Sweet Caroline

New face on the old-timey music scene: Caroline Herring

"...is that she's been in town for more than two years. She's been playing Thursday-night happy hours at Stubb's..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

In Full Bloom

The Old Settler's Music Festival: A Photo Essay

"...Leftover Salmon, and Claire Lynch & the Front Porch String Band on Friday, Willis Alan Ramsey, Peter Rowan, Tony..."

April 7, 2000 Music Feature by John Carrico

Luv Doc Recommends: Texas Barbecue Festival

Travis County Farmers Market, Saturday, October 8, 2005

"...Now there’s a country that knows a thing or two about slaughter. They also seem to have a disturbing..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Column by The Luv Doc

Texas Barbecue Festival Info

Sunday, Oct. 9 at Austin's Historic Farmers' Market

"...1-1:45pm: Double Eagle String Band..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Food Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Alt.rock and Woodshock out, Michael Corcoran back in.

"...funk, blues, and yes, indie rock. With the venue's two-year anniversary coming up this Saturday (featuring Syrup, Moloko, Velocette,..."

June 8, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

One Last Gasp

Geezerville 2009

"...choices, from Levon Helm’s best album not with the Band to Rosanne Cash putting her stamp on her father’s..."

Jan. 6, 2010 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Folk Alliance Featured

Events open to the public

"...Thursday, Feb. 9 John Jorgenson's Gypsy Jazz Band @ Flamingo Cantina..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Music Feature

Pick-Me-Up Hoedown

The 17th annual Old Settler's Music Festival: no waterfall, but a cascade of acoustic and bluegrass music nonetheless

"...Settler's Music Festival at the Salt Lick Pavilion in Driftwood is unique not only to Central Texas, but the..."

April 16, 2004 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Off the Record

Putting on the gloves for round three of Fun Fun Fun Fest, Dangerous Toys go platinum, and Okkervil River stands for a fire demon

"...3) "Be unique. Not just in the bands you book on a fest but in the way..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Guy Clark

"...Van Zandt, and bass player Bryn Davies, formerly of Two High String Band, adds amiable backing vocals throughout. Somedays..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Young, Gifted, Local

"...Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, Chris Thile, and Austin's Two High String Band, and is a regular at the..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Music Feature

Day Trips

"...owned by the original organization, says Eva Long of Driftwood. It was once part of a network of more..."

April 19, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

See Reverse Side for Title: Part I

If English first-wavers had trouble getting ahold of American roots music, Americans themselves weren't much better off, piecemealing together the foundations of today's national scene

"...most meager of conceits: the most important and influential bands from when I was a teenager growing up and..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Music Feature by Louis Black

Prince to Play La Zona Rosa on SXSW Saturday Night

Purple superstar will be your driver and us the screws

"...Rosa. News broke Sunday that he’ll bring a big band with horns as opposed to the female threepiece he’s..."

March 12, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...by Southwest is a game of numbers: approximately 845 showcases/bands, divided by five nights, divided by you. And that's..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Reissues

"...Messengers and later replaced John Coltrane in Miles Davis' band. His major influences were Charlie Parker and Sonny Rollins,..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Music Feature

Reissues

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

"......"

June 25, 1999 Music Feature

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...The phrase "shit-hot," cribbed from some international band's bio, comes to mind when trying to put words..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol Stays Hungry

A serious band with a silly name and an all-in mentality

"...Lydon, comes as a surprise to me. Given his band's ludicrous name, Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol, and campy record..."

June 24, 2022 Music Feature by Robert Penson

The San Marcos Music Scene Runs Deep

ACL Fest hip-hop headliners Brockhampton might just be the tip of the iceberg from our neighbors south on I-35

"...process, Brockhampton redefined the mainstream's definition of a boy band. By trading bland pop for righteous rhymes intertwined with..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Music Feature by Jeremy Steinberger

Tapping Into the New Old Settler’s Music Festival

Checking in with Donna the Buffalo, Billy Strings, Greensky Bluegrass, the women of I'm With Her, and more

"...this year, Donna the Buffalo notches 30, and the band's own celebrated gathering, upstate New York's Finger Lakes GrassRoots..."

April 20, 2018 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Realms of Inspiration

Erik Hokkanen, Finnish and fiddling in Austin

"...those raised on Arthur Rackham and A.A. Milne, Rojankovsky's artwork, featuring babushka-wearing grandmothers, oddly painted furniture, and dumpling-cheeked tots..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Robert Earl Keen

Inside REK's inner sanctum, the "Scriptorium"

"...The Texas Hill Country stretches endlessly into the distance, Bandera beyond the rising ridge, and at night, the faint..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Thursday

"...his fingers in lots of pies. He's composed symphonies, string quartets, operas, and film scores. The Golden Arm Trio..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Friday

"...of Living Legends, the L.A. rapper persists in landing high-profile gigs overseas and has recently added a third installment..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Texas Titles in Toto

"...most of the votes came from one of these two lists below. Texas Towns & Places"Abilene," Dave Alvin..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature

Jazz Sides

"...Generation," a driving jam that allows each of the band's soloists to stretch out. The third tune, "Walter's House,"..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Music Feature

Three for the Road

Dream team scions Warren Hood and Emily Gimble add up 58 years of Austin roots

"...Sure enough, he's sporting a shiny band of gold on his right hand, but that's not..."

July 12, 2013 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Living, Breathing Americana

Steve James: Sustaining Traditions, Not Reviving Them

"...If I was a sax player in an R&B band, would the discussion of my playing start with Frankie..."

Oct. 4, 1996 Music Feature by Brian Berger

Old Soul

Bill Maddox died violently under bizarre circumstances – and left a legacy of music, love, and friendship

"...Maddox in several later ventures – including the legendary band that Maddox founded, the Electromagnets. The two shared a..."

March 18, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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