Billy Blues

China Girls (and Boys)

The Wayback Machine

Hamilton Loomis

Hamilton Loomis Live: Highlights (Ham-Bone Music)

Bad Kitty

Red Cat Jazz Café doesn't live up its promises

The Thrill Is Gone

The 12-bar refugees from Billy Blues seek shelter at other venues

Staying Alive

Reborn, rejuvenated or retooled, live music venues learn to survive the changing times

Amplified

A Clean, Bic-Lighted Place

Gay Day

A Clean, Bic-Lighted Place

Young Blood

At 20, Shemekia Copeland is more than old enough to sing the blues

Blues Brothers

The Kinsey Report and its familial blues-funk

Sorry, Charlie

The Kinsey Report and its familial blues-funk

Jimmy "T-99" Nelson and Friends

The Kinsey Report and its familial blues-funk

Once More With Feeling

The Kinsey Report and its familial blues-funk

Just the Basics

The Kinsey Report and its familial blues-funk

More Blues Than You Can Use

The Kinsey Report and its familial blues-funk

Static

The Kinsey Report and its familial blues-funk

Clubland

The Kinsey Report and its familial blues-funk

1998 Houston Press Music Awards Nominees

The Kinsey Report and its familial blues-funk

Busy Body

The Kinsey Report and its familial blues-funk

Earl of Blues

The Kinsey Report and its familial blues-funk

Uncommon Cause

The Kinsey Report and its familial blues-funk

Plugged In

The Kinsey Report and its familial blues-funk

Static

The Kinsey Report and its familial blues-funk

Digging the Delta

The Kinsey Report and its familial blues-funk

Hook, Line and Stinker

King Fish Market is bright, glitzy, seafood savvy -- and cigar friendly

Press Picks

King Fish Market is bright, glitzy, seafood savvy -- and cigar friendly

Static

King Fish Market is bright, glitzy, seafood savvy -- and cigar friendly

Press Picks

King Fish Market is bright, glitzy, seafood savvy -- and cigar friendly

Regular Treat

King Fish Market is bright, glitzy, seafood savvy -- and cigar friendly

Static

King Fish Market is bright, glitzy, seafood savvy -- and cigar friendly

What Becomes a Legend Most?

Gatemouth Brown's lesson for longevity do what you do, and be the best at it

Live Shots

Gatemouth Brown's lesson for longevity do what you do, and be the best at it

Help Wanted

Get those suggestions in now for the Press Music Awards

Cybersurfing the Lost Highway

Tone Zone puts its new product on-line; Ezra Charles flogs his the old-fashioned way

Young Mods from the Garage

Tone Zone puts its new product on-line; Ezra Charles flogs his the old-fashioned way

Big Band, Big Press Kit

Ladies and gentlemen, the Rolling Stones! (Yawn...)

Big Sandy and his Boys

Ladies and gentlemen, the Rolling Stones! (Yawn...)

Press Picks

Ladies and gentlemen, the Rolling Stones! (Yawn...)

Lollapalooza, Year Four: The bloom is back

Ladies and gentlemen, the Rolling Stones! (Yawn...)

Dancing Fool

Swinging and swaying at the Forties Follies

Live Shots

Swinging and swaying at the Forties Follies

Famous Amos

Bad girl Tori becomes more than a Kate Bush manque

Flop Like an Eagle

Brad Tyer checks out of the Hotel California after five songs

Burning Down the House

Arson at the Goat's Head? The latest hippest club, and more.

Heaven's Gatemouth

Juneteenth brings a blues great back to Houston

Debonair Whigs

Juneteenth brings a blues great back to Houston

Mixed Messages

Houston charts go national -- but at home it's hard-luck stories

Doctor of All Trades

Houston charts go national -- but at home it's hard-luck stories

My Oh My

Can that Guy Forsyth play the blues

On the edge in Edge City

Brad Tyer finds fun, more fun and big fun on the Richmond Strip