Carnegie Hall

Hahn & Enigma Variations

30 Seconds With Ledisi

Rocks Off blushed and fumbled awkwardly while asking rising R&B songstress Ledisi if she'd mind answering a few questions to see what we could learn about her in 30 seconds. ​Rocks Off: What is the worst song in the world? Ledisi: Ha ha! I'm not answering this one. RO: What is the best lyr ... More >>

Nothing's Shocking: Thank You, Iggy Pop

singinglamb.caA young Iggy Pop has his way with a microphone stand c. 1968​Cyberspace was all abuzz on Monday, thanks to Lady Gaga's "shocking" VMA performance of "You and I" dressed as a young Ralph Macchio, or at least that's what it looked like from here. It was creative and bold, and defin ... More >>

Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3

singinglamb.caA young Iggy Pop has his way with a microphone stand c. 1968​Cyberspace was all abuzz on Monday, thanks to Lady Gaga's "shocking" VMA performance of "You and I" dressed as a young Ralph Macchio, or at least that's what it looked like from here. It was creative and bold, and defin ... More >>

Impulse Artist Series: The Alter-Ego Season

singinglamb.caA young Iggy Pop has his way with a microphone stand c. 1968​Cyberspace was all abuzz on Monday, thanks to Lady Gaga's "shocking" VMA performance of "You and I" dressed as a young Ralph Macchio, or at least that's what it looked like from here. It was creative and bold, and defin ... More >>

Joshua Bell’s Mendelssohn

From wunderkind to virtuoso, the violinist continues to impress audiences

Buena Vista Social Club

The film that jump-started a return to the limelight by Rubén Gonzáles and Compay Segundo left one huge question unanswered: Why weren't they onstage for the last 50 years?

Gilberto Santa Rosa, Oscar D’León

The film that jump-started a return to the limelight by Rubén Gonzáles and Compay Segundo left one huge question unanswered: Why weren't they onstage for the last 50 years?

Too Many Tequila Shots For The Band And More Fabulous Satellite Memories

[Ed. Note: Third in a three-part series. See Part 1 here and Part 2 here.] ​The V-Roys: Another underattended Wednesday-night gig. The V-Roys had just been on tour with Steve Earle in England and had backed him up on several television appearances on the reggae classic "Johnny Too Bad." LOM's son, ... More >>

Lightnin' Strikes

The late legendary Houston bluseman finally gets an official historical marker.

Patti LaBelle

Miss Thang goes all out on stage — every time

Lonesome Onry and Mean: The Clancy Brothers, or the Pogues of the '60s

Wonder what the Pogues show Thursday is going to look like? Here's our guess... "I had the good fortune to meet Liam Clancy of the Clancy Brothers once and while talking with him over a cup of tea I mentioned my affection for the Pogues to which he replied, 'The Pogues are a cross between the Clanc ... More >>

16th Annual Theater District Open House

Check out what's coming down the pike for Houston arts

Gerald Elias

Music and murder meet in Devil's Trill

Album of the Week: The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem In Person At Carnegie Hall

The Clancy Brothers The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem in Person at Carnegie Hall: The Complete 1963 Concert www.legacyrecordings.com During the early '60s folk boom, no one did more to expose audiences to traditional Irish music than this singin' and playin' quartet of brothers Liam, Paddy ... More >>

Trinity Jazz Festival

The Clancy Brothers The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem in Person at Carnegie Hall: The Complete 1963 Concert www.legacyrecordings.com During the early '60s folk boom, no one did more to expose audiences to traditional Irish music than this singin' and playin' quartet of brothers Liam, Paddy ... More >>

The Whole Wide World: Asha Bhosle's Precious Platinum

Asha Bhosle Precious Platinum asha-bhosle.tripod.com One basic characteristic of Bollywood films is the fact that actors generally do not use their own singing voices during the musical numbers - that task goes to playback singers like Asha Bhosle, who over the span of six decades ... More >>

The Keller Quartet

Hungary's most respected classical music performers stop off in Houston on their way to Carnegie Hall

New World Symphony

The Houston Symphony gives American composers their due

Impulse Artist Series: In Their Own Element

Four of today’s rising star pianists perform as a collective and then in solo concerts

Lewis Black

The angriest comedian in show biz thinks Houston is tops

Loreta Kovacic

A leap year concert features the Croatian pianist on her way to Carnegie Hall

Loreta Kovacic

A leap year concert features the Croatian pianist on her way to Carnegie Hall

Cantare Houston

The heavenly sounds of the season come to the MFAH

Rice University Faculty Recital

Robert Moeling, Lynn Harrell and Michael Webster perform classical works by Bach, Brahms and Zemlinsky

Souvenir

Souvenir hits the right note — even if its heroine can't

Souvenir

She bangs at Stages

Larry Harlow and Noche Caliente

Concert preview

Chaos Theory

Fusion guitarist Al Di Meola's latest project

Sitar Star

Anoushka Shankar may soon be as famous as her dad -- but don't tell her that

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Anoushka Shankar may soon be as famous as her dad -- but don't tell her that

Letters

Anoushka Shankar may soon be as famous as her dad -- but don't tell her that

Boring by Design

Spencer's: dull decor and surprisingly good food

Brutal Bronx

More than three decades after Indian, not much has changed

Cleaning Rags to Riches

Crappy gigs are grist for this humorist's mill

Lang Lang

Saturday, January 11

Townes Van Zandt

Texas Rain: The Texas Hill Country Recordings and The Best of Townes Van Zandt (Tomato)

Sitars in Her Eyes

Anoushka Shankar is her father's little raga-muffin

Finding Her Voice

Onetime Texan Heather Bennett roams freely in the Big Apple

Best Chanteuse

Linda Eder

Made in the USA

Shaham shines in a salute to American Composers

Mind's Ear

Jimmie Vaughan is two albums into a solo career he didn't necessarily want

Press Picks

Jimmie Vaughan is two albums into a solo career he didn't necessarily want

What's Soul Got to Do with It?

Jimmie Vaughan is two albums into a solo career he didn't necessarily want

Guitar Goddess

Classical guitar is deadly serious, right? Not to Susan McDonald.

Original Rockabilly

Classical guitar is deadly serious, right? Not to Susan McDonald.

Houston Press 1996 Music Awards

Classical guitar is deadly serious, right? Not to Susan McDonald.

Irish Ambassadors

The Chieftains may flirt with rock, but they always come home to Ireland

Press Picks

The Chieftains may flirt with rock, but they always come home to Ireland

Hot Sounds in the City

The 5th Annual Houston Press Music Awards