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Amazon Prime and the SXSW Film Festival have teamed up to bring 39 films to audiences for free from April 27-May 6.

Amazon Prime Helps Bring The SXSW Film Festival To Audiences At Home

By Gladys Fuentes

Apr 27, 2020

With the decision to cancel SXSW this year also came the decision to cancel the SXSW Film festival, leaving participating filmmakers with little to no options to find an audience for their films. The SXSW Film Festival was the first film festival to cancel instead of postponing their event during...

New York based duo, LEYA will perform at Rudyard's Saturday March 14.

Beautiful Noise: LEYA Finds Ground Between Worlds [UPDATED]

By Gladys Fuentes

Mar 12, 2020

With the decision to cancel SXSW, bands from all over the world and venues in Austin are trying to fill in the gaps and make due with the current situation they find themselves in. One of those bands is New York-based experimental duo, LEYA who had been accepted as an...

Living legend, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, will appear at the screening of Ramblin' Jack Elliott: A Texas Ramble September 5 and perform at the Mucky Duck September 6

Born To Ramble: Ramblin' Jack Elliott Rambles To Houston For Two Special Events

By Gladys Fuentes

Aug 30, 2019

Ramblin’ Jack Elliott is the Holy Grail of folk music. His long career has been honored, studied and copied by artists since the ‘50s, with his most famous apprentice by far being a young Bob Dylan. The 88-year-old rambler will be passing through our town yet again for two special...

Was his character critical to the plot? It doesn't matter when John Williams does the score.

5 Best Bets This Weekend in Houston: Houston's B-Day, Murals and a Lost Ark

By Susie Tommaney

Aug 29, 2019

We're casting a wider net this weekend, but it's all for a good reason. There's a chance to hear John Williams' epic score for Raiders of the Lost Ark in The Woodlands and a stop in Galveston to celebrate the 125th anniversary of The Grand 1894 Opera House. Closer to home,...

Ben Jaffe (with tuba) and Charlie Gabriel (with clarinet) of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band lead an impromptu New Orleans-style "Second Line" march through a neighborhood in Cuba.

MFAH Puts "Jazz on Film" and In Your Ear

By Bob Ruggiero

May 30, 2019

For the seventh anniversary of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s “Jazz on Film” series, Founder and Curator Peter Lucas has once again put together a screening schedule as varied as the music itself. Running over three weekends, it includes a mixture of material from the Jimmy Stewart drama Anatomy...

Pokey LaFarge returns to Houston's Continental Club for a solo show.

Gimme That Old Time Religion: Pokey LaFarge Will Perform Solo This Weekend

By Gladys Fuentes

May 30, 2019

Pokey LaFarge has often been accused of pining for the past. A snapshot of LaFarge and his music could easily be confused for a picture of someone who lived long ago, but speaking with the artist is it very clear that he has both feet planted firmly in the present...

Montopolis, the rock and roll chamber, orchestra will perform at the MFAH.

An Interactive Experience: Montopolis Performing the Legend of Big Bend at the MFAH

By Gladys Fuentes

Apr 22, 2019

Every Texan knows when to clap during “Deep in the Heart of Texas” but not every Texan has had the chance to see the stars burn big and bright. Montopolis, an Austin based rock and roll chamber orchestra, is bringing The Legend of Big Bend to Houston’s MFAH, bright stars...

The Houston Symphony performs John Williams' epic score from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope during a screening and live concert, March 22-24.

10 Best Bets This Weekend in Houston: Star Wars in Concert and at Rice Owls

By Susie Tommaney

Mar 21, 2019

We're just months away from celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, though we're never too far from that final frontier here in Space City. This weekend brings a Star Wars themed concert and screening with Houston Symphony, dueling lightsabers at Rice Owls, and a sci-fi dance of...

Eclectic Instrumentation creates the unique sound that is loosely named, "World Music."

