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Rickie Lee Jones Won't Run Out of Chances

By Bob Ruggiero
Sep 16, 2021

It’s common for musicians to feel that their work lets listeners into their minds, their souls, or their hearts. It’s less common that fans are invited into their actual homes. But that’s what many artists did — at least virtually — when the pandemic caused mass cancellations of tours that...
Dave Koz Is Jazzed About Multiple Musical Projects

By Bob Ruggiero
Jul 30, 2021

With Pandemic Times headed toward the year and a half mark, we are starting to see the tidal wave of new music—in all genres—from artists who have been cooped up in their homes and studios. Many acts have gotten out one record, but overachieving jazz saxophonist Dave Koz has recently...
Stages' 2021-22 Season Complete With a New Managing Director

By Margaret Downing
Jul 21, 2021

Fresh from her duties as managing director of Denver's Curious Theatre Co., Katie Maltais will begin working as the new managing director of Stages and its theater complex The Gordy on August 1, sharing leadership duties and a commitment to community outreach with Artistic Director Kenn McLaughlin. Her hiring the...
The Volumaniacs' Breakfast of Choice: Feedback with a Side of Nik and Lori

By Bob Ruggiero
Jun 29, 2021

One thing the music programming of SiriusXM satellite radio has in abundance is variety. It seems like there’s practically a channel for every genre and style, including Albanian Jazz-Inflected Death Metal Featuring Klezmers. But when Senior Director of Talk Programming Roger Coletti went to The Powers That Be in 2016...
Opinion: Doxing is Not Some New Antifa Tactic; It’s Old Right-Wing Terrorism

By Jef Rouner
Jun 24, 2021

One of the most frustrating articles I’ve read this year appeared in the Washington Post earlier this week. Crime reporter Robert Klemko did a deep dive into the life of Edward Jeremy Dawson, a man who has been a part of various far-right groups linked to violence like Patriot Prayer...
Dennis DeYoung Wraps Up Recording Career with Nostalgic - Yet Timely - 26 East Vol. 2

By Bob Ruggiero
Jun 10, 2021

He thought he was done making new music. Finito. End of the Road. When Dennis DeYoung released what he was calling 26 East last year, he fully expected it to be his final studio album in a long and storied career that stretched back to 1972 with the first Styx...
Responding to Internet Creeps Leads to Bizarre New Shared Storyverse

By Jef Rouner
Jun 4, 2021

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a woman in possession of a social media account must be in want of creepers asking, “u up?” Few people take this ubiquitous experience and turn it into a bizarre shared storyverse set in Bar Harbor, Maine, but Dixie Heaven-lee (real name, I...
Make Them Say Exactly What is Being Canceled

By Jef Rouner
Mar 9, 2021

Free speech on the political right is a grift, and here’s how it works. First, you take something like the Dr. Seuss estate deciding to remove six books with racist depictions of people of color from future publication. Then, you ignore the content of what led to the decision in...
The Tummies Digest a Bellyfull of British Invasion on Debut Record

By Bob Ruggiero
Feb 4, 2021

Nashville, Tennessee—the home of country music—might seem like an odd place to start a band writing and playing original music in the sonic style of mid-‘60s British Invasion bands. But that’s exactly what Judd Fuller and Dana Radford decided to do—albeit with a little help from copious amounts of fermented...
The Real School of Rock Beefs Up Its Curriculum

By Bob Ruggiero
Nov 24, 2020

Jason Hanley, Ph.D., says he’s used to the reaction. As the VP of Education and Visitor Engagement at Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, he’s attended plenty of educational conferences and meetings to let teachers and school administrators know about Rock Hall EDU, the educational component of...
During COVID, Houston’s Influencers Use TikTok to Connect to a Local Audience

By Anna Ta
Nov 13, 2020

To the uninitiated, TikTok is a platform for teens to share 30 second dance routines and memes. To the addicted, well, it depends. Are you on DIY TikTok? Straight TikTok? Or maybe your algorithm has stumbled onto Kameron Whiteside’s videos and you’ve found Houston real estate TikTok. Whiteside, as fitting...
Going Virtual with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

By Bob Ruggiero
Nov 3, 2020

Since the first event in 1986, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony has taken place in different cities (New York, Los Angeles, and Cleveland). It’s been televised or not televised, shown live or later, and in its entirety or edited. It has even occurred before there even...
Privacy Advocates Question Police Partnerships with Amazon Ring

By Schaefer Edwards
Sep 1, 2020

From voice-activated speakers that can scrape the web for all kinds of info to home security systems that trigger email alerts when motion detectors are set off and smartphone apps that constantly accumulate user location data, it’s undeniable that there are more devices collecting more information on more everyday people...
Taylor Swift's Folklore is Whatever Story You Need It To Be

By Cory Garcia
Jul 27, 2020

She’s a snake, even if she’s never broken your trust. She’s your best friend, sharing her secrets in your ear. She’s a good role model, the girl next door you want your kid to be. She’s too outspoken and needs to stay in her lane. She tries too hard and...
With Live Gigs Scarce, Comic-Songwriter Robert Price Goes Digital with “Heartbreak” Album

By Vic Shuttee
Mar 25, 2020

“Every song is like a little play you don’t have to go to. Which is really convenient, because now we can’t!"
Social Media Is Changing Us Some More

By Kate McLean
Mar 11, 2020

“I love you Gramma,” a toddler sputters from her high chair, followed with an impromptu giggle: 201 likes. (Two-year old grandson opens a bag of flour—it goes everywhere—and he looks up wide-eyed.): 157 likes. In the day or so since posting, ticks begin to dwindle as does the excitement of...
Internet Pop Sensation Kero Kero Bonito Thrill Fans on Chilly Night

By Carlos Brandon
Nov 9, 2019

Nothing makes the world feel smaller and more connected like niche internet fandoms. Transcending borders, cultures, even language, the fanatic devotion of online followings is a fascinating and rather heartwarming side-effect of a perpetually logged-on world. At the same time, nothing makes one feel older than standing in a crowd...
DarkZero is a Houston-Based Esports Team That's Dominating the Competition

By Carlos Brandon
Sep 30, 2019

On a quiet tree-lined street in Houston, somewhere in the Heights, a top-ranked professional esports team just dominated a regular season match to retain first place in their North American league. "We're technically the only esports team in Houston," jokes DarkZero team owner Zach Matula. While the former energy and...
Well-known Illustrator Mary Engelbreit Has No Patience With Donald Trump

By Jef Rouner
Jul 29, 2019

Odds are you had a Mary Engelbreit calendar or children’s book she illustrated at some point in your life. Her style is sweet, homey, and inoffensive. You’d think if anyone was keeping her head down and going about her kitschy business in the Age of Trump it would be the...
Wrapping Up the ESPN Collegiate Esports Championships at Comicpalooza

By Carlos Brandon
May 13, 2019

Comicpalooza and ESPN brought the inaugural Collegiate Esports Championships to Houston with a spectacular live studio arena and a Twitch stream viewed by thousands. The event was the first of its kind and the first major esports tournament hosted by ESPN's recently developed esports division. Over three days of match...