Jelly Roll Morton

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Pop Rocks: Andy Rooney Is Retiring. You Won't Miss Him.

If a crabby, unpleasant nonagenarian who ceased being relevant 20 years ago retires from broadcasting, does the collective sigh of relief make a sound? Andy Rooney will announce on Sunday's "60 Minutes" that it will be his last regular appearance on the newsmagazine. Rooney, 92, has been featured o ... More >>

Five Essential Boogie-Rock Albums

​Boogie-rock has probably been derided by critics more times than people have torched a doob while listening to BTO. Intellectual types tend to write it off as guys with feathered bangs, mustaches and shirts open to their navel playing songs about cars, girls and partying (and partying in cars ... More >>

Which Houston Mayor Would Make the Best Rapper?

Yesterday, the Rap Round Table at our sister blog Rocks Off pondered the interesting question "Which Houston rapper would make the best mayor?" You can go there for the discussion. Here, we will ponder which Houston mayor would make the best rapper. We have five nominees. 5. Diamond Jim McConn Smo ... More >>

Allen Toussaint

Yesterday, the Rap Round Table at our sister blog Rocks Off pondered the interesting question "Which Houston rapper would make the best mayor?" You can go there for the discussion. Here, we will ponder which Houston mayor would make the best rapper. We have five nominees. 5. Diamond Jim McConn Smo ... More >>

Great Moments With Mr. Rockefeller: Ray Price, Bobby "Blue" Bland and the Kansas City All-Stars

[Ed. Note: To help spread the word about next Friday's benefit for the Houston International Festival's education programs at Rockefeller Hall, featuring Texas Johnny Brown and Marcia Ball, Rocks Off asked iFest director of performing arts and former Houston Chronicle music critic Rick Mitchell to r ... More >>

The Man with the Golden Horn

Photo by John Nova LomaxMilton Martin downtown on the corner of Main and McKinneyMilton Martin spends his days blowing his soprano sax from his wheelchair in the bright sun at the corner of Main and McKinney, hard by the assemblage of broken dreams and frustrated town planning that is Main Street Sq ... More >>

The Collector: Mack McCormick's Huge Archive of Culture and Lore

A great American folklorist has spent a life squirreling away bits and pieces of Texas culture. Now time is running out on him and his inventory.

Houston Musical Landmarks and the I.Am.We Collective

A great American folklorist has spent a life squirreling away bits and pieces of Texas culture. Now time is running out on him and his inventory.

The Return of the Kashmere Stage band

A great American folklorist has spent a life squirreling away bits and pieces of Texas culture. Now time is running out on him and his inventory.

Jelly Roll Morton in Houston

A jazz great's pimp hand punches his ticket to glory

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

Monday, October 10, at McGonigel's Mucky Duck, 2425 Norfolk, 713-528-5999.

My Darlin' New Orleans

What hath God wrought?

Boxing the Rock

Six of the year's best multi-disc sets (and one of the worst)

Brass Tacks

Who killed "When the Saints..."? The Dirty Dozen, and don't you forget it.

Various Artists

Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of America's Music (Columbia Legacy)

Rollin' on the River

San Antonian Jim Cullum and his band keep the Dixieland torch alive and burnin'

Pepper Shakers

Los Hombres Calientes take jazz into booty-shaking territory

For Swingers Only

Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra

The Axman Cometh

Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra

Swing in Time

OrchestraX salutes the 1920s and the music of Gershwin and Ellington

Rotation

OrchestraX salutes the 1920s and the music of Gershwin and Ellington

World of Their Own

Carolina retronauts the Squirrel Nut Zippers swing clear of camp

Static

Carolina retronauts the Squirrel Nut Zippers swing clear of camp

Press Picks

Carolina retronauts the Squirrel Nut Zippers swing clear of camp