O Rooster, Where Art Thou?

As Second Youth Family Theatre revives its original musical version of The Bremen Town Musicians, set in 1930s America with a country, bluegrass, and gospel soundtrack, writer / lyricist / composer Allen Robertson reflects on the show's creation 12 years ago.

"...If you ask someone in the Austin arts community to name the best children's theatre company in..."

June 6, 2003 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

A Serious Man

The Coen brothers deliver one of their best and most personal movies, a kind of cockeyed Jewish fable that urges us to embrace life's mysteries.

"...much the biblical story of Job as O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a Homeric odyssey. Larry Gopnik (stage..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Down From the Mountain

"...Doob. Starring: Holly Hunter, David Rawlings, Colin Linden, Chris Thomas King, John Hartford, Gillian Welch, Alison Krauss, Ralph Stanley..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Down Home Movie

A conversation with Nick Doob, co-director of 'Down From the Mountain,' a new documentary about the musicians behind the soundtrack behind 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?'

"...just barely noted. His camerawork on From Mao to Mozart, the 1980 documentary following violinist Isaac Stern through China,..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Mountain Style

Chatting with Dr. Ralph Stanley, a pioneer of bluegrass music before there was such a thing

"...recognition that other American musical greats enjoy. Perhaps only those who know their three-finger picking style from their clawhammer..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Music Feature by Kim Mellen

O Brother

How a bluegrass soundtrack turned out to be the biggest music business success story since Guns N' Roses' Appetite for Destruction.

"...music business success stories of the past 20 years. Whereas most platinum-plus albums start at the top and immediately..."

July 19, 2002 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Townes Without Pity

The battle for Townes Van Zandt's legacy

"...apparently hellbent on staying out of what one principal party involved terms a "poisonous" conflict over the late, great..."

June 14, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Jammin'

Jerry Garcia, bluegrass, and third generation jam -- thriving in Austin and beyond.

"...see a Led Zeppelin concert at Madison Square Garden, parts of which are included in The Song Remains the..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

"...O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Mercury) The music to the new Coen..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Fall's a Good Time To Fall for Preston Sturges

The Alamo Ritz kicks off a mini-retrospective tonight

"...The Alamo Drafthouse Ritz launches a mini-retrospective of Preston Sturges comedies tonight..."

Nov. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Immaculate Film

Musicalia at the SXSW Film Festival

"...people. And, given the number of raised hands sporting those DV cameras, showcases had an unusual grade-school aesthetic to..."

March 9, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Movies, Comedians, Theatre, and More Arts Options for the Week

Get out and get art

"...glance at Jen Garrido’s work, and you’ll feel as though your glasses have fallen away, too. The artist’s process,..."

April 12, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Dead Man Blues

7-CD box set contains all anyone could ever want to know about Charley Patton.

"...that they may turn their face to the wall without a word to say. When Charley Patton got the..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Music Feature by Clay Smith

Critics Poll 2000

"...Raoul Hernandez: Friends of Dean Martinez..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Music Feature

No Dominion

A partial roll call of people who died in 2003.

"...Nina Simone, Warren Zevon, Elliott Smith, Barry White, Benny Carter, Celia Cruz, Robert Palmer, Earl King, Johnny Paycheck, Gregory..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

ACL Prime Time

Blurbs to ACL Music Fest by.

"...from spending an afternoon dodging Ryan Adams' hijacked golf cart. Either way, in only its second year, ACL already..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Music Feature

Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys

"...Stanley & the Clinch Mountain BoysCactus Cafe, April 27 Though it is with skeptic fear and fatalism that we..."

May 4, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Hess

'The Unearthed Treasures Of The Lomax Recordings' Panel

Live Shots: South by Southwest 2001

"...'The Unearthed Treasures Of The Lomax Recordings' Panel Austin Convention Center,..."

March 23, 2001 Music Review by Greg Beets

Man of Constant Sorrow: My Life and Times

Plainspoken American history, pure and simple

"...and hard life on the road with his brother Carter and the Clinch Mountain Boys post-World War II, then..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

When the Sun Goes Down: The Secret History of Rock & Roll

Box Set

"...the success of resurgent compilations like the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, but it is equally true that..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Music Feature by David Lynch

'ACL' Live Shots

"...the Austin City Limits Music Festival weekend. She and partner/guitarist David Rawlings didn't disappoint the gathered faithful, either. They..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

NARAS Reception

Conference Panel

"...of control, and oh so criminal," Greene said, as though some of music's biggest fans were runners-up to Mohammed..."

March 15, 2002 Music Review by Greg Beets

Long Live the Queen

"...riffmeister Keith Richards heard Williams' version of "Cold Cold Heart" from the four-time nominated Hank Williams tribute album Timeless,..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Toni Price Reviewed

"...Measure" as it is to place "Call of My Heart" or "Darlin'" on the O Brother, Where Art Thou?..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The Great Escape

Chain Gangs! Cast Aways! Kung Fu! Chocolate! ... It's Time for the Holiday Film Previews

"...O Brother, Where Art Thou?D: Joel Coen; with John Turturro, George Clooney,..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Further Lost Austin fallout and enviro-rhetoric from our readers.

"...y'all to put out an "old Austin" tribute? Please. Where were you -- a voice -- when it came..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Column

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...in every year. If you have time for day parties and in-stores, add four days to those five nights...."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Thursday Picks

"...Where does the time go? He was 21 when he..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

Search & Destroy

Pages That Rock

"...of my youth, in a tiny, bland town in Anywhere, U.S.A., there was nothing except my malfeasance, which, as..."

March 14, 1997 Books Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Crammed With Grammys

"...with the music industry splintering, more and more Texas artists continue to sneak into the mix. The nominees, announced..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Music Column

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