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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

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 >>

Yonder Mountain String Band

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 >>

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

​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 >>

Carolina Chocolate Drops

​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 >>

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 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 >>

The Houston International Festival Is Upon Us

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 >>

Thursday Night: Umbrella Man at the Big Top

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 >>

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

A rundown of every act on this year's bill

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

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

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

Sound Check

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

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