by Graham Reynolds

Cheryl Bentyne: Transfer to the solo line

Cheryl Bentyne, the willowy soprano of the Manhattan Transfer who also has a solo career, talks about the difference between singing with a group and singing alone

"...Given how long the Manhattan Transfer has been together (35 years this autumn)..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Composer's Roots

A look at the career of a premier jazz pianist, Dallas-born Cedar Walton

"...Listen back-to-back to a dozen of the many albums on which pianist Cedar Walton has appeared..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Girls Girls Girls: The female of the species

Girls Girls Girls launches its Boys of Summer series with guest male improviser Jeremy Lamb

"...What double-X performative quincunx ganks a hirsutorufous and heterochromosomed soloist to bring a boxcar of spontaneous gambits to the..."

July 13, 2007 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Symphony: Meeting the orchestra the first time

The Austin Symphony gets in touch with our inner child through a concert featuring some of the classical music that most people first heard when they were young

"...When I was very little, I remember sitting on the floor by a spinning phonograph in my grandmother's living..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

The Austin Contingent

"...Rebecca Henderson has the kind of command and expressiveness on her instrument that..."

June 4, 2004 Music Feature by Graham Reynolds

Faster Than Sound: Ukeme Maps the Music Genome

Multidisciplinarian Jason Ikpatt ponders community across arts and sciences

"...Jason Ikpatt's grandmother calls him Ukeme, meaning "ability" among Nigeria's Ibibio people...."

Oct. 23, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Page Two: The Air He Breathed, the Baby Blue Sunglasses He Wore

Jonathan Demme, 1944-2017

"...Her long blond hair flyin' in the wind..."

April 28, 2017 Column by Louis Black

The Menuhin Competition 2014

"...Of course, the focus of the Menuhin Competition are the competition rounds,..."

Feb. 21, 2014 Arts Feature

Faster Than Sound: Mobley vs. the Occident Supreme

Virtual tour of new EP caps Mobley's movie-sized year

"...In a teaser trailer for Mobley's upcoming virtual tour, the local one-man band exists everywhere at once: Mobley peers..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Miller's Tale

Swinging across the century with Ernie Mae Miller, 'a little blues, a little bawdy'

"...holds in one small hand a framed photograph from the Forties. It's a band photo of the Prairie View..."

July 6, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

For the People

Why Shostakovich, as played by the UT Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Kevin Noe, is better than 20 punk rock bands

"...music town. At least, not by reputation. That's not the case for cities like New York, Chicago, and San..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Music Feature by Graham Reynolds

The Point About DemiEpicurious

Wes Marshall evaluates an Austin restaurant according to a legendary master's exacting standards.

"...Go to the kitchen to shake the Chef's hand. If he is..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Chief Priest of the Shrine

The epic life story of Nigerian soul superstar Fela Kuti.

"...Anikulapo-Kuti's funeral procession to make its way to Ikeja, the working-class district of Nigeria's metropolis Lagos and center of..."

July 14, 2000 Music Feature by David Lynch

The Tools of the Trade

Southwest Texas State's Jazz Program

"...form indigenous to America. It was born here, and the world's best players have been and are Americans. As..."

June 13, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Exhibitionism

Phantom of the Opera: Window Display

"...Phantom of the Opera In the Christmases of my childhood, I recall..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Arts Review

UT Wind Ensemble

The ghost of Gershwin plays live in Austin

"...junkie to have heard George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. The iconic opening of the clarinet glissando that jumps into..."

March 22, 2013 Arts Feature by Natalie Zeldin

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