A Beautiful Noise
Created in collaboration with Neil Diamond, one of America’s greatest songwriters and performers, this feel-good true story is about the Brooklyn boy whose immigrant Polish and Russian parents who escaped…
Branford Marsalis and Dianne Reeves Bring Coltrane’s Centennial to Silky Life
Swaying to Branford Marsalis’s silky saxophone, I thought of the grand weeping willows lining the Hudson River in upstate New York. Rooted and graceful, their branches move with the breeze,…
Opening the Season at ATX Jazz and Chamber Music
ATX Music opened its 2026–27 season on September 12 at the Mansion with an impressive ensemble of musicians: violinists Stefan Jackiw and Geoffrey Herd, pianist Anna Petrova, violist Milena Pajaro-van…
From the Church to Carnegie Hall
A discussion and personality profile of Karen Uslin The improbable road to a stage that turned out to be home Karen Uslin does not describe her career as a plan.…
Flamenco at The Rosette: Carlos Piñana & Miguel Angel
Carlos Piñana (l) and Miguel Ángel (right) I’m writing this piece after the fact. One of Spain’s greatest, Carlos Piñana, if not “the greatest” flamenco guitarist, along with master percussionist…
Voices of Austin: A New Album Asks What the Live Music Capital Actually Sounds Like
A compilation released on May 29 makes an argument I have watched build for fifteen years. Voices of Austin, an eight-track album from South Austin studio Driftwork Sound, features musicians…
THEY CANNOT ERASE US: Austin Gay Men’s Chorus
At a performance this weekend, the Austin Gay Men’s Chorus laid down a marker to all who oppose gay rights: They Cannot Erase Us! This concert is a bold choice,…
DALLAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: 125 Years
Celebrating its 125th anniversary season, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra is now led by Grammy Award-winning Italian conductor Fabio Luisi. The DSO traces its origins to a concert given by a…
Soul and Broadway Converge
If you were in the audience at ZACH Theatre for the one-night-only concert “A Little Bit of Broadway, A Whole Lotta Soul,” you already knew what you were getting —…
A LOVE STORY: Pride Chorus Houston style
In some sense, it was a One-Night Stand. Pride Chorus Houston’s offering of love was so good, one must lament that it was only staged once. The easiest way to…