Bluegrass

Saturday Night: George Jones at Arena Theatre

George Jones Arena Theatre September 8, 2012 I never wondered what it's like to be almost 81 until Saturday. I never expected to live that long, and still don't. But while watching George Jones onstage at the Arena Theatre, it was difficult to not at least wonder. But hell, I'm not even 40 and mos ... More >>

RIP Andy Griffith: Beloved Actor and Gospel Musician Dies at 86

Andy Griffith, the honey-drawling North Carolinian who spent decades on television as rural America's favorite sheriff and later a wily but folksy Atlanta lawyer, passed away Tuesday morning at age 86, according to E! Online. Former University of North Carolina president Bill Friday, a good friend o ... More >>

Legendary Appalachian Picker Doc Watson Passes Away At 89

Arthel "Doc" Watson, one of the all-time virtuosos of Appalachian guitar and a beloved figure in both the bluegrass and Americana communities, passed away Tuesday night Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., a statement a statement on his Web site www.docsguitar.com said. He was ... More >>

Buxton, The Tontons

Unscripted: Top 10 Actor/Musician Collaborations

Johnny Depp and Marilyn Manson have been hanging out a lot lately. The actor joined the antichrist onstage a couple of weeks ago at the Revolver Golden Gods Awards show in L.A., and played guitar on "Sweet Dreams" and "Beautiful People." Depp also collaborated with Manson on a cover of Carly Simon' ... More >>

2011 Music Awards Showcase

Your guide to the bands and venues.

ACL: The Rain Came Down, To The Delight Of Thousands

Marco Torres​Yesterday at about midday at Zilker, a front of dark clouds began drizzling on us during J. Roddy Walston & The Business' set at the ginormo Bud Light, and the rain continues off and on until later in the afternoon. It was a welcome sight and feeling after months now of the jerky- ... More >>

Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers

Yonder Mountain String Band

Byrds, Burritos, and Bluegrass: Chris Hillman Interviewed

"'Pay attention. It's very strange out there.'" Chris Hillman (left) and Herb Pedersen​Often overshadowed by flashier, more volatile, or more tragic bandmates, singer and multi-instrumentalist Chris Hillman's cred as a pioneer of country-rock is nonetheless impeccable. As a co-founder of the ... More >>

Charlie Louvin, Country Music Hall Of Famer, Dies At 83

​Country Music Hall of Fame member Charlie Louvin, who with his brother Ira ranked with Ralph and Carter Stanley as one of the greatest duos in bluegrass history, passed away overnight. Louvin, 83, had been receiving experimental treatment for pancreatic cancer. Nashville-based entertainment ... More >>

The Mother Truckers

Carolina Chocolate Drops

World Music At iFest, From Galveston To Colombia, West Africa And Oklahoma(?!)

Over the next two weeks, Rocks Off will be previewing acts performing at this year's Houston International Festival Saturday and Sunday and April 24-25 broken down by genre (loosely, anyway) and with a guest pick from a true insider: iFest Director of Performing Arts Rick Mitchell. We begin with tha ... More >>

Tonight: Eugene Chadbourne and Walter Daniels at Rudyard's

The willfully weird Eugene Chadbourne stops by Rudyard's this evening with Walter Daniels, harmonicist (as far as I can tell that is, in fact, a word) for 1980s Austin punk bands the Hickoids and Jack O'Fire, in tow. Chadbourne's music is a mishmash of folk, blues, bluegrass, count ... More >>

Fire on the Strings Bluegrass Festival, featuring The Claire Lynch Band

The Houston International Festival Is Upon Us

Thursday Night: Umbrella Man at the Big Top

Freestyle Fellowship

Sometimes awesome live bands also make magic in the studio

Painting by Numbers

Thomas Vinson's work is math-happy

Music Awards Survey

A rundown of every act on this year's bill

Playbill

Computer Error

When it comes to local facts, don't rely on Allmusic.com

Go Weston

A jazz great visits Houston

Bluegrass Meltdown, Montrose-Style

Medicine Show, J.W. Americana and Two Star Symphony have the cure for the Monday-night blahs

Hothouse Flowers

Groceries spoil in the heat, while the rest of Houston's music community blossoms

Hushing Up

What's all the fuss about Hush?

Ibrahim Ferrer

Buenos Hermanos (World Circuit/Nonesuch)

Sloppy Joes

For Austin's Weary Boys, energy and exuberance trump technique

Hot Tunes, Summer in the City

Houston Press Music Awards Showcase 2002

Best Family Restaurant

Jax Grill

Racket

In his first 24 years of life, Brad Turcotte has already become a music-business veteran

Toni Price

Midnight Pumpkin (Antone's)

Hayseed Dixie

A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC (Dualtone)

In His Own Write

Jesse Dayton knows a great many words - and how to sell them

Bowing to Pop

A Muslim by choice, Jawad couldn't deny the will of his music

Grady Lee

Texas Sunset (Spotted Dog)

Jug Ugly

Aaron Loesch and band find inspiration in life's throwaway objects

Weak Robber

Cartoonish approaches leave Bridegroom lacking

World of Their Own

Carolina retronauts the Squirrel Nut Zippers swing clear of camp

Outside Looking In

Jim Lauderdale is a living lesson in how to profit from Nashville's fringes

Rotation

Sound Check

Pure Heart, Pure Voice

Iris DeMent keeps it simple

Jazzing the Grass Banjo

Bela Fleck leads his band in directions most pickers never dream of