The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble

The director of Twenty Feet From Stardom does another music doc

"...Music can uplift the human spirit. This is the drumbeat that drives Morgan Neville’s..."

July 8, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ashes of Time Redux

Dreamlike, confounding, yet possessed of a stunningly complex sensual and narrative poetry, Wong Kar-Wai's Chinese film is absolutely gorgeous.

"...Leung Ka Fai, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Jacky Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Carina Lau, Brigitte Lin and Charlie Yeung. Dreamlike,..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

ATX Television Festival: Dancing in The West Wing

Looking back on the legacy of the Bartlet administration

"...Schiff’s performance as the hangdog idealist Ziegler was a core component..."

June 12, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Dancing About Architecture

Microradio back in Austin, Fortune 500 gone.

"...besides, he frightens us); for Brenda Lee, because as Margaret Moser points out, it's pretty unbelievable that a woman..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Yo-Yo Ma, Hogg Auditorium, October 11

"...Yo-Yo MaHogg Auditorium, October 11 An audience with the master...."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Bill W.

Bill Wilson, the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, is the subject of this admiring yet enlightening documentary.

"...his efforts by no less a source than Time magazine in its list of “100 Persons of the 20th..."

July 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

This martial arts film succeeds as a great pulp yarn, a historical drama, an epic love story, a humorous action tale, and a modern feminist fable.

"...fight scenes that follow in Ang Lee's flawlessly elegant martial arts movie. Fans of Chinese action movies are sure..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin's Classical Music Preview 'Tis the Season

I've written about the

"...After all, any season that starts out with Itzhak Perlman, Leontyne Price (a living national treasure) and a new..."

Nov. 17, 1995 Arts Feature

Punch Back

Punch Brother Chris Thile's been busy

"...the band was forced to perform as a quartet. Mandolin player Chris Thile recalls they didn't have time to..."

Nov. 2, 2011 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

The Haven

Exploring the grounds and sounds at the International Festival-Institute at Round Top

"...is difficult to describe," explains UT professor of percussion Thomas Burritt. "It's as unusual a place as anyone will..."

June 4, 2004 Music Feature by Graham Reynolds

10 in Focus

Alma

"...In works of documentary cinema, the proximity between subject and audience falls on any..."

March 13, 1998 Screens Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing SXSW 04 music – Wednesday only

"...times subject to change. Please check www.sxsw.com. Rhymesayers8pm-2am, Emo's Main Minneapolis-based hip-hop powerhouse Rhymesayers has been racking up the..."

March 12, 2004 Music Feature

Identity Crisis

Looking back at the highlights of Austin's music scene in 2000.

"...and laid-back lefty oasis, and nowhere was this ongoing drama -- more soap operatic than The Sopranos, but less..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Everything Old is New Again

The Year in Albums

"...of 1977, when the Rolling Stones entered EMI's Pathé Marconi Studios in Paris to record what would become Some..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...1/2: A Space Age Childhood, Richard Linklater's Austin-produced and -animated story of growing up in the shadow of NASA...."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Friday Headliner Face-Off: Miley Cyrus vs. George Strait

"Amarillo by Morning" or "Midnight Sky"? Here's a guide to decide

"...Photo by @vijatm / Courtesy of Sony Music Miley..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

The Gravity of Sound

The Bubble's new studio stands as Mark Genfan's swan song

"...flat-cap and tinted shades, he becomes your spiritual advisor, bandmate, A&R rep, and life coach. He summarizes his daily..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Iconic Rocker Kim Gordon, Former Nintendo President Reggie Fils-Aimé Lead SXSW 2020 Lineup

Fixer Upper power couple Chip & Joanna Gaines also join fest

"...conference South by Southwest, which holds its 34th gathering March 13-22 next year, has just announced iconic Sonic Youth..."

Sept. 10, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Holiday Viewing: TV Christmas Episodes

Celebrate the season in Sunnydale, the Oval Office, and more

"...The best Christmas episodes take the basic DNA of a TV show..."

Dec. 14, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Bobby McFerrin Gets Happy – Tonight!

Pharrell Williams, Yo-Yo Ma & Esperanza Spalding can’t be wrong

"...semester of my UT undergrad tenure, February melted into March in a haze of Menthols. The only indication to..."

April 24, 2014 Music Post by Nina Hernandez

While My Ukulele Gently Weeps

Get ready to see a lot more ukuleles

"...If Pearl Jam's 1991 debut, Ten, rages, its frontman's Ukulele Songs, 20 years later, whispers. Take it seriously:..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Music Feature by Luke Winkie

Austin Symphony Orchestra With Emanuel Ax

The music made by the ASO and its guest pianist too often sounded disconnected

"...Austin Symphony Orchestra With Emanuel AxDell Hall at the Long Center Jan. 14..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Crunk Christmas

The curse (and charms) of Christmas albums

"...Having made it through Scott Weiland's new Christmas coaster, The Most..."

Dec. 20, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Blist'ring Strings

This summer the Austin Chamber Music Festival really brings the heat

"...started climbing early, what with visits from eighth blackbird, Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble, and Itzhak Perlman (playing with..."

July 8, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Chamber Music Festival 2010

Week two brings to Austin two eminent string quartets and a rockin' jazz trio

"...a fraction of the fees necessary to present a Yo-Yo Ma or Hilary Hahn. This reality creates a kind..."

July 16, 2010 Arts Feature by Michael Kellerman

The Shape of Jazz to Come

The Ornette Coleman Quartet is coming to the Bass Concert Hall

"...announcement of its 2010-11 season. Highlights include the Ornette Coleman Quartet in November and, as part of next year’s..."

April 14, 2010 Music Post by Austin Powell

Conspirare

Another Grammy nod for Austin's powerhouse choral ensemble

"...recording industry awards. Like the PBS special that this performance was created for (recorded live in Dell Hall at..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Long Center for the Performing Arts: Light that first candle!

As the performing arts venue turns one, Marvin Hamlisch sings "happy birthday" to it

"...think "busy" would work pretty well. Let's see ... Yo-Yo Ma and the Austin Symphony Orchestra. Sir James Galway..."

March 20, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Inauguration Swearing in Ceremony Program

An outline of events from the Presidential Inauguration Committee

"...Music United States Marine Band and the San Francisco Boys and San Francisco..."

Jan. 13, 2009 Screens Post by Belinda Acosta

Austin Symphony Orchestra

ASO's biggest challenge of 2008? Keeping a straight face with the Flying Karamazovs.

"...Fourth, Christopher Theofanidis' Field of Infinite Forms, playing with Yo-Yo Ma. But ASO may have saved the biggest for..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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