Lavender Country, World’s First Openly Gay Country Band, Comes to Austin

Patrick Haggerty on his groundbreaking album nearly 50 years later

"...1973, Patrick Haggerty recorded and released his band Lavender Country’s eponymous debut album, which is considered the first openly..."

Oct. 21, 2021 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

My Country, My Country

Using the Iraqi democratic elections in early 2005 as its focal point, this powerful documentary is the sad lament of Iraqis who truly want the best for their homeland, despite seemingly overwhelming odds.

"...elections in early 2005 as its focal point, My Country, My Country (which screened at the SXSW Film Festival)..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Country Bears

"...Romero, when there's no more room in hell, the Country Bears will walk the earth, alternately savaging their prey..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Francesca T. Royster’s Book Black Country Music: Listening for Revolutions Highlights Beyoncé and Tina Turner’s Influence at SXSW

Taylor Crumpton joined talk on Black resistance within the genre

"...Tina Turner and Beyoncé rarely surface in discussion of country music. But Francesca T. Royster, an English professor at..."

March 13, 2023 Music Post by Abby Johnston

iHeartRadio Country Festival Review

Mainstream country owns Austin for one night only

"...Last year’s inaugural iHeartRadio Country Festival proved successful enough to inspire an even more..."

May 4, 2015 Music Post by Doug Freeman

The Country Shuffle

Justin Trevino, the voice of angels

"...is filled with what he likes to call "The Country Shuffle," a category that genre forebears like Johnny Bush..."

June 8, 2001 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Brennen Leigh & Sunny Sweeney Like Country

Tonight’s Saxon Pub song exchange unites liberals/conservatives

"...Residencies built Austin country music. The W’s alone stagger, from late legends Don..."

Sept. 15, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

AM Country Heaven

Four new discs take back real country music

"...People have been complaining about the state of country music almost as long as there’s been country music...."

June 1, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Country Music’s Digital Divide

Assessing the CMA Consumer Research Study

"...Last week, the Country Music Association released the findings of their Consumer Research..."

March 13, 2009 Music Post by Doug Freeman

North Country

Charlize Theron stars in this fictionalized, rousing, but nevertheless predictable account of the first class-action sexual discrimination suit.

"...the same cloth as Norma Rae and Silkwood, North Country is a story about the rough knocks women have..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Beautiful Country

A grueling journey is undertaken by a Vietnamese teen to find his absent mother in Ho Chi Minh City, and then his father, a former G.I., in Texas.

"...Despite Stuart Dryburgh's stunningly beautiful cinematography that makes every country in which this movie is set look beautiful, the..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hi-Lo Country

"...Gammon, Enrique Castillo and John Diehl. As The Hi-Lo Country would have it, Big Boy Matson (Harrelson) is the..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Road Trip to The Unknown Country With Director Morrisa Maltz

How a long commute became a drive into America's heart

"...driving force of Morrisa Maltz's hybrid docu-drama The Unknown Country is a road trip: And it's a journey that..."

Aug. 5, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sweet Country

The modern Western goes to Northern Australia.

"...canvas, however, doesn’t get in the way of Sweet Country’s central engaging chase story. Set in northern Australia in..."

April 13, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Country Strong

It's Nashville-on-the-rocks as Gwyneth Paltrow takes a starring turn as an alcoholic singer trying to make a comeback.

"...the point – and even the pleasure – of Country Strong. No country cliché is left unturned in writer/director..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Town & Country

"...Mcdowell, Charlton Heston and Marian Seldes. Though Town & Country's title refers to its characters' dual residences, it also..."

May 4, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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

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

Nov. 17, 2023 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Qmmunity: Take Me Home, Country Queers

OUTlaw Pride Festival declares there's nothin' more outlaw than being queer in country music

"...to make your ten-gallon hat shoot clean off. Queer country crackerjacks fill the list: Joy Clark, Paisley Fields, Andrew..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Column by James Scott

Kicked Outta Country, But Still the King

George Strait celebrates Erwin Center at 40

"...played Austin in 2014, it was billed as the country legend’s final tour. The show’s celebratory if bittersweet aura..."

June 4, 2018 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Mandy Barnett’s Classic Country

A ‘Blue Blue Day’ for the Nashville siren tonight on SoCo

"...“amazing” gets used. The Nashville-based singer with a deep country style plays the Continental Club tonight and it’s your..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

No Country for Old Men

The Coen brothers display magnificent form with this Cormac McCarthy tale about intransigent evil in the modern West.

"...co-credited as writer and director) of McCarthy's as-if-written-for-the-screen No Country for Old Men becomes a marvelous meld of narrative..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Qmmunity: Queer Alt-Country Trio Next of Kin Debuts New Single

Be part of the country collective this Friday at the Continental Club

"...organic origins. Such was the start of local queer alt-country trio Next of Kin: Composed of Madison Baker, Lili..."

Sept. 27, 2024 Column by James Scott

Country Boyz Fixins Owner Talks Pandemic and Soul Food

This Black-owned restaurant serves Southern/Creole classics

"...Country Boyz Fixins has been serving soul food in the..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Food Post by Andrew Turner

Reeling in the Hill Country

Escape from the city with the Hill Country Film Festival

"...height of spring in Central Texas, the pastoral Hill Country lush from the recent heavy rains, the roadside bursting..."

April 29, 2016 Screens Feature by Tucker Whatley

iHeartRadio Country Festival... Why Austin?

Inaugural Countrypalooza bowed at the Erwin Center Saturday

"...The question that kept recurring throughout the iHeartRadio Country Festival Saturday at the Frank Erwin Center was “Why..."

April 1, 2014 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Pure Country

"...Strait, Lesley Ann Warren, Isabel Glasser and John Doe. Country music superstar George Strait makes his acting debut in..."

Oct. 30, 1992 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Cody Johnson to Martina McBride, Two Step Inn Wrangles Country Music’s Range

Georgetown fest evades storms in its second year

"...This weekend’s second annual Two Step Inn was a..."

April 22, 2024 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Day Trips: Collective Hill Country, Wimberley

Hill Country camping in luxury

"...Collective Hill Country outside of Wimberley celebrates the outdoors without sacrificing creature..."

Feb. 14, 2020 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

HO-liday Gifties: A Hill Country Varietal

When they say 'Go Local,' think Tempernillo

"...gift exchange an adventure? Drive out to the Hill Country to grab some bottles of this rare, local treat...."

Dec. 16, 2011 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Country of Exiles?

Country of Exiles: The Destruction of Place in American Life

"...by William Leach..."

July 9, 1999 Books Review

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