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    September 2, 2011

    Las Puertas: 10 Things You May Not Know About The Doors

    "Hey Robby, don't try to look too not-stoned in our press still. Thanks, buddy."​On this day in 1965, The Doors began recording demos together, laying down some songs set to Jim Morrison's freaky poems. Nearly 50 years later, the band is an exalted classic-rock group, firmly implanted in that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    Detroit Leanin': Who Is The Best Motor City Artist Ever?

    detroitrockcity.altervista.org​Some places breed music. Due to sheer size, any big city will produce its fair share of talented musicians, and some - Memphis, New Orleans, Chicago - seem to have music in the water supply. But none, arguably, more than Detroit: John Lee Hooker, the Motown dias ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    Tracy Nelson, Victim Of The Blues, Embraces Muddy & Lightnin'

    Robert Hakins​Long acclaimed as one of the truly great singers of the modern era, at 66 Tracy Nelson still has the fire for performing great songs. Her latest project, Victim of the Blues, is a loving caress to her original passion: Old-school blues, particularly the Chicago variety. Nelson's ... More >>

  • Music

    November 18, 2010

    Blinded by the Light

    Sacred Steel gives Grandfather Child an epiphany.

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    Houston's Top Tweeting Musicians

    ​This week's Houston Press cover feature is about Twitter and its implications, for better or worse, within the social-media world. For "The Twitterverse," we spoke with Twitter stars from Houston and Dallas, asking them how they use the site daily and what could be different about their experienc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    Inquiring Minds: Mexican Global Groovers and World Travelers Plastilina Mosh

    ​Plastilina Mosh has a new CD out, All U Need Is Mosh, on Nacional Records, and brings its international sound to Houston Thursday for a free concert with Venezuela's Los Amigos Invisibles. That's right, it's free - all it costs is a very worthwhile trip outside the Loop. Rocks Off hasn't picked u ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    Tonight: Dafnis Prieto Sextet at the Wortham Center

    The Beaty Brothers, a duo formed by two Texas-born twins, has a story that seems right out of a TV movie - growing as part of a broken family with a troubled history of substance abuse, saxophonist John Beaty and trombonist Joe Beaty trombonist Joe Beaty struggled to get their musical education ... More >>

  • Music

    September 4, 2008

    Houston's Jazz History

    The Beaty Brothers, a duo formed by two Texas-born twins, has a story that seems right out of a TV movie - growing as part of a broken family with a troubled history of substance abuse, saxophonist John Beaty and trombonist Joe Beaty trombonist Joe Beaty struggled to get their musical education ... More >>

  • Music

    December 27, 2007

    Music Deaths

    The Greil Marcus Rock Death Meter returns

  • Culture

    September 6, 2007

    Art Capsule Reviews

    A picture of our opinions on local exhibitions

  • Culture

    August 30, 2007

    Art Capsule Reviews

    A picture of our opinions on local exhibitions

  • Music

    May 3, 2007

    CD Reviews

    Blues music releases

  • Music

    January 25, 2007

    Texas Tenors Times Two

    The Trinity Jazz Festival

  • Music

    December 21, 2006

    Making Scents of the Stars

    A buyer's guide to celebrity fragrances

  • Music

    August 10, 2006

    Hope Springs Eternal

    A northern suburb tops our third installment of rating greater Houston's taste in music

  • Music

    February 2, 2006

    Never Go to a Party in Friendswood

    Where does your town rank in the Houston-area good-taste stakes?

  • Music

    December 29, 2005

    Slanted Enchantment

    A jazz quartet tribute to Pavement is, inexplicably, a roaring success

  • Music

    August 18, 2005

    The Killers vs. the Killers

    How do these pretty boys stack up against some real dealers of death?

  • Music

    July 21, 2005

    Christmas in July

    Six dozen of Houston's finest bands for a mere $7

  • News

    August 26, 2004

    Letters

    Six dozen of Houston's finest bands for a mere $7

  • Music

    August 5, 2004

    Playbill

    Six dozen of Houston's finest bands for a mere $7

  • Music

    May 22, 2003

    East Is East and West Is West

    Except in the music of Indian-American DJ Navdeep

  • Music

    July 4, 2002

    Mystic Pizza

    Candiria's genre-bending urban fusion of ambient, hardcore, rap and jazz makes for a tasty organic pie

  • Culture

    May 2, 2002

    Skate or Die

    In the 1970s, the Z-Boys were hell on wheels. Today, they're shredding the big screen.

  • Music

    May 2, 2002

    Fightin' Words

    Drifter's Craig Feazel hates jam bands, Ryan Adams, radio and a lot of other stuff

  • Film

    December 13, 2001

    Eyes Half Open

    Cameron Crowe takes Jerry Maguire on a dizzy trip through dreamland

  • Music

    April 5, 2001

    Playbill

    Susie Ibarra/Evan Parker

  • Culture

    February 1, 2001

    Drag King

    Actor-comic Eddie Izzard just wants to be loved

  • Music

    January 25, 2001

    Various Artists

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

  • Music

    November 9, 2000

    Fire Breather with a Sax

    Carlos Garnett decides to chill down here after almost 40 years in New York City

  • Music

    July 6, 2000

    Mix Master Mike

    A different kind of groove

  • Music

    December 9, 1999

    Space Truckin'

    Traveling with the Sun Ra Arkestra has its perks: cigarettes and coffee

  • Music

    September 23, 1999

    ...Newman!

    With a sound as fat as Texas, David "Fathead" Newman returns home

  • Music

    May 6, 1999

    He's Ba-ack

    Burt Bacharach's swanky pop stylings return to hipness

  • Music

    April 8, 1999

    A Jazz Odyssey

    Even without his commander, Marshall Allen orchestrates interplanetary space travel just fine, thank you

  • Music

    March 25, 1999

    Jazz la King

    Time and time again, Sonny Rollins proves his sax mastery

  • Music

    November 26, 1998

    Jazzed Up

    Time and time again, Sonny Rollins proves his sax mastery

  • Music

    November 19, 1998

    Feeling at Ease

    Time and time again, Sonny Rollins proves his sax mastery

  • Music

    October 15, 1998

    Out of Africa

    Time and time again, Sonny Rollins proves his sax mastery

  • Music

    September 3, 1998

    Catching Up with Gil

    A new series of reissues reaffirms the genius of rap's granddaddy

  • Calendar

    April 16, 1998

    Night & Day

    April 16 - 22, 1998

  • Music

    April 2, 1998

    Hard to Kill

    April 16 - 22, 1998

  • Music

    October 16, 1997

    Charles in Charge

    A new collection confirms Ray Charles's position as the architect of soul

  • Music

    September 11, 1997

    Impure, and Proud of It

    A new collection confirms Ray Charles's position as the architect of soul

  • Film

    December 12, 1996

    Cruisified

    A new collection confirms Ray Charles's position as the architect of soul

  • Music

    January 18, 1996

    Rotation

    A new collection confirms Ray Charles's position as the architect of soul

  • Film

    June 29, 1995

    Jazz Notes

    A new collection confirms Ray Charles's position as the architect of soul

  • Music

    June 15, 1995

    All the Colors of Jazz

    Kirk Whalum's sax paints with a broad palette of sounds

  • Music

    March 2, 1995
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