Joan Baez

Playbill: Jimmy Lafave

Get Lit: A Freewheelin’ Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties, by Suze Rotolo

Sound Check

Lilith Fair-ness

Sarah McLachlan had a brainchild, and it was a girl

Press Picks

Sarah McLachlan had a brainchild, and it was a girl

Behind the Music (City)

Is she rock? Is she soul? Jonell Mosser keeps 'em guessing

On Weezer's Mystifying Red Album

The world has turned and left them here, and it'll take more than a great video to redeem them

Diana Jones

Diana Jones will be performing Thursday, May 17, at Mojo Risin' Coffee Shop, 1600 Shepherd, 713-426-1505

Like a Complete Unknown

I'm Not There and the changing face of Bob Dylan on film

Weed Killer

I'm Not There and the changing face of Bob Dylan on film

Carrie Newcomer

Thursday, November 10, at McGonigel's Mucky Duck, 2425 Norfolk, 713-528-5999.

Cape of Good Hope

Thursday, November 10, at McGonigel's Mucky Duck, 2425 Norfolk, 713-528-5999.

Camp Death

The site of Cindy Sheehan's war protest is crowded with opinions and ghosts

War on War Songs

Iraq and roll don't go together well when rockers protest

Battle Cries

SXSW finds itself covered in thoughts of war

Songbird Silenced

Pioneering singer/songwriter and native Houstonian Mickey Newbury passes away

Playbill

Steve Young

A Mojito? Ya Betcha!

The Latin fusion restaurant Bossa sports a Minnesota accent

Aftermath: Judas Priest and Whitesnake at Verizon Wireless Theater

Photos by Eric Sauseda​Rust never sleeps, and metal never ages. Not when it's being worked over by Judas Priest's hammer and tongs, anyway. Friday night at Verizon, the Birmingham blacksmiths smelted a sold-out, juiced-up, colors-sporting crowd - metal bands always have the best merch - with ... More >>

Dirty, Dirty Hippies Were the Least Odious of Woodstock's Many Shameful Legacies

This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, as if you needed us to remind you. Documentaries, feature films, tours and boxed CD sets have been rolling out all summer in order to wring still more cash from the corpses of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and - to a lesser extent - Country Joe McD ... More >>

The Forgotten Festival

The 1969 Texas International Pop Festival

Steve Young

The 1969 Texas International Pop Festival

Want to Levitate the Pentagon? These Songs Might Help

​On this date in 1967, some 50,000 protesters marched on the Pentagon with the intention of levitating it and exorcising any "evil spirits" within. The effort was led by Yippie leader Abbie Hoffman, poet Allen Ginberg, and Ed Sanders and satirically-minded rockers the Fugs. As we all know, th ... More >>

The Music of True Blood, Episode 1.9: The Joys of Love and the Series' Twilight Moment

Alan Ball was known for his masterful use of music in Six Feet Under. He's lost none of his touch when it comes to his current HBO series, True Blood - which happens to be set in the Louisiana swamps, not terribly far from Houston. With Season 2 just completed, Rocks Off is now working our way backw ... More >>

Bob Dylan Rolls With The Thunder In Shelter From The Storm

Shelter from the Storm: Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Years By Sid Griffin ​Of the many different periods in the career of Bob Dylan, the years 1975-76 were particularly productive on a variety of fronts: the recording of Desire, two Rolling Thunder Revue tours, filming of Renaldo & Clara, and ... More >>

Edgar Allan Poe, Still Wicked After All These Years

​Today we celebrate the birthday of one Edgar Allan Poe, a man whose influence on music simply cannot be overstated. In fact, Rocks Off is going to go on record and say that Poe's writings have influenced more music than any other written work except the Bible, and when you're second place to ... More >>

Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune

​Today we celebrate the birthday of one Edgar Allan Poe, a man whose influence on music simply cannot be overstated. In fact, Rocks Off is going to go on record and say that Poe's writings have influenced more music than any other written work except the Bible, and when you're second place to ... More >>

The Wanderer

Never idle, Steve Earle returns to his old stomping grounds with a new album and novel.

Hootenanny 101: Folk Songs to Help You Study for Finals

Lead Belly​It's the last week of classes for most of us who are still in school, which means that next week is finals time. We here at Rocks Off feel your pain -- it's hard trying to cram for five finals on only 60 milligrams of Adderall. Hell, we have two projects due tonight by 7 p.m. and we ... More >>