Off the Record

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Kerrville Folk Festival one year at a time

"...Texas songwriting, history happens first at the Kerrville Folk Festival. The annual 18-day outing in the scenic confines of..."

May 27, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Rancho Alegre Fights to Be the Cadillac of Conjunto Festivals

The music fest returns the native Texas genre Downtown where it once flourished

"...about missing the family's annual sojourn to see conjunto music legend Johnny Degollado. How could he get "The Montopolis..."

May 3, 2019 Music Feature by César E. López Linares

Playback

You thought SXSW was the spring festival end-all/be-all? You thought wrong.

"...Festival Season..."

April 5, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Engineering Quality – and Equality

The African-American Quality of Life plan gets aired out; NAACP unsatisfied

"...Scheduled for speedier implementation is a February African-American film festival, an urban music festival in April, and summer film..."

Nov. 4, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Playback: Festicular Fortitude

Ten music festivals in 10 weeks? Bring it on.

"...don't act so surprised; all the signs were there: music festivals, music festivals, music festivals...."

Sept. 4, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Slow Death of R&B

In the face of the Austin Urban Music Festival, where’s the love?

"...The release of D’Angelo’s new classic, Black Messiah, may..."

Jan. 14, 2015 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Off the Record

Hayes Carll searches for Ooga Kabooga Juice, Alejandro Escovedo finds a friend in Houston, and introducing the lineup for the 2008 Austin City Limits Music Festival

"...If there's one thing the newly created Live Music Task Force agrees on, it's that the solution to..."

April 18, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...the complete lineup for the South by Southwest Film Festival popped up in our in-box. Sure, the fest doesn’t..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Playback: Does Size Matter at SXSW?

A smaller SXSW Music week still satisfies

"...made a big deal of it. South by Southwest's Music week experienced significant shrinkage in 2018...."

March 23, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: The Boxing Lesson Goes Rambo

Boxing Lesson's not afraid of 'Big Hits'

"...The Austin City Limits Music Festival unveiled its fall lineup on Tuesday, starring South..."

May 10, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Jump on It

Eastside hip-hop summer series moves to the Expo Center; plus, musical robots with personality disorders and more music news

"...logistical odds, a weekly concert program for Austin's underserved urban youth...."

June 15, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Off the Record

Jesse Dayton walks with a Zombie, while T Bird & the Breaks spice things up for the annual Hot Sauce Festival

"...Screamin' Jay Hawkins, and the Cramps. Zombie filmed a music video for each song on the soundtrack, all of..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

There Goes the Neighborhood

City split over the latest in urban living options: short-term rentals

"...like South by Southwest or the Austin City Limits Music Festival. Locals willing to rent out a room or..."

June 22, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Off the Record

Mixed signals: KUT takes over the Cactus Cafe, Pachanga owns Fiesta Gardens

"...was no shortage of the latter at Pachanga Latino Music Festival's breakthrough third outing, once again at Fiesta Gardens,..."

May 28, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Home for the holidays with Ray Wylie Hubbard, Schmillion, and Dax Riggs

"...According to Urban Dictionary, Schmillion can either mean "more than a lot"..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Surveying the aftermath from the Red River shootout outside Spiros

"...pandemonium, and right there in the heart of our music scene," recalls Paul Waclawsky, frontman of Austin's the Boxing..."

June 5, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

South by So Real 09

Rapping with Matt Sonzala about SXSW hip-hop

"...things hip-hop. If an MC is performing at the festival, Sonzala made it happen. Also, rappers beware: If you..."

March 10, 2009 SXSW Post by Thomas Fawcett

Taking Austin for a 'Spin'

TCBlog make the Austin rounds in the new Spin.

"...46-49: Four-page AT&T Blue Room hypes Austin City Limits Festival as one of six co-sponsored by subscriber-seeking telecommunications behemoth...."

April 25, 2007 News Post by Christopher Gray

Off the Record

Slow, Stoned, Rugged: A tribute to Austin's original cosmic soulman Rusty Wier

"...the psychedelic Sixties with the Seventies' outlaw attitude, his music similarly torn between hard living and rough-hewn grace. After..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Mohawk welcomes Red River Flats to the neighborhood, Ego's sings karaoke, and a tribute to pianist Doug Hall

"...Ville may actually become a model of coexistence between urban development and live music. The four-story, 120-unit apartment complex,..."

April 11, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Pachanga Announces Line-up

Julieta Venegas headlines pared-down May fiesta

"...usually highly successful stroke or act.” The Pachanga Latino Music Festival, eschewing its multi-day format in returning to idyllic..."

Feb. 13, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

Pulling back the (iron) curtain on Fun Fun Fun Fest and the Flying Balalaika Brothers in time for the 40th anniversary of the Armadillo World Headquarters

"...romanticism of Devotchka with strains of bluegrass and Colombian music. "This is a crazy Russian song; don't even try..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

The renovated Austin Music Hall breaks new ground; Brown Whörnet goes digital; and Roky Erickson rocks Austin City Limits with a little help from his friends

"...three weeks until its scheduled grand reopening, the Austin Music Hall is still a hard-hat-required construction site. The unveiling,..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Renewed Relays

East Side Fair attempts to right the wrongs of last year's Texas Relays debacle

"...the Texas Depart­ment of Transportation, Huston-Tillotson University, the returning Urban Music Festival – and yes, even reps from Highland..."

Nov. 13, 2009 News Feature by Kate X Messer

California Love

Bavu Blakes takes off

"...the move has nothing directly to do with his musical career – Tifani is entering into the research and..."

Nov. 5, 2009 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Mug Life

Austin isn't a world-class beer destination, but it's close

"...the Dog and Cascade, and also for pioneering the urban American brewery experience. San Diego has benefited by simply..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...through Sunday's showcases, there will be some form of music happening somewhere on Austin turf at any given moment...."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Playback

SXSW begins giving up her secrets.

"...annual spring campaign. Two days later, at 7:30am, the Festival's Music arm pulled back the curtain on ACL Live..."

Feb. 21, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...erase the definition of the Chronicle as simply a music and entertainment publication.Roland Swenson SXSW '91 was the most..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

City of Austin "Major Events" Roster

The city lists over 400 days’ worth of events from the Commitment Day 5K on Jan. 1 to the New Year’s Celebration on Dec. 31. The full list is posted here.

"...Reform2/22/20132/22/2013 Boys and Girls Club of Austin - Feer Festival2/23/20132/23/2013 Farmers Market (every Saturday)2/23/20132/23/2013 Save TX Schools March**2/23/20132/23/2013 Day..."

July 12, 2013 News Feature

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