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April 19, 2012
Playing for Keeps: Vinyl Essentials
Here's our must-haves if you're kick-starting a record collection.
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March 29, 2012
Still Treating Em Right
After 50 years as one of Texas's top powerhouse entertainers, Roy Head calls son Sundance the real star in the family.
Blogs
December 27, 2011
Houston's Nine Members of Congress: Net Worth of Almost $400 Million
Welcome to Congress!The Center for Responsive Politics has put out its list of the net worth of every member of Congress, and the Houston delegation are no slackers. The nine representatives have a net worth estimated to be $392.4 million, which is a pretty impressive figure. Actually, m ... More >>
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October 3, 2011
Saturday Night: Boz Scaggs & Michael McDonald At Verizon
Boz Scaggs & Michael McDonald Verizon Wireless Theater October 1, 2011 Now, Classic Rock Bob doesn't want to come off as some sort of out-of-touch curmudgeon ("What do you mean you don't sell cassettes anymore? Hey! You kids get off my lawn!"), but one of the reasons to love classic rock is very si ... More >>
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September 18, 2011
ACL Last Night: The One, The Only, Stevie Wonder
Photos by Marco TorresStevie 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 >>
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August 10, 2011
Five '60s Soul Stars Jay-Z & Kanye West Should Hit Next
thelocal478.comWelcome back to Billboard, Otis.Say what you will about Watch the Throne - and people, including several members of Team Rocks Off, have said a lot - but it's all anyone in music seems to be talking about these days. Which makes sense; it's not every day that two megastars (the ... More >>
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July 25, 2011
Saturday Night: Sade & John Legend At Toyota Center
Photos by GroovehouseSade, John Legend Toyota Center July 23, 2011 See more smooth operation from Sade & John Legend in our slideshow. As word of Amy Winehouse's death spread across the Internet Saturday, another British soul singer was preparing to perform in Houston for the first time in ... More >>
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May 16, 2011
Friday Night: Smokey Robinson At Arena Theatre
Photos by RizohSmokey Robinson Arena Theatre May 13, 2011 If William "Smokey" Robinson wasn't America's poet laureate of love, he would have thrived in a number of other fields. Smokey would make a solid con man, for instance. Friday night at Arena Theatre, he kicked off his show with a dec ... More >>
Blogs
January 26, 2011
Rel The Chosen Flows With Soul On Beautiful Music
If Houston's Rel The Chosen was trying to make an impression, the single CD he handed us in a plain white cover at DJ Premier's show a few months ago at Numbers wasn't doing the job. The music on the CD, however, made a spectacular impression and certainly made up for any lack of marketing ... More >>
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March 20, 2010
SXSW Aftermath: Black Joe Lewis, Raphael Saadiq and Smokey Robinson
Photos by Katharine ShilcuttBlack Joe Lewis and the HoneybearsJoe Lewis alternated between sweating profusely into his harmonica and howling into the microphone, doubled over on the stage with the pain and joy of their fourth show of SXSW, as the white-shirted Honeybears -- minus keyboardist ... More >>
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March 12, 2010
Leon's Lounge Needs Some Soul. Brett "Dirty Honey" Koshkin Has The Platters.
Leon's Lounge, the venerable Midtown throwback dive, is currently closed for renovations as new owner Pete Mitchell (Under the Volcano) gives it a good scrubbing, but it should be back open before too much longer. Maybe as soon as next month. Earlier this week, Rocks Off heard some equally good ... More >>
Blogs
February 23, 2010
They Were Kinky Before Kinky Was Kinky: Musicians Who Have Held Public Office
From Ted Nugent to Bruce Springsteen to those adorable Dixie Chicks, "Masters of War" to "George Bush doesn't care about black people," musicians have never been shy about voicing their political opinions. But when it comes to putting their money where their mouths are and filing the necessary pape ... More >>
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January 21, 2010
Soul Night 2
Get your fill of Marvin Gaye and Tina Turner at the Aurora Picture Show's funky flashback
Music
November 19, 2009
The Way He Sees It
To Raphael Saadiq, music is music and Yeasayer is all right with him.
