Ezra Charles

Bring Back the Jams!

Uncle John Turner, 1944-2007

Ring in the Holidays at Charles Brown Blues Fest

1999 Houston Press Music Award Winners

He Will Survive

Houston piano man Ezra Charles has outlasted even his worst enemies

Miss Molly and Mattress Mac, Too

The Houston Press has its very own blowout extraordinaire

Hot Sounds in the City

The 5th Annual Houston Press Music Awards

Juicy Stuff

Ames gets sued; the Juice -- Brutal and O.J.-- take to vinyl

Cybersurfing the Lost Highway

Tone Zone puts its new product on-line; Ezra Charles flogs his the old-fashioned way

Rotation

Tone Zone puts its new product on-line; Ezra Charles flogs his the old-fashioned way

Letters

Tone Zone puts its new product on-line; Ezra Charles flogs his the old-fashioned way

Static

Tone Zone puts its new product on-line; Ezra Charles flogs his the old-fashioned way

Static

Tone Zone puts its new product on-line; Ezra Charles flogs his the old-fashioned way

Houston Press 1996 Music Awards

Tone Zone puts its new product on-line; Ezra Charles flogs his the old-fashioned way

Press Picks

Tone Zone puts its new product on-line; Ezra Charles flogs his the old-fashioned way

Letters

Tone Zone puts its new product on-line; Ezra Charles flogs his the old-fashioned way

Letters

Tone Zone puts its new product on-line; Ezra Charles flogs his the old-fashioned way

Letters

Tone Zone puts its new product on-line; Ezra Charles flogs his the old-fashioned way

Letters

Tone Zone puts its new product on-line; Ezra Charles flogs his the old-fashioned way

Letters

Tone Zone puts its new product on-line; Ezra Charles flogs his the old-fashioned way

Press Picks

Tone Zone puts its new product on-line; Ezra Charles flogs his the old-fashioned way

Letters

Tone Zone puts its new product on-line; Ezra Charles flogs his the old-fashioned way

Press Picks

Tone Zone puts its new product on-line; Ezra Charles flogs his the old-fashioned way

iFest Unveils Complete Lineup

Photos courtesy of iFest BeogaSince we're already playing hangman today, here's another riddle: What do America's finest genre-hopping Latino band, Houston's best Guinness-chugging rockers, a daughter of the nation's premiere gospel family, a perennially unsung honky-tonker who sounds like th ... More >>

Static

Photos courtesy of iFest BeogaSince we're already playing hangman today, here's another riddle: What do America's finest genre-hopping Latino band, Houston's best Guinness-chugging rockers, a daughter of the nation's premiere gospel family, a perennially unsung honky-tonker who sounds like th ... More >>

Static

Photos courtesy of iFest BeogaSince we're already playing hangman today, here's another riddle: What do America's finest genre-hopping Latino band, Houston's best Guinness-chugging rockers, a daughter of the nation's premiere gospel family, a perennially unsung honky-tonker who sounds like th ... More >>

Tutoned and Ready

Photos courtesy of iFest BeogaSince we're already playing hangman today, here's another riddle: What do America's finest genre-hopping Latino band, Houston's best Guinness-chugging rockers, a daughter of the nation's premiere gospel family, a perennially unsung honky-tonker who sounds like th ... More >>

Static

Photos courtesy of iFest BeogaSince we're already playing hangman today, here's another riddle: What do America's finest genre-hopping Latino band, Houston's best Guinness-chugging rockers, a daughter of the nation's premiere gospel family, a perennially unsung honky-tonker who sounds like th ... More >>

Static

Photos courtesy of iFest BeogaSince we're already playing hangman today, here's another riddle: What do America's finest genre-hopping Latino band, Houston's best Guinness-chugging rockers, a daughter of the nation's premiere gospel family, a perennially unsung honky-tonker who sounds like th ... More >>

Letters 07-27-2000

Photos courtesy of iFest BeogaSince we're already playing hangman today, here's another riddle: What do America's finest genre-hopping Latino band, Houston's best Guinness-chugging rockers, a daughter of the nation's premiere gospel family, a perennially unsung honky-tonker who sounds like th ... More >>

Warmed Over

Plus: Shoe Scuff, Stand Up, Broiler Steam

Noise for Toys

Mucky Duck does it for Christmas

Getting Fresh

Mucky Duck does it for Christmas

¡Viva H-town!

Latinos come to the fore in this year's music awards

Music Awards Survey

A rundown of every act on this year's bill

Best Band to Break Up

Simpleton

Change of Beat

Just like the rest of Houston, the local music scene saw plenty of ups and downs

Lay of the Land

Houston headed toward hard times: sports flops, floods and transit duds. If only city fathers could find a proven leader, an energy executive with a KEN-do attitude.

Sixteenth-Note Snappers

Speaking off the toque: Carl Johnston

Amplified

Rick's World!

Amplified

Out In Sight

Sounds Like a Winner!

1996 Houston Press Music Awards

Ghosts of Washington Avenue

Noise goes whistling through the scenester artery's music venue graveyard.

Who Was Roland Carnaby?

Readers weigh in on the ongoing mystery

We're Buzzed About Houston Beer Week

foshydog​From October 11 to 17, local taprooms, eateries, breweries and beer aficionados will join forces to pay homage to all the creative combinations of hops, malt, yeast and water - better known as beer. The first ever Houston Beer Week will be eight days of beer magic taking place in Hous ... More >>

King Street Patriots: Walking Into The Lion's Den And Living To Tell About It

From biggovernment.com​The King Street Patriots' headquarters is tucked into a mostly-deserted strip mall in northwest Houston, just beyond the 610 Loop and next door to Demaris Barbeque. Monday night was the final pre-election meeting of the controversial right-wing organization.A lot has been wr ... More >>

King Street Patriots Party Hardy At The Rice Lofts

Finding a watch party in Houston for election night was a bit of a chore. About the only thing in town was Bill White's, and since Hair Balls already had that covered, we had to look elsewhere. Even the New Black Panthers can't stop us​We decided on the King Street Patriots' bash at the Rice Lofts ... More >>

Houstonians Place High In International Blues Contest

​This past week, Ezra Charles & the Works and The Mighty Orq, both long-running pillars of the local blues scene, each represented Houston and the Houston Blues Society at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tenn. The week-long competition brought in 110 performers from all over the ... More >>

Doctor Doctor

Billy Cohn wanted to be a rock star, and he is — as a trombone-toting heart surgeon and medical inventor.

Gene Kurtz, "Treat Her Right" Co-Writer, Passes Away

Photo by Winker​Bassist Gene Kurtz, who co-wrote Roy Head's 1965 hit "Treat Her Right" and went on to play with a wide range of artists across rock, R&B, jazz and country, passed away Sunday night, according to a post on his Facebook page. Kurtz had just celebrated his 69th birthday last week. ... More >>