S.A. to La.: Music on the Move
The latest ambassadors of the varied San Antonio sound are the women of Mariachi Las Alteñas. The all-female mariachi group will perform April 27 and 28 during the annual Festival International de...
View ArticleBill Carter/Blame headed to Letterman
It’s no secret television talk show host David Letterman likes Texas singing songwriters. He’s had several of them on his CBS show Late Night with David Letterman. Ray Wylie Hubbard and his band paid a...
View ArticleJosabi’s goes all out for 2013 concert series
Josabi’s, the big concert/multi-use venue at 17200 Texas 16 N (Bandera Road) in Helotes, has announced it 2013 concert series. Yes, there are notable acts on the bill. The season kicks off on March 9...
View ArticleSouth By Southwest: Traffic and One Liners
AUSTIN – On the one hand, organizers of South By West, the big music, media, interactive, film, tech
View ArticleSouth By Southwest: Traffic, One Liners (Take 2)
AUSTIN – On the one hand, organizers of South By Southwest, the big music, media, interactive, film, tech, etc. conference once known as Spring Break for the music industry, has the nuts and bolts of...
View ArticleSouth By Southwest: Least Enviable Friday Showcase (Take 2)
AUSTIN – At South By Southwest it’s unlikely there’s a perfect showcase time. With somewhere in the vicinity of a bazillion acts doing official and unofficial shows, every artist will be going up...
View Article“Rising Rock” at Hard Rock Cafe
First there were 12,000. That’s correct, Hard Rock Café’s “Hard Rock Rising” international battle of the bands drew 12,000 entrants. Fans voting on Hard Rock’s Facebook page have been steadily...
View ArticleTexas Top Hands bus fuss
A 1948-model tour bus carried the storied San Antonio-based Texas Top Hands band from dance hall to dance hall for years. It’s spent the past decade-and-a-half parked alongside The Broken Spoke dance...
View ArticleMason Ruffner is back with the blues
On Sunday, Mother’s Day, at Gruene Hall, Mom, and anyone else within earshot beginning at 5 p.m., will be able to hear the kind of blues/rock that’s just not heard every day in these parts. One of the...
View ArticleBarry Manilow concert: Postponed
Barry Manilow: Postponed (Rick Diamond/WireImage) Pop pianist, singer and songwriter Barry Manilow has postponed his Texas dates, including a concert scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the...
View ArticleHyperbubble meets Ian Rubbish
If you’re looking for a summer anthem, Hyperbubble has delivered. The S.A.-based electro-pop/dance music duo, the wife/husband team of Jess and Jeff DeCuir, is offering a free download of their bouncy,...
View ArticleAward-winning Gospel music
The gospel choir at Philadelphia Seventh-day Adventist Church (of San Antonio, not Philadelphia, Pa.) won $5,000 after taking first place on May 18 in the American Sunrise “Rise Up and Sing” Gospel...
View ArticleLil’ Band O’ Gold and Robert Plant
The good news is Robert Plant is touring with his Sensational Shape Shifters. The bad news is he and the band aren’t touring through San Antonio. Plant and the Shape Shifters are working the Palladium...
View ArticleBrent Watkins Trio and more S.A. jazz
Going up against a nationally televised San Antonio Spurs game is a tough thing to do at any time in the basketball season. Going up against the San Antonio Spurs vs. The Miami Heat in the NBA Finals,...
View ArticleGruene Hall and Americana music know how to help
Americana music and Gruene Hall, the historic dance hall in New Braunfels, have been an excellent fit for decades. Gruene Hall was staging top-flight American roots music long before the term Americana...
View ArticleRichard Garza: Memorial Service Set
Drummer/trumpet player Richard Garza, far left in this Dell Kings reunion photo taken last month at the South Texas Popular Culture Center, died last week of a heart attack. Garza’s memorial service...
View ArticleR.I.P. Barbara Wolfe
Barbara Wolfe, who, with her husband Steve Silbas, owned Casbeers on Blanco Road and on South Alamo Street (which became San Antone Cafe and Concerts) died Monday morning after a battle with cancer....
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