Blogs
August 26, 2009
A Third Ward Pawnshop iPod and the Mysterious Fate of Previous Owner "Scooby"
Whoever he is (was?), Scooby's iPod wasn't short on R. Kelly.So a couple of weeks ago, after three or four years of increasingly faltering service, Rocks Off's 30 GB iPod finally died. Completely. Out of sheer broke-assedness, we had held on to it for longer than most. By the end, its quirks and ... More >>
Blogs
March 26, 2009
Idol Beat: The Top Ten
Photos by Michael Becker/ Fox Michael Sarver couldn't patch Motown's soul.Man, Sarvernator! What happened? When first we met, you were so dope, flexing serious white-soul chops - minus a soul patch - and you had the sort of blue-collar backstory that seemed to make you a lock for the Top Seve ... More >>
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December 8, 2008
Thom Bell and the Sound of Brotherly Love
While the ubiquitous songs of Detroit's Motown get anthologized and commercialized ad infinitum, and the critics salivate over the gritty southern soul of Memphis' Stax, the third great movement/label of '60s and '70s soul has always gotten short shrift. Until now, that is, with the release of the ... More >>
Calendar
October 9, 2008
Wayne Brady
Actor/Comedian/Singer fronts Houston Symphony
Calendar
July 31, 2008
Soul and Blues Festival
Betty Wright, Bobby “Blue” Bland and Willie Clayton headline a mega-jam
Blogs
May 16, 2008
Review: Rockferry, by Duffy
Betty Wright, Bobby “Blue” Bland and Willie Clayton headline a mega-jam
Music
January 3, 2008
Mary J. Blige: Growing Pains
Betty Wright, Bobby “Blue” Bland and Willie Clayton headline a mega-jam
Blogs
September 17, 2007
Rick Mitchell Pops His ACL Cherry
Betty Wright, Bobby “Blue” Bland and Willie Clayton headline a mega-jam
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September 13, 2007
James Hunter
Another overnight success 20 years in the making
Blogs
August 8, 2007
Drenched in Blog: My Day of Outrage
Another overnight success 20 years in the making
Music
July 5, 2007
Frank McComb at the Breakfast Klub
Funky soul jazz comes to Midtown
Music
February 1, 2007
The H-Town Blues Festival
The H-Town Blues Festival will be held Saturday, February 3, at the Reliant Arena, 8400 Kirby Drive, 713-667-1400.
Music
December 14, 2006
Everlasting Sounds
Ten of the year's most timeless records
Blogs
July 21, 2006
Oh, Slap!
Ten of the year's most timeless records
Music
May 25, 2006
James Hunter
ames Hunter appears Friday, May 26, at the Continental Club, 3700 Main, 713-529-9899
Music
February 9, 2006
Cat Power
The Greatest
Music
April 7, 2005
Al Green
Everything's OK
Music
August 19, 2004
Pop-Up Pop Stars
With the help of city government, Matthew Knowles hopes to find the next Destiny's Child. You got a problem with that?
Music
April 29, 2004
All for One
A pair of ace session men join up and call forth the Soul of John Black
Music
April 1, 2004
Van Hunt
Van Hunt (Capitol)
Music
July 10, 2003
A Change Gonna Come
Calvin Richardson steeps deeper in the neo-soul stew on his second album
Best of Houston
September 26, 2002
Best Radio Personality
Paris Eley, KCOH/1430 AM
Music
September 5, 2002
Darius Rucker
Back to Then (Hidden Beach)
Music
July 18, 2002
Detroit Cobras
Saturday, July 20
Music
July 4, 2002
The Doobie Brothers; Michael McDonald with the Houston Symphony
Thursday, July 4; Saturday, July 6
Music
November 22, 2001
Bilal
Saturday, November 24
Music
September 6, 2001
Playbill
Mary Wilson & Dennis Edwards
Music
August 16, 2001
Sumpin' Filthy
Local punker/chef Filthy McNasty is the Ginuwine article
Best of Houston
September 21, 2000
Best Place to Learn "The Whip"
SSQQ Dance Studio
Music
November 25, 1999
Rotation
New Releases Reviewed
Music
November 19, 1998
Rotation
New Releases Reviewed
Music
October 2, 1997
Super Squeak
Rick James comes clean on the past, the present -- and the CD he hopes will revive his career
Music
February 13, 1997
Rotation
Rick James comes clean on the past, the present -- and the CD he hopes will revive his career
Music
August 15, 1996
Rotation
Rick James comes clean on the past, the present -- and the CD he hopes will revive his career
Music
June 27, 1996
Blues Without Blinders
Blues, soul, rock, country? Who cares? To Little Milton, it's just music.
Music
July 13, 1995
Critic's Choice, The Road to Storyville
Blues, soul, rock, country? Who cares? To Little Milton, it's just music.
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