UT Choral Arts Society

For its fall 2005 concert, UT Choral Arts Society draws on the rich repertoire of English sacred music, transporting its audience to a London cathedral

"...the production suggested I use saccharine, poppy, modern Christian music to score it, I never wavered. Choirs and organs..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Live Shots

Dianne Reeves, Pam Hart/Austin Music Festival

"...12 photograph by John Carrico Austin has more annual music festivals than Willie Nelson has picnics. On this particular..."

June 18, 1999 Music Feature

Antone’s Anniversary: Bernard Purdie Drum Clinic

Aretha Franklin bandleader rocks Home of the Blues Saturday

"...recording of funk missile “Rock Steady,” Aretha Franklin’s sheet music fell from her piano onto the floor. The horns..."

June 27, 2019 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

From Hell to High Estate

This new chamber group's look at the dark side of Romantic music offered some fresh takes on iconic works

"...concert, which focused on the dark side of Romantic music, was excerpted from Edgar Allan Poe's "Lenore," which opened..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Henry Poole Is Here

Director Mark Pellington has turned soft with this corny, redemptive, and/or inspirational tale that stars Luke Wilson.

"...Mitchell, Adriana Barraza, George Lopez, Cheryl Hines, Richard Benjamin, Morgan Lily and Rachel Seiferth. Back around the turn of..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Riding Giants

A creative wipe-out from the director of Dogtown and Z-Boys

"...some of this movie’s early footage. Still, the essential organizational problem that befalls Riding Giants is its pivotal hero-worship..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jason X

Although the serial killer Jason has been cryogenically frozen at the start of this 10th outing, the hockey-masked one ends up defrosting on a spaceship in the year 2455.

"...face was always breaking out -- and that background music was starting to drive me insane. It sounds like..."

May 3, 2002 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Heartsick Poet

Poet Dean Young celebrates a new book and hopes for a new heart

"...written three years ago, have a different "kind of music" to them. Writing, he says, usually comes easily for..."

April 8, 2011 Books Feature by Amy Smith

Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation 2001

"...defile a nubile corpse only to subsequently have his organ devoured by worms, well, heck, everyone knows that never..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Blink

"...fiddle player in a working Celtic rock band. (The music, which is performed by a real Chicago band, The..."

Jan. 28, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Faster Than Sound: Remembering Chet Himes, Johnny Limón, and Riley Osbourn

Three Austin music scene stalwarts passed in late August

"...August claimed far too many anchors of Texas music. Fans poured out remembrances for Dallas-based Power Trip frontman..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Friday Showcase Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...a punk Nancy Sinatra, while the cello, saxophone, and organ keeps things cinematically off-kilter. The fourpiece Woggles, also from..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Friday Sleepers

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...Fla., duo is anything but monotonal. Best known for music that matches their black-and-white checkerboard MySpace page, the most..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Dueling Banjos

Is old-time music Austin's next big thing?

"...Center some Wednesday evening, you'll encounter a group of musicians sitting near a corner of the dance floor and..."

March 30, 2007 Music Feature by Mark Rubin

Playback – AAN Convention: Worth the Ink?

Checking the pulse of print media and music journalism

"...annual Association of Alternative Newsmedia Conference. As the Chronicle's music columnist, yours truly acted as the unofficial after-hours concierge,..."

July 15, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Off the Record

Austin Music Poll winners are just going to have to wait until the Austin Music Awards, plus a closer look at SXSW's international acts

"...of South by Southwest, the results of the Chronicle Music Poll will not be published in the SXSW Music..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Media Watch: Bow Chica Wow-Wow

The life and times of a porn-music impresario

"...John Dial, software designer and porn-music impresario, is trying to explain his infatuation with the..."

Aug. 3, 2007 News Column by Kevin Brass

Street Cred to Burn

The 1996-97 Austin Music Awards

"...Two things happened to Austin music in 1996: Minus a single transcendent, galvanizing band to..."

March 7, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The Word Made Song

Gospel Music in Austin

"...of the Eastside resound with exuberant hands clapping, wild organ flourishes, and some of the most pure, joyful, and..."

Dec. 22, 1995 Music Feature

Checking In: Michael Ramos Signs the Tiarra Girls

“I’m an A&R guy for Lucky Hound Music [and] a staff producer”

"...keyboards and accordion, but also singing and playing trumpet, organ, and a little percussion,” wrote critic emeritus Dave Marsh..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

12 Can't-Miss Austin Bands at SXSW

Hip-hop, roots rock, pop, shoegaze, and more to keep your ears ringing

"...Want to hear the music that Austinites are buzzing about right now, before they..."

March 7, 2019 Music Post by The Music Staff

Playback: Does Size Matter at SXSW?

A smaller SXSW Music week still satisfies

"...made a big deal of it. South by Southwest's Music week experienced significant shrinkage in 2018...."

March 23, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Passionate Kisses

2013/2014 Austin Music Awards: Lucinda Williams plants one on Margaret Moser

"...Water­loo Records' facade. Inside, rising like cornstalks among the music racks, Austinites. Every size, shape, age, race, class. All..."

March 7, 2014 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Lovers Rock

Announcing the Austin Music Awards and more Valentine's Day mash notes

"...bands led by romantic couplings have proven that with music and relationships, everything comes down to chemistry. For Valentine's..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Off the Record

Asylum Street Spankers' last laugh

"...Merry and incomparable musical vaudeville troupe Asylum Street Spankers forged a legacy stretching..."

April 22, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Most Memorable Moments of Saturday’s ACL Fest

Billie Eilish, Jack Harlow, Mongolian metal, Doja Cat, Dayglow, & more

"...set the scene for a packed day of live music at Zilker Park. Here are the Chronicle music writers’..."

Oct. 3, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

"Maria Chávez: String Room"

With this interactive sound installation, it’s hard to tell whether it’s more about music or not-music

"...to pluck the strings. We are being offered a musical experience, a chance to get inside the instrument and..."

April 28, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

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

"...television, cross-eyed and drooling, as the three horsemen of music's apocalypse – Bieber, Skrillex, and Diplo – unsuccessfully impersonated..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW 2013 Round Two: More Bands Announced

Big year for Bogota bands with a heavy playlist from Colombia

"...South by Southwest just announced its second round of musical acts for the 2013 festival and conference...."

Dec. 5, 2012 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Off the Record

Mixed signals: KUT takes over the Cactus Cafe, Pachanga owns Fiesta Gardens

"...was no shortage of the latter at Pachanga Latino Music Festival's breakthrough third outing, once again at Fiesta Gardens,..."

May 28, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

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