Ralph Stanley

Upcoming: Swans, Charles Bradley, Bonnie Raitt, Dwight Yoakam, Joe Ely, Etc.

"93Q's Day In The Country" With Dierks Bentley, Ronnie Dunn, Chris Cagle, Wade Bowen, Jana Kramer, Thomas Rhett, The Lost Trailers, Lunabelles: Sat., June 16, 7 p.m., $16.00-$99.50. Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, 2005 Lake Robbins Drive, Spring. Adam Hood: Fri., July 27, 9 p.m., $12. The Firehous ... More >>

Re:Generation: New Film Makes Airtight Case That DJs Are Musicians

Directed by Amir Bar Lev and produced in association with the Grammys, Re:Generation is a documentary that explores the process behind making music as a DJ and producer through an experiment that sends five DJs on a quest to work in a specific genre outside their normal output. It sounds like somet ... More >>

Want To "Support The Scene"? Avoid Open-Mike Nights

Fat Man & Little Boy (and friend)​Let Lonesome Onry and Mean see if we've got this straight. Because we've written an article about how bad an open-mike night at Salt Bar was, we are tearing down - or not supporting - the Houston music scene? Well, that's bullshit. You want to know what's wr ... More >>

Lonesome Onry and Mean: The Sickest, Most Twisted Musical Genre Isn't Gangsta Rap - It's Bluegrass

Not really sure whether it's our alcohol mixture, some pharmacological imbalance our sex life or just male menopausal phenomena, but lately Lonesome, Onry and Mean has been on an evil bluegrass jag. Nothing like playing our Stanley Brothers 45-rpm of "If I Lose" - "If I lose, let me lose/ I don't c ... More >>

Get Lit: Man of Constant Sorrow: My Life and Times by Dr. Ralph Stanley With Eddie Dean

​While growing up in rural Virginia in the shadow of his beloved Clinch Mountains, a young Ralph Stanley was given his choice of presents to celebrate his 11th birthday: a pig or a banjo. Thankfully for the history of American country and bluegrass music, he chose the latter, even learning to play ... More >>

Music to Shuffle Off This Mortal Coil

Jim Lauderdale

Jim Lauderdale performs Tuesday, November 28, at McGonigel's Mucky Duck, 2425 Norfolk, 713-528-5999.

Music Awards Survey

A rundown of every act on this year's bill

Tot Rock

Former Del Fuego Dan Zanes unites parents and kids with his unique take on children's music

The Class of '03

Grab your gift certificates and trade in your white elephants -- here's what you really wanted for Christmas

Banjos and Body Piercings

William Elliott Whitmore brings old-school bluegrass to the punk underworld

Ratt Steaks

Austin's Meat Purveyors beef up their songbook with unlikely grade-A covers

Ibrahim Ferrer

Buenos Hermanos (World Circuit/Nonesuch)

Mount Bonnell Breakdown

The South Austin Jug Band's swingy bluegrass is mullet-free music

Banjos on the Bayou

Ralph Stanley and company come down from the mountain

Subterranean Astrodome Blues

Bob Dylan drops the mask and comes to town with his happiest album in years

Playbill

Jim Lauderdale

Reptomania

The Austin Lounge Lizards steal hearts and minds by feasting on sacred cows

Emerald Bayou

The Irish take center stage at the 2001 Houston International Fest

Outside Looking In

Jim Lauderdale is a living lesson in how to profit from Nashville's fringes

Fit for a Fiddle

Classical? Country? In the hands of fiddler Mark O'Connor, it's one thing: music.