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Lionel Richie Vs. Chuck Norris: Who Would Win?

So far the musical comeback of the year has been Lionel Richie, hands down. Last week the Alabama-born crooner's new album in three years, Tuskegee, debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with sales of almost 200,000 copies. According to The Hollywood Reporter, if about 185,000 copies of Madonna's MD ... More >>

Top 10 Films to Celebrate Black History Month

In 1926 historian Carter G. Wilson began what was known as Negro History Week in an effort to make the African American story more prevalent in our culture's consciousnesses. The week evolved into an entire month-long celebration and promotion of African American history, which we recognize this mon ... More >>

The Sound of Flight: 6 Local Musicians That Could Announce Flights at Houston Airports

On Tuesday, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport announced that they will be launching a new program to promote awareness of music native to their region, wherein famous musicians from the area will announce safety procedures and give informational speeches on the airport. In return, the airport wil ... More >>

Material World: Music to Rock Your Cyber Monday with Video

In the late '70s, there was a movie spoof on Friday the 13th called Saturday the 14th. It was about as dumb as you imagine it would be. Well, insert punchline here because Black Friday is over, but we are still smack dab in the middle of Cyber Monday, where instead of being stampeded by rampaging sh ... More >>

Top 20 Throwback TV Theme Songs Part 2

Only a big dummy wouldn't have this show on the list.​Yesterday, we hit you up with the best ten TV theme songs that didn't quite make the top of our list. We heard a few quibbles from fellow television aficionados, but their cries of frustration were muffled by the sounds of "The LOOOVVE BOA ... More >>

ACL Last Night: The One, The Only, Stevie Wonder

Photos by Marco Torres​Stevie Wonder Austin City Limits Music Festival Bud Light Stage, Zilker Park, Austin September 17, 2011 Stevie Wonder says we're all part of the same family. Saturday night at Austin City Limits, he had about 45,000 (we're guessing) Jesus children of America in the palm ... More >>

Beanz N Kornbread Cook Up Good Weather Muzik

Marco Torres​When Rocks Off ran into the production duo Beanz N Kornbread at SXSW back in March, we were advised to stay tuned for a big project set to drop sometime this summer. Well the summer is here, and that project is the impressive Good Weather Muzik. We caught up with the team to inqui ... More >>

16 City Employees Nabbed for Stealing City's Copper

HPDArthur Samuel, city employee and alleged copper thief​Sixteen city employees have been charged with stealing copper, because hey, it was there for the taking, we guess. Seven have been arrested so far, HPD says. Investigators got a tip that the workers were selling copper to Latino's Scra ... More >>

Trade Martin: Stopping The "Mosque At Ground Zero" In Song

Every day Rocks Off trolls the tubes of you in search of videos to share. If you have something that you think deserves to be video of the day, send a link to jef_rouner at yahoo dot com. ​Now, your daily VJ has been told by the nice people whose checks pay for his daughter's daycare that he ... More >>

Diary of a Sad Black Woman

Precious pushes the limits of taste, but locates the heart — and hell — of its heroine's struggle.

New Orleans Brass Band Invades Big Top Tomorrow

​In a late and welcome addition to the Big Top Lounge's calendar, tomorrow night finds the New Orleans Hustlers Brass Band making their Main Street debut. Fans of the Rebirth, Dirty Dozen or Hot 8 brass bands will dig these guys, most of whom settled here after Katrina but have played out more ... More >>

Aftermath: Chris Cornell at Warehouse Live

Photos by Mark C. Austin Timbaland, who produced Chris Cornell's new album Scream, has been making the promotional rounds telling the media he thinks it could make Cornell "the first rock star in the club." Judging by Cornell's prodigious set at Warehouse Live Sunday night - onstage around 10: ... More >>

Five Spot: Smoove Up In Ya

Welcome back to Five Spot. Every Friday, we'll examine a recent bit of music news and list five reasons why it's either brilliant or dumb-assed. Send tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Michael Keith, formerly one-fourth of R&B man-band 112, has released a solo album. (He's not the guy tha ... More >>

Houston's Jazz History

Welcome back to Five Spot. Every Friday, we'll examine a recent bit of music news and list five reasons why it's either brilliant or dumb-assed. Send tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Michael Keith, formerly one-fourth of R&B man-band 112, has released a solo album. (He's not the guy tha ... More >>

Devin or Quincy Jones - Who's the Real Dude?

Welcome back to Five Spot. Every Friday, we'll examine a recent bit of music news and list five reasons why it's either brilliant or dumb-assed. Send tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Michael Keith, formerly one-fourth of R&B man-band 112, has released a solo album. (He's not the guy tha ... More >>

Drenched in Blog: Happy 25th, Thriller

Welcome back to Five Spot. Every Friday, we'll examine a recent bit of music news and list five reasons why it's either brilliant or dumb-assed. Send tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Michael Keith, formerly one-fourth of R&B man-band 112, has released a solo album. (He's not the guy tha ... More >>

Diane Schuur

A jazz diva swings with the University of Houston Jazz Orchestra

Silk

Always and Forever

Hurricane Mixtape

Music to drown by

Mellow, Chilled-Out Fellow

The wonder that is Devin the Dude

Hail to the King

SNL writer-comedian T. Sean Shannon pays tribute to a local comic legend: his brother

Scoring the Super Bowl

NFL Films' music may be stirring, but these songs tell the real story of the big games

Fallout From This Year's Houston Press Holiday Party

John Lomax leaves the paper to pursue singing career after surprise debut

All in the Family

The Shannon Brothers reunite in the name of comedy

He Saw the Light

Songwriter John Gorka finds it's always darkest before the dawn

Miles Behind Her

Shirley Horn at the Wortham

Disney Lightens Up

Fantasia/2000 strikes a better balance between serious and comic elements

Soul Brother No. 1

Top 10 reasons why Ray Charles is a genius

Rap Actor

LL Cool J rocks microphone, silver screen

Overseas Transmission

Hip-hop's origins in a German synthesizer?

Static

Hip-hop's origins in a German synthesizer?

The Girl in the Glasses

Nana Mouskouri has the world. So why does she want America?

Rotation

Nana Mouskouri has the world. So why does she want America?

Rotation

Nana Mouskouri has the world. So why does she want America?

Lee Way

Nana Mouskouri has the world. So why does she want America?

Houston Press 1996 Music Awards

Nana Mouskouri has the world. So why does she want America?

Bittersweet Pill

Alanis Morissette has jumped from kiddie crushes to adult angst

Heeeeere's Branford!

The Tonight show behind him, Branford Marsalis moves to "de-ghettoize" music

In the Room

Bob Gallarza aims to bring Tejano music into the '90s