Storytelling is more than jigsawing a pile of words into place until they reveal a compelling picture. A good storyteller knows the environment in which the story is delivered can make the tale more fascinating and memorable. Matt Costa is that so...

Jesse Wells, one of rock music’s promising young stars, spent the afternoon before our interview doing what apparently comes ridiculously natural to him. “I just got done recording (a song), actually,” said the prolific front man and namesake of t...

Last year at this time, Miriam Hakim was set to attend the inaugural YallaPunk Festival and Conference in Philadelphia. As a co-organizer of the event, which spotlights creatives from Middle Eastern, North African and Southwest Asian descent, she ...

The classic crossover band War had a surprising system for bringing hits like “The Cisco Kid” and “Low Rider” to life according to Bob Ruggiero. The veteran music journalist and longtime Houston Press writer has authored the first and only biograp...

For any artist fortunate to have had a career as long as or touching as many genres as Aretha Franklin’s did, music nerds will forever debate their career as to when their “best” work was. Early on the scene? Mid-life maturation? Surprise latter d...

It’s not cockiness or arrogance, but there’s a certain swagger about Jody Seabody and the Whirls. Many bands would be fraught with nervous excitement the week of an album release, but these Houston music veterans possess a confidence that is allow...