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Do You Really Know Your Parents if You Don’t Go Through Their Record Collection?
Who we are is what we listen to
"...Hancock’s Thrust album, but a handful of other choice jazz LPs – including Jaco Pastorius’ 1976 eponymous work and..."

June 19, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Neptune Frost
Activist artist Saul Williams crafts an Afrofuturist classic

June 17, 2022 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
A Juneteenth celebration, Taméca Jones, the Howdy Gals' Pride Celebration, Mad Professor, and more recommendations for the week
"...Delectable jazz led by vocalist Akina Adderley. – Derek Udensi Rhyme Schemes..."

June 17, 2022 Music Column by Derek Udensi

Review: Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer: The Guitarist Who Changed the Sound of American Music by Philip Watson
A deep read into one of America’s most versatile guitarists
"...evolving from a guitarist initially associated exclusively with the jazz world into an artist adept at blending a plethora..."

June 10, 2022 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

10 Bands Under 25 That Make Me Feel Alive
A quintessential coming-of-age soundtrack to score the next spiral
"...to Kendrick Lamar to Brittany Howard, the transfusion of jazz and R&B elements into his songs permeate the psychedelic..."

June 10, 2022 Music Feature by Mars Salazar

Could It Be That Donald Fagen Has Finally Learned to Vibe? And if So, What Does That Mean?
Steely Dan reels in the years at ACL Live
"...that) warmed up by playing literal TV cop show jazz, I prepared myself for a long night of reminding..."

June 6, 2022 Music Post by Julian Towers

Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story
Get a stage-side view of one of the great music festivals
"...returned from pandemic hiatus. Wein, producer of the Newport Jazz Festival, had first been consulted in the early Sixties,..."

June 3, 2022 Movie Review by Michael King

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
A Joe Bataan/Grupo Fantasma collab, Strand of Oaks, Christelle Bofale, a few festivals, and more recommended live shows
"...Venson's melodic vibrancy (8:45pm). Concurrently, Empire taps laid-back neo-soul jazzer KindKeith (3:15pm) and dynamic singer/rapper Abhi the Nomad (9:30pm). –..."

May 27, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

The Mystery of the Mysterines
Why did I fly 1,500 miles to see Liverpool’s sixth best act?
"...sound medium Park Jiha hypnotized St. David’s downtown, British Jazz Re:freshed bassist Daniel Casimir reinvigorated improvisation, and Black Sabbath..."

May 25, 2022 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Downton Abbey: A New Era
Small-screen stately manor still can't fill the big screen
"...and costuming, with composer John Lunn adding some sprightly Jazz Age tuneage to his repertoire and costume designers Maja..."

May 20, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Take Me to the River New Orleans
Rhythms of the generations resonate in a portrait of the Big Easy
"...Ramblers for a Creole French banger. Other sessions sample jazz, bounce, R&B, rap, percussion, and brass, featuring performances by..."

May 20, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Two New Music Documentaries About New Orleans Merge Genres and Generations
A river runs through it
"...drop on local screens. South by Southwest 2022 selection Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story opens here May 27,..."

May 20, 2022 Screens Feature by Michael King

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Gus Baldwin & the Sketch, High Desert Queen, No Limit reunion, Beto y los Fairlanes, and more recommendations
"..."UHH." – Julian Towers Beto y los Fairlanes Birthday CelebrationParker Jazz, Sunday 22..."

May 20, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

A Culture 50 Years in the Making: The Kerrville Folk Festival Experience
Life-altering and deep-listening scenes from the oldest music festival in Texas
"...player in Texas, had a camp that emitted Django jazz all day long. "Slim would kinda direct who would..."

May 20, 2022 Music Feature by Hank Erwin

Mellow Harshers HTRK Offer an Oddly Satisfying Stab in the Heart at Oblivion Access
For the love of “hate rock”
"...fingers to the artificial beat like a 21st century jazz singer. A highlight from last year’s studio LP Rhinestones,..."

May 15, 2022 Music Post by Michael Toland

Review: Rapper Billy Woods Has the Most Intense Lyrics at an Extreme Music Festival
His lines read like a poetry book bound in human flesh
"...his Armand Hammer groupmate Elucid cued up the free jazz intro of “Asylum,” a track built upon vivid family..."

