Stage Top 10s

Top Ten That's Really 13 (and Could Easily Have Been 20) Theatre Experiences of 1996

"...Todd (Live Oak Theatre at the State): Our finest musical actor proved his versatility yet again with a portrayal..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Winter Classic

South by Southwest 1998

"...Johnny Winter on the outdoor stage at Stubb's Saturday,..."

March 27, 1998 Music Feature

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...through Sunday's showcases, there will be some form of music happening somewhere on Austin turf at any given moment...."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

“No Willie, Waylon, or the Armadillo in 1977!!!” The Punk Beast Begins to Stir in Austin

A nascent scene takes shape in chapter three of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...playing Randy’s Rodeo. "I Just Wanted To Play That Music!"..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Playback: C3 in Talks to Co-Produce Levitation Fest

ACL Fest promoters partner with psych fest?

"...Levitation, the popular Austin music festival that's been a hotbed for the resurgence of..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback – Omnibus: Destination Unknown

Vetting City Hall's recommendations to Mayor Adler's arts Omnibus and unveiling Sound on Sound Fest's Renaissance location and debut lineup

"..."We will not long be the live music capital of the world if we lose musicians –..."

July 1, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...City Limits Story traces the history of the venerable music show. Steve Mims' Starving the Beast: The Battle to..."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

They Hear America Singing!

Grammy-nominated Conspirare brings together 600 voices in search of our national sound

"...to our country? Is it something found only in musical forms that were planted and sprouted here, like, say,..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Record Reviews

"...a significant chapter to the Big Book of American Music. Bolstering their bluegrass with a lazy shufflin' blues à..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Music Review

Texas Platters

"......"

July 31, 1998 Music Review

Faster Than Sound: Growing Up Margin Walker

I've only ever experienced Texas music under the independent reigns of Graham Williams. I didn't know how lucky I was.

"...children annually attended Fun Fun Fun Fest, the cultish music and comedy festival held at Austin's Auditorium Shores. I..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Game-Changers

The 2009 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...In many places, the oldest music you can hear comes from the likes of Bach,..."

May 29, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing Thursday night SXSW 09 talent

"...8pm, the Music Gym Patio These rockeros take cues from el Norte..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Page Two

Notes on Daniel Johnston, 'Dead Dog's Eyeball,' and the soundtrack of our lives

"...was that the film didn't immerse you in the music as much as tell you about it (though there..."

April 29, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Articulations

More budgetary bloodshed in the UT College of Fine Arts, as Daniel Johnson, nationally renowned early music specialist and director the UT Early Music Ensemble for 17 years, has been cut loose from the School of Music.

"...UT Releases Early-Music Director..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Dancing About Architecture

Austin leaves Ken Lieck homeless and fuming.

"...I shudder to think what your average burgeoning young musical talent, even propped up with a minimum wage burger-flipping..."

April 28, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Record Reviews

"...Ocasek are no strangers, having both sprung from Boston's music community in the Seventies, and here the producer takes..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Music Review

Pressure Drop

The State of Modern Reggae

"...talk. As is often the case, he asked my musical preference. "Punk rock, mostly," I managed through my exhaustion,..."

July 4, 1997 Music Feature

Free Week’s Big Weekend and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Plus back-to-back gigs from Cactus Lee, Runner and Bobby

"...happening in Austin this week? Check out the Chronicle music team’s handpicked “Crucial Concerts” below or in the paper..."

Jan. 5, 2024 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

This Job Will Change Your Life

Former staff reflect on the zigs and zags of life post-Chronicle

"...gave me a story assignment for the paper's upcoming music issue. He wanted a story, he said, about the..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Jesse Sublett

Harmonia Ariosa

Texas Early Music Project delivered a magical night of live music and discovery

"...myriad venues across Downtown, in worship of the live music continuum offered up on any given night in our..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman

Life, Death, and Shoofly Pie

Chatting with the Gourds' rabid online fan base, family through thick and BAD.

"...rabid about their love for the Gourds and their music...."

Sept. 13, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Record Reviews

"...BUTCH HANCOCK..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Music Review

Record Reviews

"...certain Southern Gothic, highly dramatic, and dark brand of music. Not that there's anything boring or predictable about what..."

June 21, 1996 Music Review

Aeolus String Quartet

Former graduate string quartet at UT has graduated to teaching and a bustling career

"...Music students are a lot like medieval apprentices. They learn..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Arts Feature by Natalie Zeldin

Evocations: The Music of Hugo Distler, Opus 12

With its presentation of sacred choral works by early 20th-century German composer Hugo Distler, the Conspirare Choir put its versatility on best display and provided a sequence of absolutely divine sounds.

"...Evocations: The Music of Hugo Distler, Opus 12 Divine Sounds Tarrytown Baptist..."

June 14, 2002 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Austin Critics Table Winners 2000-01

"...2001, included expanded recognition for achievements in dance, classical music, and the visual arts along with the usual acknowledgments..."

June 15, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Skeleton Dystroys

New EP precedes transformation into … metal

"...The Austin trio, whose medieval imagery signifies a blunt force approach to music, cut..."

June 18, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Tony Kinman 1956-2018

Dils and Rank & File singer/bassist passes

"...vocals, were among the first groups to fuse country music with elements of punk, laying the groundwork for the..."

May 4, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Five Arty Things to Do: Dec. 8-10

Tick-tick-tick goes the year-end timepiece, better do these now …

"...is Austin, there’ll be an array of decent live music in the main courtyard, too – along with much..."

Dec. 7, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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