Richard Thompson

Rotation

Dave's World

Everything Festival

Rotation

Thompson's Time

Fixed Up

Shawn Colvin's made A Few Small Repairs, and she's ready to show them off

Cajun Pride

Shawn Colvin's made A Few Small Repairs, and she's ready to show them off

Under(ground) Achievers

Can Nashville's creative underbelly save country from Music Row?

Letters

Can Nashville's creative underbelly save country from Music Row?

Rotation

Can Nashville's creative underbelly save country from Music Row?

Letters

Can Nashville's creative underbelly save country from Music Row?

Rotation

New Releases Reviewed

In the Pines of Houston

Americana prospers in the northern suburbs

Johnny Flynn: A Larum

Americana prospers in the northern suburbs

Sonny Landreth

Americana prospers in the northern suburbs

Loudon Wainwright III

Strange Weirdos: Music from and Inspired by the Film Knocked Up

The Court & Spark, with Brothers and Sisters

Thursday, July 13, at Walter's on Washington, 4215 Washington Ave. Call 713-862-2513 for more info

The Citizen Kane of Crap

Thursday, July 13, at Walter's on Washington, 4215 Washington Ave. Call 713-862-2513 for more info

Tortoise & Bonnie "Prince" Billy

The Brave and the Bold

Higher Ground

The Blind Boys of Alabama can bring church to the people if not the people to church

Chris Whitley

Saturday, March 6

Thea Gilmore

Avalanche (Compass Records)

Love, Americana-Style

Buddy and Julie Miller's rings don't burn their fingers

Emerald Bayou

The Irish take center stage at the 2001 Houston International Fest

Gracious Angel

A box set doesn't mean Emmylou Harris's career is done; it may mean it's just beginning

Sound Check

A box set doesn't mean Emmylou Harris's career is done; it may mean it's just beginning

Dollars for Discs

Introducing a shopping guide for sounds

Ghosts of Washington Avenue

Noise goes whistling through the scenester artery's music venue graveyard.

Distant Early Warning: Bobby Bare, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Mariza, Green Jelly, Randy Rogers, etc.

​Between The Buried And Me, Devin Townsend Band, Cynic, Scale The Summit: Mon., Jan. 11. Meridian. Billy Dean: Fri., April 16. Dosey Doe Coffee Company. Bobby Bare: Sat., May 22. Dosey Doe Coffee Company. "The Canvas Grand Opening" With Chase Hamblin, listenlisten, Sideshow Tramps, The Mighty Orq ... More >>

Black Lightning

Top-notch songwriter and guitarist Richard Thompson stops by Conroe.

2010 ACL Line-Up Goes Live And (Early) By Surprise

The line-up for the 2010 Austin City Limits Music Festival went live at the fest's website at midnight this morning while the rest of the world was snoozing. Luckily we are up and stirring to bring it to you. No Pavement and no Soundgarden, but we do have the Strokes down. More commentary coming in ... More >>

ACL Fest Releases Schedule; Adds Black Lips, Silversun Pickups

black-lips.com via FlickrBrand-new ACL 2010 adds The Black Lips​The Austin City Limits Music Festival released the schedule grid for this year's gathering in Zilker Park Oct. 7-9. The festival also added several bands, including Atlanta garage-punks (and recovering exhibitionists) the Black Li ... More >>

Saturday Night: Robert Plant & Band Of Joy At The Woodlands

Photos by Jason Wolter​Robert Plant & Band of Joy, Bettye LaVette Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion July 24, 2010 Robert Plant is a master of the musical bait and switch, but an exceptionally gracious one. Plant is no dummy. He has to know that the commercial radio stations in Houston (and, le ... More >>

Mary Gauthier

Singer-songwriter revisits painful past .

Lonesome Onry And Mean Plays "Spin The iPod" (Almost)

​Facebook, that great time-waster, is always a source of mindless brain candy. Just a few moments ago, Lonesome, Onry and Mean was tagged in a note titled "15 Random iPod Songs." The rules were fairly straightforward: Put your unit on "random" and list the first 15 songs that play. This sound ... More >>

Carrie Rodriguez

​Facebook, that great time-waster, is always a source of mindless brain candy. Just a few moments ago, Lonesome, Onry and Mean was tagged in a note titled "15 Random iPod Songs." The rules were fairly straightforward: Put your unit on "random" and list the first 15 songs that play. This sound ... More >>

Five Can't-Miss Acts At ACL Fest This Year

Craig HlavatyWe're running this picture of My Morning Jacket's Jim James now because this will be the last we see of him all weekend.​For weeks after we skipped last year's Austin City Limits Music Festival to man the controls in Houston, Rocks Off found ourselves thinking, "Man, I wish I woul ... More >>

Del McCoury Band Decends on Conroe

​Conroe's Sounds of Texas Music Series has pulled a major coup that should have local bluegrass fans' hearts palpitating with their booking of the Del McCoury Band for February 4, 2012. McCoury and his band, which includes his sons Rob and Ronnie, both of whom are monster instrumentalists and ... More >>

Ragin' Cajun Jo-El Sonnier Plays Nutty Jerry's Saturday

​Nutty Jerry's in Winnie has been doing a great job bringing in legacy acts like Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Guess Who, Mickey Gilley, Ronnie Dunn, and Blood, Sweat and Tears. But the club really got our blood pumping when they booked the Cajun wildman, Jo-El Sonnier, who plays the club Satu ... More >>