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• Guitar Shorty

  November 13, 2006

• The Houston 100: From Scarface to Robert Earl Keen

  September 26, 2007

• The Houston 100: The Master List

  October 4, 2007

• Last Night: Little Joe Washington at Boondocks

  May 21, 2008

• Master Blaster

  Cody ChesnuTT sees rock and roll, and he wants to repaint it black

  February 27, 2003

• A Change Gonna Come

  Calvin Richardson steeps deeper in the neo-soul stew on his second album

  July 10, 2003

• Tonight: Michael Hardie and Milton Hopkins at Red Cat Jazz Cafe

  November 10, 2008

• Rotation

  April 28, 1994

• The Soul of Storyville

  November 3, 1994

• See and be Scene

  November 10, 1994

• Street Song

  November 10, 1994

• Rotation

  May 18, 1995

• Press Picks

  May 16, 1996

• Soul Men

  July 18, 1996

• This Week in SXSW: Katy Perry Kisses the "Lake of Fire"

  There's now less than a month to go until we here at Rocks Off throw sobriety and sane living to the wind at this year's SXSW festival. This past week we learned of a boatload of new stuff about the weeklong liver-damaging voyage in March, so here goes... The list of bands keeps growing and growing, but we have noticed that some of the events are not as extravagant as years past. Many festivals, including the Vans Warped Tour, have scaled down their theatrics for the sake of saving cash. Th

  February 11, 2009

• Soul Survivor

  May 15, 1997

• Rotation

  October 9, 1997

• An American Idol From Jasper

  We've had our Aggie American Idol. Now we have one from Jasper.Michael Sarver, according to those who watch American Idol, has gotten himself into the finals, or the semi-finals, or whatever it is that's a step beyond the comic-relief idiot tryouts.As the Beaumont Enterprise reports, Sarver is ready to proudly represent Jasper. For, we guess, anything other than what the name "Jasper" calls to mind for most people.He's a God guy, by the way: "Being a worship leader has been a huge part of my lif

  February 20, 2009

• Radio Shy

  March 26, 1998

• 1998 Houston Press Music Awards Nominees

  June 11, 1998

• Free Show: Ben Sollee at House of Blues Downstairs

  It's not every day you hear a cellist bust out socially aware, Randy Newman-esque pop yarns. Kentuckian Ben Sollee sings plaintive, soulful slices of song like the kind that made Newman famous and so very influential in the '70s. Sollee is only 24 years old, yet he somehow bridges the generation gap with his own Jack Johnson-croon while maintaining an ear to the classicism of older and milder generations. His "Only A Song" echoes so many young guys feelings of bewilderment in our utterly ha

  March 3, 2009

• Local Album of the Week: Little Joe Washington's Texas Fire Line

  Little Joe Washington Texas Fire Line www.dialtonerecords.com One of the easiest jobs in music has to be producer of a Little Joe Washington album. Make sure he shows up at the studio - itself no small feat, though not as difficult as it used to be - turn on the recording equipment and get out of the way. On his second album for Austin's Dialtone Records (following 2003's Houston Guitar Blues), the blues flows so effortlessly out of Washington's guitar it's hard to believe any of these 14 s

  March 31, 2009

• Little Joe Washington: Texas Fire Line

  April 9, 2009

• Roy Hargrove Quintet

  March 19, 2009

• Little Joe Washington's 70th Birthday

  March 5, 2009

• Rodney Crowell, Forever the Houston Kid

  Gasoline Dreams

  November 6, 2008

• Wayne Brady

  Actor/Comedian/Singer fronts Houston Symphony

  October 9, 2008

• Mount Coy

  South Park Mexican carves out his place in history with the 2001 Music Awards

  July 26, 2001

• James Hunter

  James Hunter performs Thursday, October 26, at the Continental Club, 3700 Main. Call 713-529-9899 for more info.

  October 26, 2006

• Hootenanny

  January 3, 2008

• Houston's Very Best Songs Ever

  September 27, 2007

• James Hunter

  Another overnight success 20 years in the making

  September 13, 2007

• Guitar Shorty’s Birthday Party

  The bluesman spends his b-day on stage

  September 6, 2007

• Arthur Alexander

  Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter

  September 6, 2007

• Seal

  April 23, 2009

• Crawdaddy! Is Back

  The rock magazine returns

  June 21, 2007

• Guitar Shorty

  Guitar Shorty performs Saturday, January 13, at the Big Easy Social and Pleasure Club, 5731 Kirby, 713-523-9999.

  January 11, 2007

• Everlasting Sounds

  Ten of the year's most timeless records

  December 14, 2006

• James Hunter

  ames Hunter appears Friday, May 26, at the Continental Club, 3700 Main, 713-529-9899

  May 25, 2006

• Leela James, with Kem

  Friday, March 17, Verizon Wireless Theater, 520 Texas, 713-230-1666

  March 16, 2006

• Letters

  August 26, 2004

• Eric Bibb, with Ruthie Foster and Cyd Cassone

  Wednesday, February 4

  January 29, 2004

• City Under Siege

  Musicians provide HPD with plenty of overtime pay

  November 6, 2003

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  July 3, 2003

• Sacred Blues

  Blues 2 Joy writes a new testament for the devil's music

  July 12, 2001

• Hi Del-Fi

  New sounds from famed label

  May 27, 1999

• He Said She Said: Songs for Getting It On, Part 2

  [Ed. Note: Here's Web Editor Katharine Shilcutt's top 10 picks for baby-makin' music. Now it's the boys' turn.] 1. Ryan Adams, "Come Pick Me Up": This has to work, because it shows vulnerability and warmth. It tells her you are the kind of guy who will be the one to get out of bed to get the Wet Ones or the dry towel. 2. Sam Cooke "Cupid": Chicks dig smooth-ass vocals, and it's got that deep sense of longing and just the right hint of dementia that comes with true love. Seriously, the song is a

  July 24, 2009

• Aftermath: Rod Stewart at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

  Craig Hlavaty​Ageism has always pissed off Aftermath immensely. There's something awfully arrogant and defeating about shamming older cats for still wanting to rock out, even if they are edging dangerously close to seventy years of age, as Rod Stewart is. No one begrudges B.B. King or Leonard Cohen for still shilling their songs, each sitting at eighty-three and seventy-four respectively. True it is, that to most people "The Thrill Is Gone" and "Bird on the Wire" hold much more weight than s

  July 27, 2009

• Lonesome Onry and Mean: A Brief History of "Danny Boy" - Evergreen But Not Exactly Irish

  ​The Pogues are only one week away, so no time like the present to reflect on Irish music. For many Americans, no song epitomizes Irish music like "Danny Boy." Lonesome Onry and Mean was gently prodding my Irish and European friends at the boozer recently regarding their opinions about the top recorded versions of "Danny Boy" and was met with studied indifference and we-don't-know-how-to-explain-it-to-him sheepishness. Long and short of it, it doesn't seem that "Danny Boy" is anything the aver

  October 22, 2009

• Vote With a Bullet: Songs for an Otherwise Ho-Hum Election Day

  ​ The run-up to the 2009 elections has been quite a letdown compared to the fascinating and occasionally surreal 2008 campaigns. Obviously, there's nothing that can compare to last year's Presidential contests, and the local mayoral race has been less than compelling. We were going to present this as a list of songs to listen to while waiting in line to vote, but considering that area turnout is estimated to be in the 30 percent range and you'll probably be in and out of the booth in a matter

  November 3, 2009