SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing the pinnacle of SXSW 2006.

"...Tex and Gatemouth Brown. Since forming his own band three decades ago, it's been all gravy: gracing stages with..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Down South Jukin'

The South rises again even if Southern rockers deny it.

"...Billy Bob Thornton, Dennis Quaid, and Matthew McConaughey became three of Hollywood's most in-demand mugs. The kicker, of course,..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Moon-Shaped Panties & the Saint of White Trash

The Late Lucinda Williams

"...her Lilith Fair dates in Texas and an upcoming three-week jaunt that will take her from playing with the..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...the Midnighters and shorts lists). The Headliners category drops three big additions, with a few more promised to come...."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Silver Lining

The Octopus Project's Avalanche instrumentalism

"...that recorded, but never released, an album cut at Memphis' famed Easley McCain Studio. With the addition of Yvonne..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Will Travel for Food

Southern Foodways Alliance Symposium, Oxford, Miss., October 2000

"...October day. About an hour's drive south from the Memphis airport, I found a classic movie-set Southern town that..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Food Feature by MM Pack

Texas Platters

"...THREE BALLS OF FIRE..."

June 5, 1998 Music Review

How a Collaboration Between Roky Erickson and Doug Sahm Became Part of the Blueprint for Punk Rock

Chapter one of the Austin Punk Chronicles concludes with two local legends setting the stage for a global music revolution

"...the occasion became a pressing issue. Hastily returning from Memphis, the singer's chief collaborator, Bill Miller, had no choice..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Festival International de Jazz de Montréal

"...seasons: oracle of Eros. Over the course of nearly three hours, Cohen's third and final sold-out "prelude" opened the..."

July 4, 2008 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Page Two: Praise and Lamentation

Saying goodbye and a final thank you to Clifford Antone

"...restaurants, and markets. A sound from Hyde Park duplexes, West Side mansions, downtown lofts, and Eastside shotgun shacks, from..."

May 26, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Dancing About Architecture

Kissinger gets lost

"...Southeast, starting in Birmingham and working their way back west -- and not without at least one slight error..."

May 18, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival New Orleans, April 27-May 6

"...track) seem pleased. Less so 15-20 minutes later when Memphis' most famous Baptist minister is still preaching thanks and..."

May 18, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...You're Gone coming down the pike in May, this three-headed hydra has big balls too, since chicks -- Sina,..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music, Volume Four (Revenant)

"...he invited Smith to anthologize the music. Released on three double LP volumes in 1952 (and re-released on CD..."

July 14, 2000 Music Review by Jeff Mccord

Dancing About Architecture

The Antone's Dance

"...to overheard, third-hand information. There are and have been three ways of referring to Arista product stemming from their..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Confessin' the Blues

Soul Man W.C. Clark

"...learned a few chords and could play a few country-western songs, a few gospel songs. That was my learning..."

July 31, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

W.C. Clark, the Godfather of Austin Blues, Has Died

The Texas Soul standard mentored Stevie Ray Vaughan and many others

"...shuffles wedded to the smooth, gospel-rich Stax/Hi sound of Memphis is a total knockout.”..."

March 2, 2024 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Leon Russell & the Bob Dylan Rumor

Outlaw era deejay Woody Roberts helped produce Willie Nelson's first Fourth of July picnic in this excerpt from his new memoir Horse Racing & Rock 'N' Roll

"...I remembered Pat O'Day of Concerts West saying: "A show with many small acts doesn't add..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Music Feature by Woody Roberts

Folk Music Fireball!

Sixty years ago this month and next, Elvis Presley destroyed Austin

"...current day Threadgill's owner Eddie Wilson. "You could turn west on Lamar, and 90 seconds of hard driving later,..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

'The NFL Beat': Mock Draft

The 'Chronicle' gets Draft-y with a li'l help from friends

"...on a player that could end up being even three-fourths of what Julius Peppers was...."

April 17, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Off the Record

Dale Watson's got Tiger Airways by the tail, and more music news

"...Pedernales Recording Studio, and he recently wrapped sessions at Memphis, Tenn.'s legendary Sun Studio in a style – stand-up..."

July 29, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

SXSW Interviews

The Decemberists, Echo & the Bunnymen, and Dan Auerbach

"...With three decades in the can, the Bunnymen have already outlived..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Casting Votes Against Development

"...land, and Capitol Metro's excellent light rail proposal are three steps toward making our great city even better. Let's..."

Feb. 21, 1997 Column

Record Reviews

"...one is a puzzler. Perhaps it's the in-depth study three of these guys put into Ramones LPs one through..."

Jan. 3, 1997 Music Review

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Jordan Moser's August residency, a pair of Millers, and more recommended Austin shows

"...pioneers turned Americana vets, these Millers belong in a Western together. Friday, self-avowed "singer-songwriter/farmer/malapert" ("impudent person") Scott Miller took..."

July 28, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Dallas Acid blows some bubbles, KUTX remembers the Armadillo, and more music for the moment

"...weight under 2019's Leave Alone, the clean vocals of West Coast expat drummer Chris Swimley nest atop scorching leads..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music List Four

Spoon, Kate Nash, Malcolm London, and 141 more added

"...Since last fall, South by Southwest has parceled out its 2017 music lineup via sometimes..."

Jan. 19, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Hideaway

A descendant of the father of our country in the Antone's House Band? For three decades now, believe it!

"...photographs I've never seen before. As I examine them, three decades of my past flashes back into focus...."

Jan. 15, 2016 Music Feature by Sarah Brown

B.B. King Saved My Life

He played blues so we can find a way through ours

"...That night, everything became three-dimensional as King and his small band started their set...."

May 15, 2015 Music Post by Bill Bentley

Saturday Picks & Sleepers

Last night blurbs – hip-hop Picks and slept-on Sleepers

"...last year's up.rooted, local songstress Gina Chavez took home three Austin Music Awards, including Best Female Vocalist. We understand..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

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