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Houston Concert Watch 6/8: Bun B, Machine Gun Kelly, and More

By Tom Richards

Jun 8, 2022

One of the greatest things about being a music fan in Houston — aside from the high quality of local artistry — is that choices abound. Whether your tastes run from rap to rock to blues, there is a show for you this week. Cases in point: Hot on the...

Kenny Loggins is Still Alright

By Bob Ruggiero

Jun 6, 2022

Tom Cruise and Kenny Loggins are forever intertwined in pop culture by the 1986 high-flying action flick Top Gun. The actor as the star and driving onscreen force, and the musician for his distinctive performance of the film’s theme song, “Danger Zone.” But the pair had never actually met in...

Hey, The Kids Like It: Marshmello at RodeoHouston

By Cory Garcia

Mar 19, 2022

Marshmello NRG Stadium March 18, 2K22 I don't remember a lot about my first concert. I know it was Green Day with The Riverdales opening, it was at the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, and I went with my Aunt Regan, my hip, rock and roll aunt. I remember young...

Andrés Fest: A Symphonic Celebration Is A Noteworthy Display Of Might

By Sam Byrd

Mar 15, 2022

One of Houston Symphony's most notable figures, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, is wrapping up his eight-year tenure as Music Director. As a celebration, the organization announced full programming for a two-week festival, “Andrés Fest: A Symphonic Celebration,” starting March 18. The festival’s performances feature repertoire associated with the conductor’s time with the organization, including two world premieres, and solo performances.

Bun B Shows The Power of Houston Hip Hop With His Star Studded Rodeo Takeover

By DeVaughn Douglas

Mar 12, 2022

The sound of the crowd roaring vibrated off the cinderblock walls as fans in NRG Stadium jumped to their feet. Three candy-colored slabs rode through the dirt around the rotating, star shaped stage, kicking up dust as their drivers hit switches making them jump and pop trunk. E.S.G stood proudly...

Sur Fest Shines A Light On Houston's Latin Rock

By Gladys Fuentes

Feb 25, 2022

There is no denying the strong Latino presence in our city. Every day individuals come to Houston from Central and South America looking for a better future bringing with them their own cultures while adapting to their new environment. One music festival has been celebrating the city’s Latino music community...

Debunking The Many When We Were Young Conspiracies

By Cory Garcia

Jan 21, 2022

There’s a lot of money to be made selling you your past. Long before culture critics were wringing their hands over the lack of new ideas on the big screen and the endless parade of reboots on the small screen, the music industry was reselling the masses their teen years...

Upcoming Houston Food Events: Holiday Ice Cream, 2021 New Year's Eve Fireworks at POST

By Lorretta Ruggiero

Dec 16, 2021

Mark your calendars because you don't want to miss these deliciously fun culinary happenings: Craft Creamery, 1338 Westheimer, will be offering its limited edition holiday flavors through December 31 in store. Ice cream lovers can revel in delicious tastes such as Candy Cane, Eggnog, Gingerbread and its newest flavor "Chestnuts...

An All Access Ticket to the Rock Show—From Those Who Were There

By Bob Ruggiero

Nov 18, 2021

It’s common among a performer or band’s superfans to note something along the lines of “Yeah, their studio albums are great. But you really need to see them live.” Outside of the different sheen a live performance can put on a song though, that’s not the reason people go to...

Slipknot Binds Its Fans Together

By Tom Richards

Oct 30, 2021

Slipknot spooked the crowd during their visit to the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion.

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...

Everclear Revisits a '90s "Summerland" on Festival Tour

By Bob Ruggiero

Jul 6, 2021

He's most associated with cities on the far west coast like Portland, L.A., and "Santa Monica." But if Art Alexakis says from the stage that “It’s great to be back in Houston,” he wants you to know it’s not just rote stage banter; he means it. Beginning in the spring...

Music Returns to Tomball Depot with Rails & Tails Mudbug Festival [UPDATED]

By Bob Ruggiero

Apr 29, 2021

While the phrase “May Day” typically signals a distress call from a ship or boat, it’s also the traditional nomenclature for May 1 in the calendar year. And for Ted Lee, co-founder/bassist for the Cajun-centric band Bayou Roux, this year’s May Day will be anything but stressful. In fact, he’s...

Ric Lee Still Drumming Away 55 Years After

By Bob Ruggiero

Apr 12, 2021

For more than a year now, musicians unable to play live shows have been forced to use virtual venues, performing everything from solo acoustic shows filmed with a shaky iPhone to full-blown professionally shot band concerts on large stages. It also means that Ric Lee, drummer for classic rockers Ten...

Musical Comic Matt Griffo Leads a Night of Tunes, Visual Art and Humor at Studio Regina

By Vic Shuttee

Apr 7, 2021

Whether it’s Second City or other groups... seeing how people persevere in improv, where they’re still saying ‘we’re gonna make stuff!’ To see them persevering, I think has been really great.

Album Review: Kikagaku Moyo Evolve in Live at Levitation

By Connor Fields

Feb 11, 2021

In treading through the annals of rock music, it’s hard to argue that any approach to the genre has been more persistent than psychedelic-rock. From the jangling opening riff of 13th Floor Elevators’ “You’re Gonna Miss Me,” to the outpouring of groups that flocked to Haight-Ashbury in the late-60s (therein forging a widespread counterculture), to the shoegaze sounds that swept the U.K. throughout the 90s, rock artists have continuously found new ways to interpret the ever-malleable, wide-ranging sound of psychedelic music. Aside from modern pop’s incorporation (*cough* appropriation) of the genre’s aesthetic, the national craze around this music and its culture is clearly not as prevalent as it once was, when thousands of young Americans blew off their middle-class expectations for the Learyology of “dropping out and tuning in”. Since the start of the decade, however, a more subtle independent scene has been brewing...

Kam Franklin & Friends Invite Viewers To The Polls With Online Festival

By Gladys Fuentes

Oct 23, 2020

With Texas leading the country in early voting turnout and Houston alone surpassing 700,000 early votes since voting began last week, it seems all of this year's turmoil has not been in vain. Kam Franklin of The Suffers has partnered with HeadCount, a nonprofit promoting voter registration, and Musik Houston,...

Austin City Limits Music Festival Cancelled for 2020

By Margaret Downing

Jul 1, 2020

Organizers of the Austin City Limits Music Festival have just announced the annual event won't be happening in 2020. Without ever mentioning the words "coronavirus" or "COVID-19" the organizers say: "We would have loved to put on another memorable show this year, however, with the uncertainty surrounding the current situation in...

Another Madness Monday: Madness On Main Continues Their Weekly Livestreams [UPDATED]

By Gladys Fuentes

Jun 1, 2020

Local music festival Madness on Main was due to mark its sixth year this month but like everyone else, it has had to adapt to the times. The yearly event focuses on local and Gulf Coast region bands and was founded to draw attention to Houston’s vibrant local music scene...

Alas Poor Yorick, No Houston Shakespeare Festival This Year. or Texas Music Festival.

By Margaret Downing

Apr 3, 2020

The University of Houston has decided to postpone its much-beloved Houston Shakespeare Festival scheduled for July and August and its Texas Music Festival scheduled for June because of the coronavirus. In a group letter signed by leaders in the McGovern College of the Arts at UH, the writers say that...

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