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The Houston 100: From Scarface to Robert Earl Keen

The Houston 100: The Master List

Master Blaster

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

A Change Gonna Come

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

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

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

Rotation

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

The Soul of Storyville

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

See and be Scene

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

Street Song

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

Rotation

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

Press Picks

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

Soul Men

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

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 gro ... More >>

Rotation

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 gro ... More >>

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 ... More >>

Radio Shy

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 ... More >>

1998 Houston Press Music Awards Nominees

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 ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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 ... More >>

Little Joe Washington: 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 ... More >>

Roy Hargrove Quintet

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 ... More >>

Little Joe Washington's 70th Birthday

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 ... More >>

Rodney Crowell, Forever the Houston Kid

Gasoline Dreams

Wayne Brady

Actor/Comedian/Singer fronts Houston Symphony

Mount Coy

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

James Hunter

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

Hootenanny

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

James Hunter

Another overnight success 20 years in the making

Guitar Shorty’s Birthday Party

The bluesman spends his b-day on stage

Arthur Alexander

Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter

Seal

Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter

Crawdaddy! Is Back

The rock magazine returns

Guitar Shorty

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

Everlasting Sounds

Ten of the year's most timeless records

James Hunter

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

Leela James, with Kem

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

Letters

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

Eric Bibb, with Ruthie Foster and Cyd Cassone

Wednesday, February 4

City Under Siege

Musicians provide HPD with plenty of overtime pay

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Musicians provide HPD with plenty of overtime pay

Sacred Blues

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

Hi Del-Fi

New sounds from famed label

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 On ... More >>

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 Cohe ... More >>

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 rec ... More >>

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 ... More >>

Somewhere Trouble Don't Go

​ 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 ... More >>

Inquiring Minds: Gov't Mule's Warren Haynes On Billy Gibbons, Lightnin' Hopkins, Ray LaMontagne And More

Shore Fire Media​ In this week's print edition of the Press, Warren Haynes talks about juggling his membership in the Alpha and Omega of jam bands, the Allman Brothers Band and The Dead, with the musclebound blues-rock engine he started in 1994, Gov't Mule. The Mule pulls into House of Blues Satur ... More >>

Long Way Down

Shore Fire Media​ In this week's print edition of the Press, Warren Haynes talks about juggling his membership in the Alpha and Omega of jam bands, the Allman Brothers Band and The Dead, with the musclebound blues-rock engine he started in 1994, Gov't Mule. The Mule pulls into House of Blues Satur ... More >>