Checking In: Horn Leader Elias Haslanger Gets Interstellar

Native ATX saxist homeschools himself in advanced John Coltrane

"...over every key,” begins a Chronicle cover story on the Austinite. “His method is a meticulous unpredictability, solo jaunts..."

Dec. 7, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Spotlight: Kat Edmonson

Kat Edmonson redefines jazz and pop

"...Lines of live-music-goers regularly spilling up from the basement of Austin's jazz haven, Elephant Room, testify to..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Texas Platters

The Rev. Horton Heat

"...Brothers and sisters of the Lone Star State, on the..."

May 28, 1999 Music Review

How Acclaimed Sushi Chef Tyson Cole Achieved His Dreams in Austin and Beyond

The chef behind Uchi (and several more notable restaurants) gets Hai all the time

"...The James Beard Award-winning chef, owner and co-founder of the..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Music Review: Soweto Kinch

UK saxist proves the absence of a band a piece of cake

"...headlining showcase on Thursday at Austin’s old-school jazz hangout the Elephant Room at a disadvantage. Shorn of his band..."

March 16, 2018 SXSW Post by Michael Toland

Grahams and Lemonade

Jon Dee Graham's sweet benefit

"...If you’re one of those brave souls who shows their face in public on South Congress on Sunday morning,..."

Sept. 4, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Margaret Wright, Austin Hall of Fame Pianist, Passes at 78

Entertainer and educator spread love for six decades

"...Margaret Wright, a joyous entertainer whose long career represented the enduring legacy of an East Austin she witnessed being..."

Dec. 7, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Slim Richey 1938-2015

Austin’s jazz maverick peaces out

"...“The most dangerous guitar player in Texas” wasn’t half as..."

June 1, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Indefinable Magic

Ernie Durawa's Monstas keep another grim demon at bay

"...Tucked away in an otherwise nondescript strip mall on Brodie Lane, in far South..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

It's All History

The Rise and Fall of Cedar Street

"...illustration by Roy Tompkins Two days prior to the re-opening of Cedar Street, Shannon Burke was in a..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Dancing About Architecture

The Ins and Outs of SXSW

"...It continues to blast towards us like the juggernaut it has become, and now South by Southwest..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Views to a Kill

Gus Van Sant investigates school violence with 'Elephant'

"...Van Sant has always shown a special affinity for the predicaments of young people. From his first film, Mala..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Los Jazz Vatos at the Elephant Room

"...Los Jazz VatosElephant Room, September 8 Now and then, anyone who is..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Music Review by Christopher Hess

New Year's Eve Events

"...As the coming new year begins to claw its way through..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Features Feature by Wells Dunbar

New Year's Eve Events

"...As the coming new year begins to claw its way through..."

Jan. 2, 2004 Features Feature by Wells Dunbar

John Mills Times Ten

"...John Mills Times TenCaffeine Dreams (Fable) The Jon Blondell QuintetAlive! at the Elephant Room (Fable)..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Austin’s New Batch of Supper Clubs

Three of the city’s latest additions to the underground dining scene

"...The underground dinner scene isn't for everyone. Putting complete faith..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Food Feature by Adrienne White

Postmarks

Readers against Starbuckfucking, violence against children and rattlesnakes, and internal combustion engines.

"...Defending the Towers..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Column

UK Calling

Damon Albarn leads SXSW 07's UK act armada. Again.

"...From the whitest cliffs of Dover – still the British Isles'..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Zona Tango

SXSW showcase reviews

"...Zona TangoElephant Room, Friday, March 14..."

March 14, 2008 Music Review by Dan Oko

Christopher O'Riley

SXSW live shot

"...Elephant Room, Saturday, March 18..."

March 24, 2006 Music Review by David Lynch

Music Recommended

Shawn Colvin, Timbuk 3

"...Backyard, Saturday 2 Shawn Colvin's sweet, soothing voice, and the lone accompaniment of her acoustic, are the only gentle..."

Sept. 1, 1995 Music Feature

Straight, No Chaser

Brannen Temple, aspiring to be Austin's Max Roach

"...The question is influences; the answer is a drum lesson...."

March 2, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Clay Moore, Elephant Room, January 6

"...Clay Moore Elephant Room, January 6 Though the performance hit a definite,..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Hess

Food-o-File

Central Texas Beer Festival cancels; Poteet Strawberry Festival celebrates 65 years

"...New restaurants are sprouting like wildflowers! The McGuire Moorman Hospitality Group threw a media party to..."

April 13, 2012 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Cannibalist Manifesto

Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia on the pitch

"...and Argentina played a particularly nasty football match for the South American championship. Less than 30 minutes into the..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Viper Moon

Jazz guitarist Slim Richey recovers

"...There's a tint of solemnity mixed into the celebration on..."

April 20, 2012 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Fanboys

This shaggy comedy is an earnest, sweetly geeked tribute to fandom.

"...Seth Rogen, Ethan Suplee and Danny Trejo. "What if the movie sucks?" one Star Wars fanatic asks another in..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Japaniversary

A decade at SXSW and Japan's musical jack-in-the-box has lost none of its delight. China, Singapore, India, and Iran take their cue, in baby steps.

"...ago at Tropical Isle, a long-gone frozen-drink hut on the corner of Sixth Street and Red River. South by..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Pissyourpantstastic

They're still streaming into SXSW from the land down under

"...Kim Beazley, you lost your job. If you were the Crocodile Hunter, you lost your life. And if you..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

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