Saturday SXSW Showcases

"...Food" campaign. From Rio de Janeiro, internationally recognized jazz composer and vocalist Clara Valente successfully mixes Latin rhythms, Afrobeat,..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Robert Plant Crowns Austin Music Awards

Fortune teller to unspool vintage Twine Time at local Grammys

"...Dawn Arkestra with orchestral indie rockers Mother Falcon, and composer Peter Stopschinski with violinist Jenavieve Varga performing “Wheelchair Epidemic”..."

March 15, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Film Review: In Pursuit of Silence

A contemplative look at quiet spaces

"...it was preceded by a live quintet led by composer Alex Lu. A live quintet that began the show..."

March 14, 2016 Screens Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Lust for Life

The 2015/16 Austin Music Awards' bedrock mania

"...of it as refereed by Brown Whörnet/Golden Hornet Project composer Peter Stopschinski and actual v-i-o-l-i-n-i-s-t Jenavieve Varga changing the..."

March 11, 2016 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

At the Statue of Venus/Three Decembers

The Butler Opera Center's pairing of these Jake Heggie chamber operas opened up small concerns to an enduring sense of love

"...spotlight-loving mama. Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer – the composer's collaborator on Moby-Dick – track the family across two..."

March 11, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Deconstructing Sonic Borders

The 13th annual No Idea Festival explores everything from phenological sound art to avant jazz and microtonal composition

"...in Berlin. Éliane Radigue, one of the most significant composers of the 20th and 21st centuries, left her work..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Music Feature by Conor Walker

"Mark Mothersbaugh: Myopia" at the Contemporary Austin

The solo exhibition celebrates Devo but also the artist's sound-machine sculptures and high- and low-tech illustrations

"...anybody didn't. Mark Mothersbaugh – Ohio native, former Devolutionist, composer of modern film scores, relentless maker of whatever will..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Playback: And the Award Goes To ...

The Grammys went bust, but their local equivalent – the 34th annual Austin Music Awards – just dropped its star-studded lineup

"...sound guy's nightmare. For the same conceptual segment, untamable composer Peter Stopschinski (Brown Whörnet/Golden Arm Trio) lashes out on..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

GenEnCo's The Mikado: Reclaimed

In this newly devised work, Asian-American artists grapple with the complicated legacy of Gilbert & Sullivan's opera

"...ninth of 14 operas that librettist W.S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan created in collaboration. Written in 1885, as..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...story of the incredible Princess Shaw and the enigmatic composer Kutiman, who discovers her from the other side of..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Opera to Mount Manchurian Candidate

Kevin Puts' take on political thriller opens 2016-17 season

"...The Manchurian Candidate, newly adapted for opera by Pulitzer-winning composer and former Austinite Kevin Puts...."

Jan. 27, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

A Case of Synchronicity

Director Jacob Gentry and star AJ Bowen reunite to rewrite history

"...Claire Bronson, producer Alexander Motlagh, co-producer Alex Ore, and composer Ben Lovett), it's even getting distribution by Magnolia. "We..."

Jan. 21, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Shay Ishii Dance Company's Dancestry ... Vivid

Audiences gained much from this program's re-creations of historic dances by Isadora Duncan, Loïe Fuller, and Lucia Dlugoszewski

"...Erick Hawkins (following Martha Graham), she was a musician, composer, and choreographer who led Hawkins' dance company after his..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Monkey Town 6: It’s Somewhere You Definitely Want To Be

Montgomery Knott’s multimedia pop-up rewards all your senses

"...the attraction was mitigated by a transcendent performance from composer Justin Sherburn and pedal-steel maestro Bob Hoffnar on the..."

Jan. 12, 2016 Screens Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Top 10 Dance/Classical Music Treasures of 2015

Leaving deep impressions from 2015's dance and classical music works were the unexpected elements, like screen doors, trees, and car horns

"...forged a riveting tension in this haunting premiere by composer Nico Muhly. 6) The Trees Of Govalle (Forklift Danceworks)..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Other Worlds Austin: Reconnoiter

Lo-fi sci-fi busts micro-production expectations

"...Rowe; his brother, writer/director Neil Rowe; and Neil's wife, producer/composer Amanda Rowe. What's truly amazing is that they combine..."

Dec. 5, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...operetta written and composed by two 19th century Jews. Composer Jacques Offenbach set a libretto called "Ba-Ta-Clan" to music,..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Movers & Shakers

A guide to Austin dance

"...her: Hay and Diana Prechter (Genius of the Heart), composer Pauline Oliveros (Deep Listening), actor-writer CK McFarland (Hot Flash:..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Whole Lot of Rockin' Goin' On

Linda Gail Lewis received her first piano lesson from her brother at 40

"...vinyl 45 issued forth: a stab at "Heartbreak Hotel" composer Mae Axton's "Small Red Diary."..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Shmu

"...Like the schizoid edition of Tame Impala, Shmu composer Sam Chown throws a kitchen sink of influence and..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Music Review by Neph Basedow

Fun Fun Fun Lists

Austin acts roundup

"...Bayonne Fri., 1:45pm, Blue stageIndie-vibed electronic composer Roger Sellers sings and pounds drums over loops of..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Labors of Love (and Money)

Film production services melting pot Arts+Labor eyes a commercial expansion

"...branded content production house where directors, editors, graphic artists, composers, and other necessary film artisans are all on staff,..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Screens Feature by Michael Agresta

DVDanger: The Larry Fessenden Collection

Horror's underappreciated auteur on existential terror

"...Director, producer, writer, actor, editor, composer (often wearing multiple hats on the same project), Fessenden..."

Oct. 20, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sehr Flash: Fiction Becomes Music

Austin composer Russell Podgorsek teams with lit journal NANO Fiction to create short short stories with original scores

"...– this cross-disciplinary collaboration has a couple of local composers creating new pieces of chamber music based on newly..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Stargazing With SIMS

Save a life – Austin music

"...Fastball, Girl in a Coma frontwoman Nina Diaz, local composer Peter Stopschinski, blues fiends the Peterson Brothers, soul shouter..."

Oct. 12, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

ACL Fest 2015 Saturday Listings – Second Weekend

Blurbing the second Saturday of ACL 2015

"...San Fermin's eponymous 2013 debut gave compelling voice to composer Ellis Ludwig-Leone's elaborate chamber pop, anchored by the female..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Music Feature

James Taylor Pleases All at ACL Taping

The elder statesman of Americana makes a comeback

"...what era of Taylor they favored: serene singer-songwriter, a composer remaking pop hits, or elder statesman of Americana. While..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

ACL Fest 2015 Saturday Listings

Blurbs on the hour

"...San Fermin's eponymous 2013 debut gave compelling voice to composer Ellis Ludwig-Leone's elaborate chamber pop, anchored by the female..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Music Feature

Darling Mickey

Prolific director Mickey Keating dials in to the Sixties

"...waiting for sound mix, while we're waiting for a composer, let's go make another film."..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Review: line upon line presents soft

line upon line percussion dials it down for season opener

"...the light, which line upon line commissioned from Austin composer Travis Weller, alternates soft strikes against metal tubes with..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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