May 14, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Girl Ultra, Nori with strings, Maxo Kream, Mudhoney, Little Mazarn, and more recommended shows
"...album. Typical Scorpio energy. – Christina Garcia Nori With StringsMonks Jazz Club, Friday 13..."

May 13, 2022 Music Column by Christina Garcia

Filmmaker and Film-Educator Paul Stekler Says Goodbye to UT
As he delivers his final class, the former head of UT-Austin's Department of Radio-Television-Film gives a commencement speech looking back on a career without a plan
"...it off, talking about Southern history, Black politics, and jazz – my college roommate, a fabulous pianist, had given..."

May 6, 2022 Screens Feature by Paul Stekler

Crucial Concert: Exploded Drawing, the DIY Gathering at the Center of Austin’s Beat Community, Returns
Friday’s lineup includes Mattie, DJ Design, and Fennec
"...EP, Jupiter's Purse, was co-produced by Black Taffy; Louisiana sample-jazz vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Zetroc; and beat-game veteran DJ Design, known for..."

May 6, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Q&A: Legendary Jazz Drummer Andrew Cyrille Speaks On Pleasing a Crowd, His Dream Collaboration, and Playing with Billy Harper
Modern Jazz Masters Play Scottish Rite Theater on Saturday
"...Street, pianist David Virelles, and guitarist Bill Frisell, legendary jazz drummer Andrew Cyrille (Cecil Taylor, Trio3, David Murray) intended..."

May 4, 2022 Music Post by Michael Toland

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Rancho Alegre Conjunto Music Fest, Borzoi, International Jazz Day, Ladyfang, Juan Wauters, and more
"...a Horse.  – Kevin Curtin Passing by Borzoi International Jazz DayLong Center, Saturday 30..."

April 29, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

“It’s Like a Family Business, Except Rock Stars”: The Kindred Bond of We Don’t Ride Llamas
Afro rock sibling band is defiantly unconventional on new EP The Oracle
"...finish. By contrast, "Blueberries" is pure neo-soul chill-out. A jazz-inflected central chord progression extends listeners a hazily inviting atmosphere..."

April 29, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

H.E.R. Schools Austin Fans in Music History and Instrumental Mastery During Stunning Moody Amphitheater Show
She isn't Prince, but she might be his No. 1 student
"...of Marvin Gaye’s “Inner City Blues,” a blast of jazz scatting and fortified funk, initially handled by her four-piece..."

April 22, 2022 Music Post by David Brendan Hall

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Spirit Adrift, Austin Reggae Fest, Nilüfer Yanya, Amyl & the Sniffers, and more recommended shows
"...Clarence James' evolving universe at the wonky edges of jazz-influenced indie rock, including lava-lamp-y March single "I'm Melting." – Rachel..."

April 22, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Spaceflight Records' Nonprofit Clears for Takeoff
An ambitious vision for debt-free record deals attracts notable music industry interest
"...Pumas' Adrian Quesada, Free Lunch organizer and event producer Jazz Mills, former MTV marketing exec Mark Greenberg, C3 Presents..."

April 22, 2022 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, April 15-21
"...PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Piscean jazz saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman was a trailblazer. He..."

April 15, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

Texan Catherine Cohen Brings New York Opulence to Moontower Comedy
Moontower star talks musicals, oversharing, and what she's reading now
"...of her show Cat Cohen and Friends at Parker Jazz Club...."

April 15, 2022 Arts Feature by Rachel Rascoe

New Documentary Delves Into the Life of Austin's Voodoobilly Queen Izzy Cox
A celebration of love and struggle in Izzy Cox: Fighting the Devil
"...life into her songs. With a bedrock of cabaret jazz and swampy blues laced with a punk style, Cox's..."

April 15, 2022 Screens Feature by Doug Freeman

Public Notice: Spring Is Busting Out ...
Free pot, free events, and more
"...education series, Tuesdays at 10am, rotating between "Women of Jazz," April 19 & May 10, "Dance With Dance Waterloo,"..."

April 15, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music
Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music
"...40th to one of the great Austin institutions! Hannibal Lokumbe(Jazz trumpeter and composer, Chief Musician in the Tribe of..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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