True Blues

Alan Govenar's blues tome doesn't need to correct blues mythos. Blues is myth and vice versa.

"...more prone to tooting its own horn than Texas blues, and with good reason. Alan Govenar's new book, Texas..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Antone’s Nightclub Celebrates 50 Years at 2025 Austin Blues Festival

April 26-27 event colors outside the genre lines

"...The Austin Blues Festival returns to Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park April..."

April 21, 2025 Music Post by Angelina Liu

Juke Joint Blues

Blues Boy Hubbard strolls down Eastside Austin's Chitlin' Circuit memory lane

"...the parking garage into his East Oltorf apartment, Henry "Blues Boy" Hubbard looks me over and warns, "If you..."

July 13, 2007 Music Feature by Jonny Meyers

Blues Brothers 2000

"...a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, John Landis' The Blues Brothers remains one of my favorite screwball comedies. Both..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Deep Blues

"...Mugge. Starring: Robert Palmer and Dave A. Stewart. Deep Blues is a project that puts the word “document” back..."

Nov. 6, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Brittany Howard, Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan, and More Austin Blues Festival Reviews

Standouts from the Antone’s organizers’ Waterloo Park return

"...one-day 2023 tryout doubled to two days of on-point blues-and-beyond curation in the second year of Austin Blues Festival...."

April 29, 2024 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

ACL Interview: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Your basic sweaty rock & roll revival

"...been a long time since we heard the primal blues-punk of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. Why? For one,..."

Oct. 2, 2013 Music Post by Tim Stegall

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

The Texas Soul standard mentored Stevie Ray Vaughan and many others

"...musician W.C. Clark, known as “the Godfather of Austin Blues” and a mentor to Stevie Ray Vaughan, has died...."

March 2, 2024 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

This April, Antone’s Brings Blues (and More) Back to Waterloo Park

Austin Blues Festival invites Los Lobos, Adrian Quesada, and more

"...Clifford Antone, eponymous owner of the famed Downtown blues club and a patron saint of Austin live music,..."

Feb. 10, 2023 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood

Genghis Blues

"...Tuva; and one big, black, blind guy playing the blues: Some people and events are just waiting for a..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Varsity Blues

"...are the company's two most prominent predecessors of Varsity Blues). You'd think with all the video directors the network..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Blues on the Green Cancels 2024 Season, Citing Cost Hurdles

“Austin, please know that we wish it wasn’t so”

"...Blues on the Green, the long-running free concert series that..."

Jan. 18, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Blues on the Green Returns with Gary Clark Jr.’s All-Star Revue

Four free summer shows kick off next Tuesday

"...two-year absence from Zilker Park, iconic free concert series Blues on the Green returns...."

July 19, 2021 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Blues Broads

Angela Strehli brings her Blues Broads to Threadgill's

"...The collective experience of the Blues Broads will howl like the wind when Annie Sampson,..."

June 4, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Blues Boy Hubbard Passes at 85

Guitarist and bandleader elemental to Eastside music history

"...Henry “Blues Boy” Hubbard, a one-man institution of Austin blues whose..."

Nov. 25, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Dorian Blues

Dorian Blues has wit, humor, good performances, and clever technique, which catapult the film into the front ranks of coming-out movies.

"...or not, suggests a predetermined inclination toward overwriting.) Dorian Blues is several cuts above the average coming-out movie, a..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wild Man Blues

"...spotlights Allen's musicianship rather than his filmmaking, Wild Man Blues is not really a concert documentary. Yes, we see..."

June 5, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mavis Staples and Christone “Kingfish” Ingram Lead the Lineup for the 2025 Austin Blues Festival

Returning to Moody Amphitheater April 26-27

"...Austin Blues Festival returns to Moody Amphitheater April 26-27 with a..."

Jan. 8, 2025 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Blues on the Green Unveils 2024 Lineup

Shortened concert series returns June 11-12

"...Blues on the Green has announced the lineup for this..."

May 9, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

From Country to Blues, Check Out These Austin-Area April Music Festival Lineups

Peruse new 2024 plans from Eclipse Utopia, Two Step Inn, and more

"...spring, another buzzing Central Texas music festival season. From blues- and country-specific roundups to eclectic, experiential events – peruse..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Schultze Gets the Blues

The life of a retired German miner and accordion player is spurred toward change by the sound of zydeco music.

"...Fred Müller and Anne V. Angelle. Schultze Gets the Blues is a sweet German movie by a first-time filmmaker,..."

March 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Undercover Blues

"...pop I chose to wash down my popcorn. Undercover Blues's pairing of Turner and Quaid as Jane and Jeff..."

Sept. 17, 1993 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Austin Blues Festival Announces Set Times for Jimmie Vaughan, Brittany Howard, Robert Glasper

And warns of a ticket price increase this Friday

"...Austin Blues Festival is back to help you plan your April..."

April 9, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Blues on the Green Back On, Thanks to City Council and H-E-B

New resolution outlines city co-sponsorship of free event

"...Blues on the Green will officially head back to Zilker..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Blues on the Green Pivots Successfully to All-Black Blues on the Screen

Curator Jackie Venson proves the legitimacy of the makeover

"...Summer concert series Blues on the Green, which draws tens of thousands of..."

July 9, 2020 Music Post by Derek Udensi

DVD Watch: 'Hill Street Blues'

An aural history of the cop show that changed TV

"...January 15, 1981, a cop drama called Hill Street Blues aired to low ratings on NBC. When it finally..."

April 29, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Family Style: Kathy Murray's Blues

From the dance floor to the stage

"...In the mid Seventies, about the time Austin’s blues scene began to whip up, I hit the clubs..."

Dec. 3, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

ACL Review: Songhoy Blues

Defiant Malians inspire dance party

"...They Will Have to Kill Us First, Mali’s Songhoy Blues fled its home in Timbuktu to avoid prosecution under..."

Oct. 16, 2017 Music Post by Michael Toland

Sweet Blues: A Film About Michael Bloomfield

Director Bob Sarles’ backstory on the box set DVD doc

"...After watching Sweet Blues: A Film About Michael Bloomfield from the new box..."

July 3, 2014 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Peking Opera Blues

Deception and betrayal in culture and politics take center stage in this splendid narrative that shifts between farce and violence, suspense and emotionality.

"...satisfaction that is sure to chase the mainstream movie blues away...."

April 23, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

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