Go Global: Five World Music Artists to Soothe Your Soul

By Lisa Strain

Dec 27, 2018

What is world music? According to Dictionary.com it is, “ traditional music from the developing world.” In a much broader sense, it is any and all music incorporating different styles from around the globe. It has been popularized in Western culture through pop stars such as Sting, Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon, and George Harrison.

The Broadway Princess are taking it from 54 Below to Houston Improv!

Disney Princesses Are Hosting The Most Magical Party In Town At Houston Improv

By Vic Shuttee

Oct 9, 2018

"The idea of Princesses extends both Broadway and Live Action Role Players," says Egan."I think we should throw them a party, give them another place to wear their dress!”

Millionaire industrialist Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder) surrounded by his immigrant, enslaved workforce, the Oompa Loompas.

Willy Wonka Comes to Town With Two Golden Ticket Winners in Tow

By Bob Ruggiero

Sep 5, 2018

In the world of pop culture, there are only a handful of things that Baby Boomers, Gen Xers, and Millennials can all agree upon for their level of sheer awesomeness. One would be the music of the Beatles, and another is Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Equal parts children’s...

Bill Frisell in his music/record room at home with a favorite guitar.

Bill Frisell: The Guitar Player's Guitar Player Focus of New Doc

By Bob Ruggiero

Jun 15, 2018

While he’s not a household name, among guitar players and fans of contemporary jazz, Bill Frisell’s reputation – like his playing – is clean, impeccable, and adventurous. That he also plays in other genres like classical, avant garde, Americana, rock, and world music only adds to his sonic pedigree. In...

"The Beatles Live at the Cavern" by Ron Campbell

How the Beatles Got 'Tooned in to the Times

By Bob Ruggiero

Feb 27, 2018

It’s not often that an artist has his work denigrated by the very subject of it and can laugh about it decades later. But that’s exactly what has happened to animator Ron Campbell, the director of “The Beatles” cartoon series. The Saturday morning show ran from 1965-69 and featured clean-cut,...

Relive the magic of Disney with Fantasia

Walking Brooms and Disney's Fantasia Come to Life with the Symphony

By Sam Byrd

Jan 3, 2018

The magic of Disney and the beauty of music will merge when the Houston Symphony presents Disney Fantasia - Film with Live Orchestra Jan. 5 - 7 at Jones Hall. The musicians will play the iconic score to selections from Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 while the movie plays on a screen above the orchestra.

Link Wray's unmistakable "Rumble" is a defining moment in early rock and roll. But its performer had to hide the fact that he was Native American.

RUMBLE Rocks with a Very Native Sound

By Bob Ruggiero

Sep 26, 2017

A fascinating and crucial music documentary exploring an area of rock and roll that hasn't been until now.

Reality Bites, which was shot and set in Houston, features an awesome soundtrack. If only the movie lived up to its musical counterpart.

When Bad Movies Happen to Good Soundtracks

By Clint Hale

Aug 17, 2017

Many times, a soundtrack far outpaces its cinematic counterpart. Like these.

Screaming at the Symphony With Harry Potter

By Jef Rouner

Jul 24, 2017

The audience participation was a little unexpected.

Don't miss your ticket to see one of the most successful films of the ’90s paired with a live score by the Houston Symphony.

Prepping Big-Screen Scores for the Symphony Is No Walk in Jurassic Park

By Sam Byrd

Jun 12, 2017

The Houston Symphony will screen Jurassic Park with the orchestra supporting the score on June 15 and 16.

Bruce Springsteen could have two Academy Awards on his mantle instead of one.

Eight Original-Song Oscar Snubs That Really Hurt

By Clint Hale

Feb 23, 2017

Some of these songs deserved to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song. But none of them were even nominated.

Hershey Felder Performs George Gershwin Alone in His Alley Theatre Debut

By Margaret Downing

May 26, 2015

George Gershwin, author of an outstanding song list that included “Someone to Watch Over Me,” “I Got Rhythm” and “Rhapsody in Blue,” died when he was only 38 in 1937 of a brain tumor. Hershey Felder, a Canadian who lives in New York and Paris, found himself fascinated by Gershwin’s...

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