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February 16, 2012
Sweet Feet: Dave Lombardo And Double Bass-Drum Domination
Slayer's Dave Lombardo is destroying a couple of bass drums just out of frame.Forty-seven years ago today, drummer Dave Lombardo was born in Havana, Cuba. Never heard of Dave? That's okay. If you've listened to any heavy metal in the past 25 years, you've definitely heard his influence. Roun ... More >>
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September 1, 2011
Old School
Musicians in their 70s and 80s are keeping Houston's traditional blues scene real.
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June 28, 2011
Uncovering Peter Case: The Rocks Off Interview
Julie EnsmingerPeter Case at Cactus Music last year"I was always sort of not interested in what my generation was doing," Peter Case told Rocks Off 10 years ago after flipping through Louvin Bros. compact discs at a now-defunct bookstore in Sugar Land, surrounded by car dealerships, business ... More >>
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January 3, 2011
Tilman Fertitta an "Executive to Watch" in 2011
This is Tilman Fertitta's three-story yacht. How's your 2011 looking so far?Houston's Tilman Fertitta made a short list of restaurant executives to watch in 2011, in part because of his recent acquisition of a trio of new restaurant chains: The Oceanaire, Claim Jumper and Bubba Gump Shrimp Co ... More >>
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November 8, 2010
Last Night: Merle Haggard At Mo's Place
Photos by Jason WolterMerle Haggard Mo's Place November 7, 2010 Next month, President Obama will look on while Willie Nelson inducts Merle Haggard into the Kennedy Center ring of honor, our nation's artistic equivalent of a Purple Heart. A glance at the Hag's tour calendar could offer a sma ... More >>
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October 26, 2010
The Quotable Keith Richards: "I'm Happy To Be Anywhere"
As anyone with half a brain and persistent hacking cough knows, today is a very special day. Today Little, Brown and Company publishes Life, Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards' autobiography as told to/pieced together by British journalist James Fox. Life has already received a fair amo ... More >>
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October 1, 2010
She's Got Rhythm: Jazz-Pop Upstart Nikki Yanofsky, 16 And Swingin'
myspace.com/nikkiyanofskyNikki 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 >>
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January 21, 2010
Straight, No Chaser
The most underground music in Houston right now isn't rap or indie rock...it's jazz.
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December 22, 2009
Get Lit: Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original by Robin D. G. Kelley
Though his stature as an icon of jazz is secure today, for much of his actual performing life, pianist/composer Thelonious Monk was not always so well-received by jazz critics or general fans. His personal eccentricities - the hats, the dancing, the attacking piano keys - and odd/unprofessional b ... More >>
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July 31, 2009
Houston 101: You Knew We Would Have To Do This One -- Liberty Hall
Liberty Hall, by the 1970s, had somewhat survived its time as a church and an American Legion hall to become probably the hippest rock club in the city.Comfortably seedy, the Hall hosted legends like the Velvet Underground, Gram Parsons (with Neil Young and Linda Ronstadt sitting in), the Ramones ... More >>
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May 15, 2009
Mick Jagger's Brother Tells British Readers About His Recent Visit To The Balinese Room, Somehow
Photo by rhaagaThe Balinese Room, several months before Chris Jagger apparently enjoyed a drink there.Has British tabloid the Daily Mail become the Daily Fail? It sure seemed like it when Hair Balls came across a Texas travelogue by Chris Jagger.Jagger, the brother of Mick, gathered little moss as h ... More >>
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December 17, 2008
The Top 10 Reissues of 2008
[Note: This is the first in a series of articles that constitute Village Voice Media's year-end music package. The others - pop, indie-rock, dance mixes, Latin, country, alt-country/Americana, metal, rap/hip-hop and special graphics breaking down the year in charts and 2008's worst lyrics - will be ... More >>
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September 25, 2008
Kristine Mills: Playing with the Big Boys — Live!
