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Sarah & Octopusnew
Sarah & Octopus have jazz chops and tons of ambition, and their complex pieces can wear you out with their car-crash meter shifts and wild leaps across the harmonic spectrum.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
02-04-2009 |
Concerts
Tags: indie rock, Sarah & Octopus
Tejano Conjunto Festival Offers a History Lessonnew
When Juan Tejeda launched the festival in 1982, he was consciously battling negative stereotypes about conjunto, and eager to prove that this music deserved to be regarded as art.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
05-07-2008 |
Concerts
Absolutely No Ideanew
The avant-garde No Idea Festival's early editions focused primarily on Texas artists, but founder Chris Cogburn has broadened the geographic and cultural range of the festival considerably this year.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
02-13-2008 |
Concerts
Tags: No Idea Festival, concerts
International Accordion Festival Squeezes San Antonionew
The accordion is like a rare flower that only grows in a very specific climate. Wherever the accordion thrives, you find the same conditions: an unlikely mix of wildly disparate cultures that somehow landed in the same spot, and restless, innovative musicians.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
10-10-2007 |
Concerts
Seven-Day Weekend: SA Indie Fest vs. SXSWnew
It says something about the festival's obstacles that the possibility of getting sued by the Austin giant doesn't even rank among their biggest worries.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
03-07-2007 |
Concerts
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