Ray Prim Finds His Voice in the “Black and Blues”

Longtime 7 Stones frontman knows who he is and what he isn’t

"...do it, I'd be a rapper," claims the longtime Austin resident from Poughkeepsie. "Making something sound good without sounding..."

July 19, 2019 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

A Hole in His Heart

Baritone Morgan Smith reveals how he becomes that lover we love to hate, Don Giovanni

"...ambiguity of the story carries a modern sensibility that continues to mystify and transfix audiences around the world after..."

April 24, 2015 Arts Feature by Natalie Zeldin

Kickstart My Heart

Austin is one of 10 cities featured prominently on online fundraising platform Kickstarter

"...Justin Kazmark, from the communications team for Manhattan-based Internet start-up..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Music Feature by Adam Schragin

Molly Burch Finds the Love in Pop

Singer/songwriter puts the guitar down for the follow-up to her acclaimed debut

"...put her guitar down to emphasize one moonlit ballad in the full-band set. Now, behind a debut headlining tour..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Why the Pandemic Couldn't Break RWBY's Heart

Kerry Shawcross and Lindsay Jones look back at making Volume 8

"...It's always darkest before the dawn. If the saying is true, then the sun cannot be far away..."

April 3, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Jimmy LaFave in the Present Tense

Honoring the local musician’s commitment to life

"..."Don't want to get out of this car," sings Jimmy LaFave at the beginning of "Blue..."

May 12, 2017 Music Feature by Dave Marsh

Lioness in Winter

Eliza Gilkyson finds her roar

"...It can only be described as an intimate scene, Eliza Gilkyson with him, the love of her..."

April 30, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

My Dog Skip

"...Directed by: Jay Russell. Starring: Frankie Muniz, Diane Lane, Luke Wilson, Kevin Bacon, Caitlin..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Medieval Times: Being Dead in an Era of Cruelty and Despair

The story of a real band and a fake band in two acts

"...The band hasn't even finished sound checking and they're already being heckled. The voice..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Heart Attack & Fine

Actor Douglas Taylor is alive (again) and well in Austin, Texas

"...for all that long, really. "Between three and five minutes, they think," he says, almost a year after the..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Heart & Soul, Part 2

Second half of lengthy Q&A with Huey Lewis

"...the Long Center, the frontman talked a mile a minute about Nick Lowe, Bill Graham, Thin Lizzy, etc. For..."

July 19, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Bob Dylan Puts an End to “Rough and Rowdy Ways” With Two Nights in Austin

Triumphant world tour concludes at ACL Live at the Moody

"...On March 1 in Fort Lauderdale, Bob Dylan was a few songs into..."

April 8, 2024 Music Post by Shawn Badgley

The Year in Books

Thirty-one titles that got us talking this year

"...– no, even worse, "Western novel" – and all my limited imagination coughs up is a moldering stack of..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Panel Explores the Health Care Crisis in a Post-Roe America

Reproductive rights activists talk speaking out

"...18-weeks pregnant, Amanda Zurawski developed a condition called cervical insufficiency and was told the baby she “desperately wanted” would..."

March 9, 2024 SXSW Post by Naina Srivastava

This Job Will Change Your Life

Former staff reflect on the zigs and zags of life post-Chronicle

"...as "the island of misfit toys" (hat tip to Rankin/Bass). It certainly gets at some of the magic and..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Jesse Sublett

Austin’s Sisters in Crime Prefer Their Ink Mixed With a Little Blood

Murders, they write

"...Helen Currie Foster. Noreen Cedeño. Kathy Waller. They're sisters in crime, and they write – and read – and..."

July 6, 2018 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

My Texicalli Chair

The treasures of the Danny Roy Young tribute

"...I saw the Texicalli Grille chairs I was probably sitting in one, eating a chicken fried steak and jawing..."

Oct. 21, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"..."Welcome to hard times and feeling low," croons ol' Charley Crockett to start his album..."

July 31, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Page Two: Row My Boat Ashore

Louis Black bids farewell in his final “Page Two” column

"..."What you hold in your hands is a paper as honest as we..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Column by Louis Black

This Is What Mourning Looks Like

Beginners sits shivah, postmodern-style and with profound humor and heart

"...know if I would have been able to write Beginners if I hadn't been in mourning," says Mike Mills...."

June 24, 2011 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

Checking In: Seela Side Hustles

“I’m known as the South Austin Bread Fairy”

"...About Cool, the sixth full-length by three-decade Austin song medium Seela (Misra), Doug Freeman writes in Thursday’s..."

Aug. 11, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

I Built My Girlfriend's iPod

Stranded on a desert island? At least you have your iPodSolar.

"..."I got a girl." – Tripping Daisy, 1995..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

This Is America: Part Two

More from the Notes From the Field cast on living black

"...In producing the play Notes From the Field – an..."

Feb. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Roar: The Blood Stays in the Picture

Star John Marshall on lions and the world's craziest home movie

"...or so times that happened. After all, they were living and working in a house filled with lions...."

April 29, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

This Euphoria

David Garza returns Dream still intact

"...Tuesday night at the Continental Club, David Garza steps onstage immaculately suave. Hair slicked..."

Jan. 23, 2009 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Forever in Chimayo

"...would seem large even on a tall man. He's in his seventies, I should guess; his hair is thick;..."

June 25, 1999 Column

Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine

Rockabilly fillies Rosie Flores and Janis Martin together through life and death

"...Rockabilly Filly traced her journey of roots reinvigoration from San Antonio to San Diego, Los Angeles, Nashville,..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Back Home in Texas

The return of the reigning Queen of Austin Country Music

"...It sounds like the grandfather Buddha of Austin country music, big daddy Don Walser, but closer inspection..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Melissa "Daddy" Carper's six-year stint in Austin last decade produced the formidable Carper Family,..."

March 19, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...At what point does sound become music? USA/Mexico, apparently: first Laredo (2017),..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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