Bonnie Raitt

The Best Concerts In Houston This Weekend

Terry Allen McGonigel's Mucky Duck, January 19 It doesn't take long to notice that country-folk musicians from Lubbock are a little different. Whether it's all that flat surrounding them, the supposed UFO visits, or something else, they always seem a little more metaphysical than their peers. With ... More >>

Kozmic Pearl

The Best Concerts In Houston This Weekend

Scooter Brown Band Firehouse Saloon, January 4 Few bands on the Texas country circuit -- a scene largely made up of affable college dropouts -- can say that they have a true-blue U.S. Marine up front, but the Scooter Brown Band can. Lead singer-songwriter/Iraq war combat veteran Scott Brown chose ... More >>

John Hiatt & the Combo

7 Cool & Cheap Weekenders: Jackie Greene, Sander Van Doorn, Yes Indeed Fest, etc.

All of 31 years old (growl), Jackie Greene's preternatural resemblance to hip '70s roots-rockers like J.J. Cale and Little Feat has already led The New York Times to dub the San Francisco singer-songwriter "the prince of Americana." He has already sang lead with Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh's gro ... More >>

Bonnie Raitt

Switcharoo: 10 Artists Who Tried Other Genres

Have you ever bought an album of an artist you were familiar with and thought, "wow... that's different?" In fact, many artists try out other genres than the one where they originally became popular as a way for them to grow as artists. But a big question remains: Will the audience grow with them a ... More >>

Kozmic Pearl

Hot Band Alert: Lumineers Light Up Fitz Tonight

A few times a year, word of mouth about a band spreads at an unusually rapid pace. You can almost track the buzz in real time. First you hear a murmur or see a headline on some music blog this band or that one might be good, then somebody you know tells you they think you would like them. Then you s ... More >>

NRBQ

Happy Birthday Don Was: His Five Best Production Jobs

Vicky Sapp​Nerds like us - you have to be a music nerd if you're reading a blog on Don Was - have favorite producers, like some sports guys have favorite coaches. Sometimes we listen to an album just because someone we like produced it, or it somehow gives it us extra cred even if we may not l ... More >>

Discovery Green Lands Roots-Rock Royalty For Free Fall Concerts

Jason WolterTexas Tornados at Discovery Green, September 2010​A return engagement from Tex-Mex supergroup the Texas Tornados, reunited (after a fashion) roots-rock polymaths NRBQ - now featuring a former Houstonian on drums - and the honky-tonk hero who told Tiger Airways a thing or two highli ... More >>

Top 10 Texas Movie Soundtracks

​This weekend, as the rest of the world catches Harry Potter mania for (perhaps) the final time, Houston gets a serious dose of Urban Cowboy nostalgia. Theater Under the Stars' production of the Tony-nominated 2003 musical - which The New York Times called "a conclusive demonstration that it's ... More >>

Grace Potter & the Nocturnals

She's Got Rhythm: Jazz-Pop Upstart Nikki Yanofsky, 16 And Swingin'

myspace.com/nikkiyanofsky​Nikki Yanofsky has been "singing since I could talk, basically." And doing it well: When her dad asked the Montreal native to sing a few songs with his garage band at a charity event, it was a little different than practicing in the garage. In the audience was the fou ... More >>

Vince Gill Heads Huge Weekend Of Music In Conroe

​This one has sorta snuck up on us, but this weekend Conroe is bulging with top quality Americana and country music. The centerpiece of the weekend is Saturday's writers-in-the-round at the Crighton Theater, which features Country Music Hall of Famer Vince Gill, big-time songwriter Tony Ara ... More >>

THE TAVERN'S BAY BREEZE

Stirred and Shaken: The Tavern's Bay Breeze

​I had been asked to leave establishments for unbecoming conduct, but never for trying to cover a place for the paper. So I was surprised when that happened at Dirt Bar (222 Yale, 713-426-4222), where media types are apparently not welcome -- at least not while on the job. The bartender told ... More >>

Houston Women's Festival

Another Rock Mag Bites The Dust: Performing Songwriter Says Goodbye

Print publications focusing on music continue to fall like pine trees in a hurricane. The latest to close its doors is 16-year-old Performing Songwriter. Editor/publisher Lydia Hutchison announced Wednesday that the June issue would be the last. The magazine joins No Depression, Blender and Count ... More >>

Aftermath: Bonnie Raitt at Verizon Wireless Theater

Photos by Craig Hlavaty For someone with such a deep California/New England pedigree - daughter of Broadway/Hollywood actor John Raitt, schooled at Radcliffe and the Northeast coffeehouse '60s folk scene, now living in Northern California - Bonnie Raitt sure gets Texas music. She could almost be the ... More >>

Lonesome Onry and Mean: R.I.P. Stephen Bruton

Photos courtesy New West Records Stephen Bruton, one of Austin's great pickers, songwriters, and good citizens, died Saturday of throat cancer, which he had battled for years, according to a press release by his label, New West Records. The 60-year-old Bruton came out of the school of influential Fo ... More >>

Selecting The Proper Valentine's Day Soundtrack

A Fine Romance

Tonight: Gary Nicholson at Dosey Doe

Garlic-Chomping Reggae Royalty Toots Hibbert

The Harder They Come

Men Will Be Boys in Step Brothers

Ferrell, Reilly, McKay & Co. still don't wanna grow up. And thank God for that

Pro Athlete Musicians

Athletes step off the field and into the studio

Alan Haynes

Even in Austin, this blues guitarist stands out

Ring in the Holidays at Charles Brown Blues Fest

Annie Lennox, Songs of Mass Destruction

CD Review

Glory Days

Ian McLagan & the Bump Band

Ian McLagan & the Bump Band perform Saturday, October 28, at the Continental Club, 3700 Main. Call 713-529-9899 for more info.

Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Raitt appears Saturday, October 7, at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, 2005 Lake Robbins Dr., The Woodlands. Call 281-363-3300 for more info.

The Coattails Are Hers

Teresa James and the Rhythm Tramps

Saturday, September 24, at Dan Electro's Guitar Bar, 1031 East 24th Street, 713-862-8707.

Playbill

Taj Mahal & the Hula Blues, with Susan Tedeschi

Sunday, May 2

The Art of Getting Broken

Mary Cutrufello wanted to be a rock star. For a moment she was.

Keb' Mo'

The Door (Sony 550/Epic)

Pass the Salt

Veruca Salt -- The Resentments

More Blues Than You Can Use

Born to Sing

Night & Day

April 23 - 29, 1998

Rotation

Out of the Swamp

Static

Press Picks

Hip and Hawaiian

Hot Torch

Rotation