[Note: This is the first in a series of articles that constitute Village Voice Media's year-end music package. The others - pop, indie-rock, dance mixes, Latin, country, alt-country/Americana, metal, rap/hip-hop and special graphics breaking down the year in charts and 2008's worst lyrics - will be ... More >>
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September 17, 2008
Requiem for the Balinese Room
[Note: This is the first in a series of articles that constitute Village Voice Media's year-end music package. The others - pop, indie-rock, dance mixes, Latin, country, alt-country/Americana, metal, rap/hip-hop and special graphics breaking down the year in charts and 2008's worst lyrics - will be ... More >>
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July 5, 2008
Re-Scattering Willie Nelson's Stardust, 30 Years Later
[Note: This is the first in a series of articles that constitute Village Voice Media's year-end music package. The others - pop, indie-rock, dance mixes, Latin, country, alt-country/Americana, metal, rap/hip-hop and special graphics breaking down the year in charts and 2008's worst lyrics - will be ... More >>
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April 24, 2008
Sgt. Pepper at Discovery Green
[Note: This is the first in a series of articles that constitute Village Voice Media's year-end music package. The others - pop, indie-rock, dance mixes, Latin, country, alt-country/Americana, metal, rap/hip-hop and special graphics breaking down the year in charts and 2008's worst lyrics - will be ... More >>
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April 17, 2008
The Houston International Festival Is Upon Us
[Note: This is the first in a series of articles that constitute Village Voice Media's year-end music package. The others - pop, indie-rock, dance mixes, Latin, country, alt-country/Americana, metal, rap/hip-hop and special graphics breaking down the year in charts and 2008's worst lyrics - will be ... More >>
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October 30, 2007
Get Lit: Rock & Roll Heaven, by Robert Dimery and Bruno MacDonald
[Note: This is the first in a series of articles that constitute Village Voice Media's year-end music package. The others - pop, indie-rock, dance mixes, Latin, country, alt-country/Americana, metal, rap/hip-hop and special graphics breaking down the year in charts and 2008's worst lyrics - will be ... More >>
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August 16, 2007
Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy
Cornell 1964
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December 7, 2006
Alive and Well
Jazz and the Osama Raad Quartet
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April 7, 2005
The Bolivar Kid Strikes Again
Hayes Carll continues H-town's hot streak with Little Rock
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April 8, 2004
A Century of Progress
Guitarist Huey Long is from all the eras
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February 5, 2004
This Week's Day-by-Day Picks
Guitarist Huey Long is from all the eras
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December 25, 2003
The Class of '03
Grab your gift certificates and trade in your white elephants -- here's what you really wanted for Christmas
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October 31, 2002
The Nickel Burger
How is a falling-apart Fifth Ward joint turning out the best burgers in town? Adrian's has history.
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May 3, 2001
Mood Indigo
Oh, Solo Duo! (SuBerry)
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August 3, 2000
Don't Hate Me Because I'm Popular
Spyro Gyra keeps making the best friendly jazz
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April 27, 2000
Listen In
Clandestine -- Dave Nevling and the Blues Kats -- Tommy Dardar and the Sheetrockers
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March 23, 2000
Key Ingredient
Pianist Ahmad Jamal may have had a bigger impact on jazz than you think
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March 9, 2000
Listen In
Hollisters, Bo Patt, Hadden Sayers Band, and Tom Cummings Quartet
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February 3, 2000
Devil May Care
Matthew Shipp
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December 16, 1999
Remembering Doug Sahm
The Texas Tornado is gone, but not forgotten
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November 25, 1999
Jazz Couplet
Coming This Week
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October 7, 1999
Straight Sambas
Jazz pianist Danilo Perez mixes American and Latino traditions
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September 2, 1999
Soul Brother No. 1
Top 10 reasons why Ray Charles is a genius
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April 8, 1999
A Jazz Odyssey
Even without his commander, Marshall Allen orchestrates interplanetary space travel just fine, thank you
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December 17, 1998
Rotation
Even without his commander, Marshall Allen orchestrates interplanetary space travel just fine, thank you
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August 13, 1998
Rotation
Even without his commander, Marshall Allen orchestrates interplanetary space travel just fine, thank you
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June 18, 1998
Night & Day
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June 18, 1998
Static
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February 19, 1998
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February 5, 1998
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January 29, 1998
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October 16, 1997
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September 25, 1997
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December 19, 1996
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May 23, 1996
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April 11, 1996
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January 26, 1995
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