Hector Galán on 'Cottonfields and Crossroads'
Local doc on local band opens locally on Aug. 11
"...Hector Galán has played an important role in documenting Tejano music. But making Los Lonely Boys: Cottonfields and Crossroads..."
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Aug. 11, 2006 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta
Los Lonely Boys
Record review
"...LLB's literal and figurative patrones both appear – accomplished Tejano musician Enrique Garza Sr. and Willie Nelson – giving..."
July 21, 2006 Music Review by Margaret Moser
Joined in Progress
Three local channels get Austin back with the program – but is anybody watching?
"...of National Poetry Month. For Cinco de Mayo, PrimeTime Tejano host Jerry Avila went live for eight hours in..."
June 23, 2006 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta
TV Eye
Mediocrity rises
"...release. Given the recent consternation over the lack of Tejano music on commercial radio airwaves (which appears to be..."
May 19, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta
Lila Downs
Record review
"...dish from scratch, set against a sassy cumbia backbeat. Tejano accordionist Flaco Jimenez sits in on several cuts, bringing..."
May 5, 2006 Music Review by Belinda Acosta
SXSW Film
Interviews and reviews
"...marks another entry in what could be called Galán's Tejano music cycle, joining critically acclaimed documentaries like Songs of..."
March 17, 2006 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta
Eric Johnson, John Hiatt, Texas Tornados, Dwight Yoakam, Johnny Cash
Gift guide
"..."Hey Baby Que Paso," but Freddie Fender is all Tejano pride amid his hits ("Wasted Days and Wasted Nights")...."
Dec. 23, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
Conjunto
Gift guide
"...living portraits of some of the greatest conjunto and Tejano music legends captured in their element – on stage,..."
Dec. 2, 2005 Music Review by Belinda Acosta
Sausage Shrines
A pilgrimage
"...the famous "Elgin Hot Gut." The newest flavor is "Tejano," a chorizo-style sausage spiked with jalapeño (yum!). Becky Meyer,..."
Oct. 7, 2005 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón
Place 3
"...Endorsements: Austin Lesbian/Gay Political Caucus, South Austin Tejano Democrats, University Democrats, Austin Women's Political Caucus, The Austin..."
April 22, 2005 News Feature
Wednesday Picks
SXSW Picks & Sleepers
"...machine stuck on an endless loop. Cumbia, salsa, and Tejano radiate from a panel of brass, congas, timbales, and..."
March 11, 2005 Music Feature
Dialing for Dollar$
Austin radio stations scramble to keep the money flowing in a strange new media world
"...is a likely candidate to turn into "world class Tejano."..."
Dec. 17, 2004 News Feature by Kevin Brass
Perry's Office Freezes Over
The governor has a compassion attack – or perhaps electoral indigestion
"...state Rep. Aaron Peña, speaking on behalf of the Tejano Democrats, was even harsher. He compared Perry's action to..."
Aug. 20, 2004 News Feature by Michael King
Teen Beat on the Eastside
'Latinitas' magazine online is giving latina girls a louder voice
"...will feature Mary Welch y Los Curanderos, who play Tejano folk, and the band Drink & the Stingers, who..."
July 16, 2004 Screens Feature by Rachel Proctor May
Grupo Fantasma
Record Review
"...the myriad flavors of Latin music: rumba, son, salsa, Tejano, cumbia, ranchero, etc. Proficient in these styles, this local..."
April 9, 2004 Music Review by David Lynch
The Insatiable Taste for Tunes
In Austin, the self-proclaimed Live Music Capital of the World, seeing great music doesn't always have to mean fighting the crowds at a smoky nightclub
"...Friday night and Sunday afternoon, while the salsa and Tejano rhythms of Gustavo Rodriguez reign on Saturday night...."
March 19, 2004 Food Feature by Rachel Feit
Supports AMN
"...Austin music; it supports every kind, from rap to Tejano to children's to alternative rock. For the mayor to..."
March 5, 2004 Postmarks
Facing the South
The Democratic primary for the new CD 25 pits Austin's Lloyd Doggett against McAllen's Leticia Hinojosa
"...more and more trouble playing nice. After the Austin Tejano Democrats endorsed Leticia Hinojosa, Doggett told the San Antonio..."
Feb. 13, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
The Candidates
"...community park; Windsor Park NA; Black Austin Democrats; Austin Tejano Democrats..."
Feb. 13, 2004 News Feature
My Obsession
Joe Nick Patoski leaves this terrestrial plane -- radio plane, that is.
"...Latin sounds, there ought to be room for a Tejano channel like there is on XM. The talk channels..."
Dec. 19, 2003 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski
Doug Sahm
"...the sound of Texas: blues, rock, country, jazz, and Tejano, all tangled beneath Sahm's skinny birch self. Four previously..."
Dec. 19, 2003 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez
TV Eye
Las Vegas and Lee Kyung Hae?
"...Santisteban's extraordinary Voices From Texas celebrates the work of Tejano writers including Carmen Tafolla, Sandra Cisneros, raulrsalinas, and Tammy..."
Sept. 19, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta
TCB
All the hip-hop that fits in ATX.
"...Mexican protégé Juan Gotti. Not faring so well is Tejano music post-Selena, which Huerta says he has a hard..."
Sept. 5, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray
Capitol Chronicle
The fight over re-redistricting is a battle for the civil rights of minority Texans.
"...cartoonish, thickly Mexican-accented English." Juan Maldonado, chair of the Tejano Democrats, told the Monitor, "That's the mentality that the..."
Aug. 29, 2003 News Column by Michael King
Roots of Tex-Mex Music: Chulas Fronteras & Del Mero Corazon
DVDisc
"...films provide a heartfelt tribute to the profoundly important Tejano contribution to American roots music...."
May 30, 2003 Music Review by Belinda Acosta
Do the Tighten Up
'Texas Funk' Spreads the Little-known Gospel
"...acts that dabbled in funk at the time, including Tejano legends Sunny Ozuna and "Little" Joe Hernandez. Ozuna's Sunny..."
May 16, 2003 Music Feature by Greg Beets
Cultural Connections
"...pending. Spanish Language or Latino-Themed Radio StationsRadio Latino 92.1 (KQQTejano-FM)..."
April 11, 2003 Music Feature by Belinda Acosta
SXSW Picks and Sleepers
"...and he better bring plenty, going on before Monterrey's Tejano version of Slipknot, Big Circo, accordions, black T's, mime..."
March 14, 2003 Music Feature
News Top 10s
"...be nonresponsive in two languages -- and a primary Tejano culture made its grandest political debut...."
Jan. 3, 2003 News Feature
c/o the grove
In c / o the grove, director J. Ed Araiza has moved Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard to modern Central Texas, where pecans take the part of cherry trees and pop culture references abound, not always to the play's benefit, but the strong storytelling and focused performances of the young cast make this another success in big, collaborative, ensemble theatre for the St. Edward's University theatre department.
"...dance in the third act or the offstage live Tejano songs from the wings, both instances where the popular..."
