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Hot Summer Questions for JaRon Marshall + the Collective, Felt Out, and Jane Leo
The free, Chron-curated lineup pops up Saturday at the 13th Floor
"...(Revisit "Journeyman: JaRon Marshall's Path From Black Pumas to Jazz-Hop Debut," April 21, 2023.)..."

July 21, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Being Dead
Debut LP uses fairy tales as a heartfelt, irreverent rock escape
"...to the band's surf rock strengths – until a jazz breakdown overrides its guitar jangle. Known for their self-mythologizing..."

July 21, 2023 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Crucial Concerts at Hot Summer Nights 2023
Highlights from the no-cost, high-temp annual music festival
"...debuted on the scene in May by players balancing jazz chops and jam-ready playfulness. – Rachel Rascoe KUTX Summer JamStubb's..."

July 21, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

"My Energy, How I Move": Blakchyl's Evolving Hip-Hop Embodies Austin's Eastside
The 78702 rapper on exploring beyond her comfort zone
"...the pandemic, the album opts for a spacey, lo-fi, jazz-adjacent sound influenced by the star-studded late Nineties collective Soulquarians...."

July 14, 2023 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Blues on the Green, Texas punk tales, and more recommended local shows
"...venues. Day one leads with masterful and hypnotic psychedelic jazz fusionists the Point, carried by an undulating drumline and..."

July 14, 2023 Music Column by Doug Freeman

Magna Carda's Wild West Refresh and Four More Songs From Austin Artists
New music picks from Farmer's Wife, Sentimental Family Band, and more
"...as well as Austin's Eastside Riders on horseback. Wandersome jazz interludes lessen the density of the vocalist's lines, landing..."

July 14, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

JaRon Marshall + the Collective, Felt Out, and Jane Leo to Play the Chronicle Party at Hot Summer Nights
This paper pops up, July 22, at the totally-free Red River festival
"...both the Pumas and Adrian Quesada, Marshall delivered his jazz- and hip-hop-inspired debut album earth sounds. "I named it..."

July 12, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

KMFA's Residency Program Gives Composers the Keys to the Station
Recapping Clarice Assad's booked-up week of improvisation in Austin
"...Assad's award-winning workshop VOXploration places an educational spin on jazz musician Bobby McFerrin's Circlesongs workshop. As a participant, she..."

July 7, 2023 Music Feature by Wayne Lim

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
A celebration of Bobbie Nelson, a big birthday for Carousel Lounge, and more recommended shows
"...unearthed a diamond. The Feb. 2021 track details the jazz school dropout grappling with living in her mother's house..."

July 7, 2023 Music Column by Abby Johnston

Tribeca Film Review: Let the Canary Sing
Cyndi Lauper doc travels the long path to becoming herself
"...on her deliberately eclectic later career choices, from 2003 jazz cover album At Last to 2008 Grammy-nominated dance album..."

July 1, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips & Beyond: July Events Roundup
Summer fun is heating up around the state
"...Balcones Heights Jazz Festival July 28, San Antonio, bhtx.gov/balcones-heights-jazz-festival-0..."

June 30, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

What Chronicle Music Writers Are Reading This Summer
Recent musical reads on Lucinda Williams, Sinéad O'Connor, and more
"...of his memoir. Recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Jazz Master award from the National Endowment for the Arts,..."

June 30, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

The Smile Adapts, Reworks, and Evolves the Radiohead Formula
Free-flowing trio kept diehards guessing on second night at ACL Live
"...founding members Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, plus British jazz drummer Tom Skinner. The trio, which began writing during..."

June 27, 2023 Music Post by David Brendan Hall

Being Dead’s Wild Western Chase and Five More Songs From Austin Artists
New music picks from Nemegata, EXOTIC FRUITICA, Quiet Light, and more
"...Emilie Basez, the song builds with sophisticated flourishes like jazz trumpeter Ephraim Owens' buttered lines, producer David Garza's anchoring..."

June 23, 2023 Music Column by Carys Anderson

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
The Gap Band at Juneteenth, Feels So Gay, and more recommended shows
"...in their ricocheting riffage.  – Wayne Lim Aubrey LoganParker Jazz Club, Thursday 22..."

