Telecaster Sovereign Sue Foley Lands Back in Austin

The Ice Queen is on fire

"...usher in a new era of torchbearers for the blues city reeling from the death of Stevie Ray Vaughan..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Playback: Antone's Reorganizes

Antone's restructures and nears a deal on a new home Downtown

"...monument to a man whose belief in low-down, 12-bar blues and respect for the good souls from whom it..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Recent 'Rockpalast' Avalanche

"...Quicksilver Messenger Service man John Cipollina died, southside Chicago blues guru Nick Gravenites, who founded the Elec­tric Flag with..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Thursday Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...y la Familia pioneered Tejano music, blending conjunto, country, blues, and rock. Long known as the King of the..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

It Ain't Nothin' but the Blues

It Ain't Nothin' but the Blues is a blues primer covering every variation on the form, and in the Zachary Scott Theatre Center's production its lessons are driven home with verve and fervor and musical excitement

"...It Ain't Nothin' but the BluesZachary Scott Theatre Center Kleberg Stage, through May 9..."

April 23, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Bright Lights, Inner City

When Austin's Eastside music scene was lit up like Broadway

"...boosted the audience for its parent genre, rhythm and blues, but the results were not always beneficial to the..."

July 4, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Austin Blues Still Kicking..."

March 14, 2003 Column

A Man and a Half

Hanging with music industry legend Jerry Wexler

"...Samm Dogg, Wayne Douglas. Texas Tornado. The Last Real Bluesman. Heart and soul of Austin's music scene for 30..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Jailbird

The Prison Diaries of the Fabulous Thunderbirds' Preston Hubbard

"...a T-Bird, I played and recorded with Roomful of Blues and on Bonnie Raitt's Nick of Time, Big Joe..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Feature by Preston Hubbard

Reissues

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

"...unforgettable, through a common thread: raw rock & roll blues power. For the uninitiated, Grow Fins is not the..."

June 25, 1999 Music Feature

Better Too Much Than Not Enough

"...Austin's musical and songwriting elite. Gone is the white-boy bluesman of 1995's Needle Gun, an album whose growling, slide-heavy..."

April 2, 1999 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Record Reviews: Reissues

"...an American music band, a band that psychedelicized its blues and country roots. These three sets, all released or..."

Dec. 8, 1995 Music Review

The Forgotten Era of Glitter Rock in Mid-70s Austin

The Austin Punk Chronicles, chapter two, part one: glam rock (1972-76)

"...the music scene had expanded. There was already a blues scene at the One Knite for white players and..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Cost of Living

Ft. Worth R&B great Delbert McClinton has a Downtown Austin condo and a fresh start for his diamond jubilee

"...of construction sprawling from the new Home of the Blues on Fifth Street...."

Feb. 12, 2016 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

To C-Boy, With Love

Continental Club maverick Steve Wertheimer pays tribute to his mentor – with a nightclub

"...from the Houston suburbs went to a West Campus blues club called the Rome Inn. In time, he became..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Old Settler's Music Festival Preview

Bluebonnets and bluegrass: the Old Settler's Music Festival, still picking, still grinning

"...artists from jam bands to traditional bluegrass, folk and blues to jazz and country...."

April 18, 2008 Music Feature

Walter T. Higgs, John McVey, Jeffrey P. Ross

Texas Platters

"...Walter T. HiggsJust a Few Miles to Go (Doc Blues)John McVeyGone to Texas (Doc Blues)Jeffrey P. RossMy Pleasure (Doc..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Music Review by Margaret Moser

The Holmes Brothers, Antone's, Wednesday, March 15, Bobby Rush, Antone's, Thursday, March 16, Ike Turner Revue, Antone's, Friday March 17

Live Shots: South by Southwest 2001

"...as more fashionable musical trends come and go, the blues is still very much alive at South by Southwest...."

March 23, 2001 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Sea Cruise

Sailing into the sunset on Delbert McClinton's Blues Crusie.

"...this ain't; imagine instead a mini-South by Southwest for blues lovers headed toward Fantasy Island. Despite its corny moniker,..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Texas Platters

"...how, despite the presence of some of his closest blues and country artist friends on several of the tracks,..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Music Review

Live Shots

"...shared hometown sensibility shone through the evening's performance. Blood's bluesy, stylistic jumble was much in the tradition of Ellington's..."

Feb. 28, 1997 Music Feature

Please Kill Me and other ROCK & ROLL BOOKS of 1996

"...when Central Avenue throbbed to the sounds of jump blues, to the gangsta-rap of the current day...."

Dec. 6, 1996 Books Feature

Record Reviews

"...The blues is dead and all the Ian Moores, Chris Duartes,..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Music Review

Bright Lights Over Gary Clark Jr.

Heft and heart for the first of three solo hometown gigs

"...At this point, it’s lazy to compare Austin’s latest blues torchbearer to the genre’s legends of yesteryear. Yes, Clark’s..."

Dec. 5, 2016 Music Post by Bryan Rolli

Austin Author Ed Ward Revisits Rock’s First Guitar Hero, Michael Bloomfield

“When you heard Mike Bloomfield play, you got the sense this was the real shit."

"...top slot only by the Beatles' "Help." The trebly blues runs of the song's guitarist, Mike Bloomfield, accompanied Dylan's..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Come and Take It

Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears' lightning strike sophomore disc, Scandalous, stops in for a G&T at the Mustang Ranch

"...are bonded fast in their love of rhythm & blues. They grin in tandem as amp builders and repairmen..."

April 8, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

2005 ACL Music Fest Preview

All 'picks' no 'sleepers' for the Austin City Limits Music Festival, one blurb at a time

"...swamp funk outfit Mofro stirs the senses by melding country-blues guitar, a Southern soul backbeat, and strategically sparse organ..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Feature

Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2003-2004

The full list of nominations for the 2003-2004 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...It Ain't Nothin' but the Blues, Zachary Scott Theatre Center..."

May 14, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...Newman and Illinois Jacquet for his masterful blending of blues moves in the traditional be-bop music he plays. Ivery..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Record Reviews

Ani Difranco

"...Blues Blues Blues (Atlantic)..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Music Review

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