Unofficial Parties & Free Shows to See During South by Southwest

The Chronicle’s recommended concerts for the coming week

"...a permanent souvenir, local artists Nick Freidline and Michael Williams will be tattooing gratis.  – Abby Johnston The Austin..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Residential Address: Jon Dee Graham and the Snakes of Central Texas

Wednesdays @ Continental Club, 9:30pm-close

"...The mid-tempo beat behind William Harries Graham rolls through the open doors of the..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Music Column by Gary Lindsey

La Doña, Wet Leg, Wolf Eyes, and Chris Patrick Added to SXSW’s 2022 Music Ranks

… along with 302 other acts from around the world

"...guitarist Jackie Venson, renowned True Believers singer-songwriter Jon Dee Graham, as well as his music-making son William Harries Graham...."

Jan. 26, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Online Offered Lots to Look Forward To

Virtual festival forecasts incoming local debuts and tentative fall touring.

"...While Nine Mile Records and Jon Dee Graham and son William Harries Graham occupied the Continental Club,..."

March 26, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

A Speed Dating Sampler of All 69 Virtual SXSW Music Showcases

The sun always shines on TV

"...The Graham Fam..."

March 12, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Austin Jazz Society's Project Safety Net.  – Michael Toland William Harries Graham: St. Claire..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

We Have an Issue: Looking for Bright Spots in a Historically Bad Year

The Top 10s Issue

"...Staff writer Kevin Curtin speaks with Margin Walker co-founders Graham Williams and Ian Orth about their decision to shutter..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

William Harries Graham’s Your “Confidant”

Onetime ATX prodigy unpacks love on new single, EP, and video

"...to get to the bottom of the story,” sings William Harries Graham on “Confidant,” the first single from the..."

Dec. 14, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: You Can’t Press Pause on Life

A musician’s life: laid off, livestreaming, and … giving birth?

"...miss a glimpse into the living room of the Graham-fam when Jon Dee and William Harries play, and I..."

April 24, 2020 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music Rolls Out Second Artist List

Wire, Jucee Froot, plus 207 real acts and one Hollywood contrivance

"...Pastel Ghost, Pleasure Venom, Shy Beast, Superfónicos, Whitney Rose, William Harries Graham, and World Music Unleashed...."

Nov. 13, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

William Harries Graham

"...Although William Harries Graham released Foreign Fields in 2015 with teen..."

April 12, 2019 Music Review by Doug Freeman

SXSW 2019 Reveals Initial Artist List

Amanda Palmer, Oh Sees, Laura Jane Grace, Swervedriver and 236 more

"...William Harries Graham (Austin)..."

Oct. 17, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

HAAM Day 2018

"...Jon Dee Graham with Lo-Jinx Orchestra performing at High Road on Dawson..."

Sept. 12, 2018 Photo Gallery

40 Songs to Make You Feel Better (or Worse) About Drinking

A sampling of drinking songs local, south of the border, and global

"...in song. It became a play in 2016. – William Harries Graham “Borracho Sin Cantina,” Vicente Fernández (1972)..."

July 13, 2018 Music Feature by The Music Staff

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Live reviews of Big Bill, Protextor, Black Fret Ball, and Margaret Moser’s memorial concert

"...Her programming could've been an AMA extravaganza: young William Harries Graham's Painted Redstarts conjuring a loud and impassioned..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Margaret Moser Memorial

"...her own memorial show before passing away in August. William Harries Graham, pictured here, performed his father Jon Dee..."

Dec. 12, 2017 Photo Gallery

All ATX

"...Freeway" in the shade of alt-noir, and Jon Dee Graham and spawn William Harries Graham giving the Sextons a..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Releases First Wave of 2018 Performers

Marlon Williams, Jay Park, Shamir, and 204 more

"...with “Bist Du Down,” Dead Oceans-signed dark songwriter Marlon Williams from New Zealand, funny Indonesian rap sensation Rich Chigga,..."

Oct. 11, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Live Music This Weekend, Aug. 11-13

Elvis tribute to Japanoise, take your pick

"...who played with Charlie that first fateful night. – William Harries Graham Blondie, Garbage..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Music Post by Victoria Mycue

Margaret Moser Tribute: Jon Dee Graham

A champion of Austin music – and Austin music writers

"...Like she shepherded me, she championed my son William Harries Graham – you writing this. I still can't..."

June 30, 2017 Music Feature by William Harries Graham

Margaret Moser Tribute: Tamir Kalifa

Mother Falcon's mama bear

June 30, 2017 Music Feature by William Harries Graham

Margaret Moser Tribute: Charlie Sexton

The United Nations of Margaret

June 30, 2017 Music Feature by William Harries Graham

R.I.P. George Reiff

Cancer steals extraordinary bassist and producer

"...gigs with Ian McLagan, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Jon Dee Graham, Michael Fracasso, Charlie Sexton, Cotton Mather, Ian Moore, and..."

May 22, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin Music Awards Show Performers 1983-2016

Every AMA performance lineup of the past 34 years

"...with Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Two Nice Girls with Lucinda Williams, Timbuk3, Omar & the Howlers; Lou Ann Barton, Marcia..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

SXSW Adds to Music Roster

Imarhan, Minus the Bear, Joan of Arc, Charlotte Day Wilson, and 152 more

"...Rose, Moving Panoramas, Blue Healer, Lincoln Durham, Emily Wolfe, William Harries Graham, Missio, Tamarron, and mouthful act Letting Up..."

Oct. 12, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Adult Audio Coloring Book Sampler

A look back at illustrated album covers old and new

"...for Sonic Youth's major label debut, Goo. – Kevin Curtin William Schaff..."

July 29, 2016 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Love Notes From the Bear

Austin's big brown bear of a singer-songwriter-Stratocaster, Jon Dee Graham, doodles his wife, real-life concerns, and ardor

"...Love Notes From the Bearby Jon Dee Graham 52 pp., $35 (paper)..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

William Harries Graham & The Painted Redstarts

"...What William Harries Graham, Chronicle contributor and the Painted Redstarts' leader,..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Music Review by Tim Stegall

SXSW Music: First Band List of 2016

Initial names for (154) and days remaining until (146) March madness

"...Panoramas, bluesman Paul Oscher, Skyline, Nightowls, and Jon Dee Graham, with Graham’s son William Harries Graham & Painted Redstarts..."

Oct. 20, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Hot August Nights Playlist

A hot/cold jukebox to jumpstart your Spotify wormholing

"...for Spotify just now? To access inveterate Chronicle blogger William Harries Graham’s playlist to this week’s “Hot August Nights”..."

Aug. 27, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

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