Ride This Rocket

Damon Bramblett

"...he gets for listening to something other than "Wal-Mart country" and daring to be out of step with the..."

March 6, 1998 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

The Hills of Arkansas

The Meat Purveyors

"...I had never listened to or paid attention to country music or anything like that before. I just rejected..."

March 6, 1998 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Won't Get Schooled Again

Austin's Music Class of '98

"...the field is an even split between rock and country, with Sixteen Deluxe, David Garza, Meg Hentges, and David..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...ten years ago. Back then, the rest of the country passed on the notion of a psychedelic blues explosion,..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup

All of Texas' best fests, fairs, fandangos, and fiestas

"...region: | Big Bend | Gulf Coast | Hill Country | Panhandle | Piney Woods | Prairies & Lakes..."

April 3, 2025 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

International Musicians Keep Austin’s Scene Alive, but They Struggle to Stay

Putting the “world” in Live Music Capital of the World

"...other one had New Wave, the other one had country, the other one had blues, reggae, all live.”..."

Nov. 29, 2024 News Feature by Benton Graham

No Beyoncé, Lots of Jelly Roll, and More Takeaways From the CMT Music Awards

Best and worst moments from the ceremony’s uneven Moody Center return

"...a not-always-cohesive collage of ideas about the state of country music, the Country Music Television channel itself, and the..."

April 8, 2024 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Austin's Best Breweries of 2022, Power-Ranked

It's Top of the Hops VII!

"...Brewer’s Table… Beerburg (67.5 pts.) This forager-forward, low-ABV Hill Country hot spot combines with a shady beer garden and..."

Oct. 12, 2022 Food Post by Eric Puga

Us Kids

Portrait of the Parkland shooting survivors never comes into focus

"...Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. But for a country desensitized by daily acts of gun violence, what happened..."

June 11, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Faster Than Sound: Contextualizing Broken Spoke Owner James White

Honky-tonky lifer died of congestive heart failure at age 81

"...Dixie Chicks, Don Walser, Dale Watson – at his country music hub. Widely considered Texas' greatest honky-tonk, the family..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Vortex Repertory Company's Heartland

Gabriel Jason Dean's new drama makes a sensitive study of three people in two different countries and where they belong

"...A math problem: Person A, who grew up in Country X, has decided to move to Country Y to..."

Feb. 8, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Playback: Altered States

Three Austin artists that are changing their tune

"...The story of Monte Warden branching out from country to classic pop begins with an ill-advised sled run...."

April 1, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

ACL Interview: Dynamites feat. Charles Walker

Nashville Northern soul combo’s epic journey

"...that Nashville is primarily known as the hub of country music, I wanted to ask if country music played..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Music Post by Greg Beets

Waltz Across Texas

Is the Broken Spoke being edged off South Lamar?

"...about correcting Robert Plant's form, for instance. And yet, country dancing seems to be a nearly extinct tradition, even..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Page Two: Reporting for Duty

Anti-government patriots poised to fix government

"...• In order to restore this country to greatness, we need to throw the bums out!..."

Dec. 3, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Grim History

Author traces Texas prison system from its roots in plantation slavery

"...South, have become a model for much of the country. Texas Tough is a broad historical survey, a detailed..."

Aug. 20, 2010 News Feature by Michael King

Preserving a 'Special Kind of Place'

Scott Swearingen on the ‘environmental city’

"...north/south I-35 corridor; we want to protect the Hill Country; we want to protect the Barton Springs. We will..."

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Naked If I Want To

Magnum opus on one of rock & roll's Rosetta Stones: 1967's Moby Grape

"...& the Holding Company, the Sir Douglas Quintet, and Country Joe & the Fish. There were guest speakers as..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Louis Black

Page Two: First Do No Harm

Our Constitution allows elected officials to follow principled beliefs while limiting the power of demagoguery

"...what they believe are the best interests of the country. This doesn't make them right, but it also doesn't..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: And Everyone and I Stopped Breathing

What if the government isn't broken?

"...citizens as Americans, all of us invested in our country's future...."

Nov. 14, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Extended Q&A With Matthew Dowd

"...talk there about the campaign and politically where the country is. I always like to do that to get..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Centex Brigade

From San Antonio to Austin and back again

"...were also getting calls from groups around the Hill Country that didn't have staff, that were having the same..."

June 27, 2008 News Feature by Greg Harman

More on CD 10

The Democratic candidates discuss the issues

"...health care system is causing systemic problems across the country: Uninsured adults and children cause drops in productivity and..."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Gypsy Rose

The 'Rockabilly Filly' bucks back into Austin

"...Flores is a storyteller and her past a country song: an endless round of gigs, late nights in..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Page Two: Red-State Specials

In the current political climate, reasoned debate turns too easily to ideological hate

"...a principled consideration of what is best for the country rather than being tossed about here and there by..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Column by Louis Black

2005 ACL Music Fest Preview

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

"...a rousing critical reception. The 26-year-old Collins' brand of alt.country is smart and hook filled, earning him comparisons to..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Feature

Page Two

Religious zealotry can have the effect of undoing basic morality

"...even this century. Look at the United States, a country whose citizens have long been in intense disagreements and..."

July 8, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

The vision of a healthy, dynamic, impressively powerful country having a tortured, ongoing internal dialogue about its actions serves to inspire rather than discourage dreams

"...rights, to protest U.S. foreign policy and decry our country's support of repressive and often brutal regimes. Some had..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

A tainted prayer for the new year

"...argue the Christian right has been overwhelmed as this country has witnessed a triumph of the secular. A few..."

Dec. 31, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

The rhetorical extremes about Ronald Reagan belie a country balanced on a rhythm of democracy

"...paid to him for changing the course of the country and salvaging our society are basically fantasy...."

June 18, 2004 Column by Louis Black

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