June 16, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Review: BLK ODYSSY, DIAMONDS & FREAKS
Forward-thinking production transmits eclectic and upbeat concept album
"...production. Its mélange of funk, hip-hop, soul, and occasionally jazz – sweetened with watery electric bass, smooth horns/woodwinds, and..."

June 16, 2023 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Jess Williamson, Ondara, Cherubs, Blushing, and more recommended shows
"...forth between traditional accessibility and the freest of free jazz, while percussionist/vocalist Kahil El'Zabar explores every avenue that percussion..."

June 9, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Crosstalk: Lil Yachty to Make Austin City Limits Television Debut, and More Music News
Confusion over the Live Music Fund Event Program, and musical queerdo events
"...ACL TV veterans and newcomers, with Yachty and experimental jazz pair DOMi & JD BECK making their Austin PBS..."

June 9, 2023 Music Column by Kriss Conklin

The Luv Doc: Fake Dude
A cowboy hat is always appropriate attire
"...us polyester leisure suits, tube socks, greasy hair, smooth jazz, ditch weed, and mustard as a color. My sincerest..."

June 9, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
A farewell party for Jim Eno, Rock the Park with Rosie Flores, and more recommended shows
"...Raoul HernandezDOOM-WOP by Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol Katie ShoreMonks Jazz, Thursday 8..."

June 2, 2023 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
King Louie, Killah Priest, and indie classical lead our recommended shows
"...Boom, and more support.  – Julian Towers Rich Harney Jazz FestivalFirst Presbyterian Church, Friday 26 – Saturday 27..."

May 26, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Review: Hyde Park Theatre’s Chronicles of an Indigenous Offspring
This is not a love letter, it’s a wake-up call
"...performance is entertaining and always engaging. His use of jazz aesthetic movement to punctuate what has just been performed..."

May 23, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Bridge Farmers, Sue Foley, and Caelin top our list of recommended shows
"...the occasion.  – Wayne Lim Francis Favis & FriendsMonks Jazz, Sunday 21..."

May 19, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Temple of Angels' Joyful Dream-Pop Return and Five More Songs From Austin Artists
New music picks from Sabrina Ellis, DAIISTAR, Wilson Marks, and more
"...to Paul Simon or Conor Oberst, but a squirrelly honky-tonk-jazz guitar solo adds an unmistakable stamp from the colorful..."

May 19, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Water Damage, TisaKorean, a tribute to Mandy Mercier, and more recommended shows
"...on the playground.  – Julian Towers Daniel Foose TrioMonks Jazz, Thursday 18..."

May 12, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Review: Alex Coke & Carl Michel Sextet, EMERGENCE
Co-leaders make the most of band's unusual, drumless instrumentation
"...guitarist Carl Michel go way back in the Austin jazz scene – both sprang from the fertile soil of..."

May 12, 2023 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Crosstalk: Miss Manners Retires From Hip Hop Hooray After 15 Years, and More Music News
DAWA Fund apps open May 15 and Lizzy McAlpine melts ACL Live
"...Shooks, Quin NFN, Caramelo Haze, Die Spitz, Nemegata, Huston-Tillotson Jazz Collective, the Moriah Sisters, and the Disciples of Joy..."

May 12, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Kendrick Lamar, Foo Fighters, and Alanis Morissette Announced To Play ACL Fest 2023
October festival rolls out the full Zilker Park lineup, on sale today
"...Shooks, QUIN NFN, Caramelo Haze, Die Spitz, Nemegata, Huston-Tillotson Jazz Collective, the Moriah Sisters, and the Disciples of Joy..."

May 9, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
The Austin Record Convention, Cinco de Mayo Extravaganza, Pecan Street Festival, and UTOPiAfest lead our recommended shows this week
"...the night. Saturday finds an instrumental twofer with Tauk's jazz-plus-prog-rock fusion and Will Van Horn's steel guitar-led ambient atmospherics..."

May 5, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

The Best Things We Saw at Austin Psych Fest 2023
Toro y Moi, Automatic, and more highlight homegrown festival’s return
"...Creator albums, versus the guy who occasionally drops instrumental jazz funk albums. It was easy to imagine either Sides..."

May 1, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

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