Jay Trachtenberg's Top Books of 2019

From the social upheaval of the Sixties to the double life of an intelligence agent to the secular past of an Orthodox rabbi, splits resolved into memorable books

"...time spent apart. The title character is married to Tomás, who hesitantly joins the British intelligence services and henceforth..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band Say Goodbye at the Erwin Center

Final tour, sure, but “We’ve Got Tonight”

"...friends and heroes who’d done gone up: Stevie Ray Vaughan, Leonard Cohen, B.B. King. When it displayed two photos..."

March 8, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Steve Van Zandt’s Soulfire

Springsteen henchman and Sopranos boss hits the road and classrooms

"...Bramhall [II] and the great Double Trouble, Stevie Ray Vaughan’s rhythm section. But that record was born out of..."

May 24, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Start the Presses – Gold Rush Vinyl

Austin’s first major record press opens, and more music news

"...Gold Rush doesn't offer upfront order prices. Customers fill out a website form and receive a call..."

April 20, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Smithsonian Rock and Roll: Live and Unseen

by Bill Bentley

"...obvious but never obviously: The Beatles split the musical atom, Bob Dylan authored the Sixties' belief system, Kiss would've..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Music Review by Kevin Curtin

Playback: David Yow Meets the Jazzus Lizard

David Yow fronts the Jazzus Lizard, Cherubs knock off 22 years of rust, Preston Hubbard dies, and Blind Lemon Jefferson gets kicked off Texas license plates

"...band, we just did it for fun," says saxophonist Tom Kimzey, who founded the group last decade with fellow..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback – SXSW 2016: FOMO

Fear of Missing Out at SXSW Music 2016? Best pack it in now.

"...take a selfie with trending celebrities and superstars of tomorrow, procure super-secret event laminates, and even discover the one..."

March 18, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Hot August Nights

Fire and ice for summer commiseration

Aug. 28, 2015 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Five Nights on Dirty Sixth

Is Dirty Sixth Street the wasteland the music scene makes it out to be? Five straight nights answer loud and clear.

"...the audience goes wild over the opening chords of Tom Petty's "American Girl." Here's the piano equivalent of painters..."

July 17, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Willie's Reserve

Lukas Nelson parlays his DNA into Something Real

"...chords I ever learned, and then a guy named Tom Conway, who's out here now, he taught me some..."

June 26, 2015 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Playback: Charlie Pierce Burns It Down

Charlie Pierce, the Gibby Haynes of piano, speaks out; Sweet Spirit serenades Spoon in a tour diary excerpt; and Phil Anselmo says maybe next year for a Housecore Horror ATX return

"...country troubadour on Nowhere, effectively splitting the difference between Tom Waits' Closing Time and Neil Young's Harvest. Be it..."

May 29, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Phil Anselmo's Housecore Horror

Phil Anselmo returns with Housecore Horror, Marc and Elijah Ford jam family style, and Keith Ferguson gets his inked in new book

"...Texas legends like Johnny Winter, Billy Gibbons, and Jimmie Vaughan...."

Oct. 24, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Margaret Moser's Birthday Bash

May 12, 2013. 46 photos.

"...Wagoneers frontman Monte Warden and drummer Tom Lewis..."

May 13, 2013 Photo Gallery

While My Ukulele Gently Weeps

Get ready to see a lot more ukuleles

"...a Pat Metheny of the uke, a Stevie Ray Vaughan of the uke." The Beginning..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Music Feature by Luke Winkie

Austin Film Festival Unveils Complete Lineup

David Chase's 'Not Fade Away' opens fest

"...Ronald Harwood (Writer), Dustin Hoffman (Director) SHADOW DANCER - Tom Bradby (Writer), James Marsh (Director) THE SAPPHIRES - Tony..."

Sept. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Saturday-Sunday SXSW Live Shots

Saturday night SXSW showcase reviews

"...the British Music Embassy. Four days earlier, chief screamer Tom Hudson was up on the bar for a rip-roaring..."

March 25, 2011 Music Feature

Off the Record

Great music in odd places: punk rock at the Grand, Billy Gibbons' Twin Liquors visit, and 'Rehearsal at the Astoria'

"...for Paul Ray & the Cobras with Stevie Ray Vaughan, Alex Napier succumbed to liver cancer on Thursday, Feb...."

Feb. 11, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Last Shotgun Blast of SXSW Film Programming

'Hobo,' Spike's 'Scenes From the Suburbs,' and more

"...been switched at birth. The Good Neighbor Director: Jacob Vaughan A man tries to surprise his neighbor with dinner..."

Feb. 10, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Top 10s

"...3) TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS Mojo (Warner Bros.)..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Funny How Time Slips Away

ACL staff members reflect on their first memories of Studio 6A

"...PBS, and was asked to work audio on the Tom Waits taping in December of '78. Needless to say,..."

Nov. 11, 2010 Music Post by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Red River anchorman Frank Hendrix stakes his claim to the Eastside and beyond

"...Writer Margaret Moser, momentarily forgetting to add Stevie Ray Vaughan (now in his third year of eligibility) to the..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Handicapping SXSW 09 Wednesday night showcasers

"...the fragmented nature of modern media. Like the Who's Tommy, the project has revealed the full scope of Brewis'..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Off the Record

Diving into Club 1808, the Real Heroes' Chinese democracy, and Ray Benson on Willie, Wexler, and the Wheel

"...Ann Barton, Freda & the Firedogs, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. He died last August shortly after the album's completion..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Thursday Showcases

"...Jim Bianco, who mixes blues and swing reminiscent of Tom Waits and has just released Sing on the Hotel..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

Mercier Review Mean-Spirited and Malicious

"...Van Zandt, Blaze Foley, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Charlie Robison, Tom Pacheco, Willy DeVille, Mick Ronson, David Rodriguez, Angela Strehli,..."

Jan. 25, 2007 Postmarks

Film News

Poyser to take control; plus, remembering Gary Graver

"...The Cassidy Kids – co-written with Tasca Shadix and Tom Willett and directed by collaborator Jacob Vaughan for Burnt..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Page Two: Return of the Independents

'SXSW Presents,' season three

"...Austin Museum of Art's Judith Sims, Mary M. Lampe, Tom Schatz of Burnt Orange Productions, Ed Hugetz, and Marian..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Primary Election Notes

Scuttlebutt from the election trail

March 3, 2006 News Feature

Film News

The top stories of 2005

"...Filmmakers' Production Fund that helped support the film. 3) Tommy Lee Jones Buries Competition Speaking of Cannes, Tommy Lee..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

All That I Need

Movies this bad don’t often get released anymore, a circumstance that instantly raises the curiosity factor of All That I Need.

"...by: James Hergott. Starring: James Hergott, Audra J. Morgan, Tom Trudeau, Ross Seymour, Patrick Frericks, Amber Ojeda and Kent..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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