Music
December 17, 2021
The Texan Who Saved the Beatles
In Peter Jackson’s documentary ‘The Beatles: Get Back,’ Houston-born pianist Billy Preston makes a strong case for himself as the fifth Beatle.
Rock and Roll
Music
June 30, 2021
Skid Row Front Man Johnny Solinger Was Rock and Roll Personified
The Dallas singer never quite became a huge star in his own right, but that didn't seem to bother him.
Music
November 6, 2014
Roll Over, Ike Turner
How a little-known Houston singer, songwriter, and guitarist named Goree Carter invented rock and roll.
The Culture
January 21, 2013
The Nuge’s Stranglehold
Ted Nugent, the unrepentant hunter and right-wing activist, grabs the media's attention with his political rhetoric, landing appearances on the Texas Tribune and CBS This Morning.
The Culture
January 16, 2012
VIDEO: Ben Kweller Releases a YouTube Video with Jason Schwartzman, Snowboarder Shaun White
The Greenville native and current Austinite tries his hand at Internet comedy to promote his new album.
The Culture
January 9, 2012
Elvis Presley’s Letter to Fort Hood Sergeant Up for Auction
Presley's 1958 letter to William Norwood is a rare artifact chronicling his connection to Fort Hood and Killeen.
Music
December 14, 2011
The Man Who Gave Buddy Holly His Glasses
The Wall Street Journal profiled 96-year-old Lubbock optometrist J. Davis Armistead, who outfitted the iconic musician with his famous specs.
Feature
May 31, 2011
Falling Comet
In 1955 Bill Haley’s “Rock Around the Clock” transformed the sound of popular music and made him an international star. Twenty-five years later he was forgotten, desperate, and dying in Harlingen. How did one of the fathers of rock and roll land so far outside the spotlight?
Buddy Holly
February 1, 2009
The Night the Music Died
Fifty years ago, a plane carrying Buddy Holly crashed in a remote Iowa cornfield. This month, hundreds of fans will gather at the ballroom where he played his final show to sing, dance, and mourn the greatest rock star ever to come out of Texas.
Music
April 30, 2000
And You Will Know Them By the Trail of Debt
What they lack in cash they make up for in cachet: on the road with the Trail of Dead, Austin's coolest punk rockers of the moment, as they head east in search of fans, fame, and a free place to crash.
Music
June 30, 1998
Soul Survivor
His mentor, Sam Cooke, is long dead, but Dallas’ Johnnie Taylor is alive and well and still living at the top of the charts.
Music
January 1, 1997
What a Hall!
Rock, don’t run, to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, where Texas greats from T-Bone Walker to Sly Stone get their due.
Music
September 30, 1996
CD and Book Reviews
Hot CDsSalt? Fat? Excess? You’ll get none of that from the women of Pork. On their second album, Slop (Emperor Jones/Trance Syndicate), the Austin trio gets maximum results from a minimalist approach. Like a modern-day Modern Lovers, the band has a simple, timeless garage-rock sound that thrives on a patchwork
Music
March 31, 1975
This‘ll Be the Day
In Lubbock Buddy Holly was just a skinny kid with glasses, but to rock-and-roll fans he was—and is—a whole lot more.