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San Antonio Artists Will Deliver 2012new
San Antonio artists to deliver blizzard of tunes in the first quarter of 2012.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
01-19-2012 |
Music
Tags: San Antonio Music
Texas is Funny Showcase meets Mombazonew
Decisions, decisions… There are at least two great local multi-band concerts this Saturday, and they're appealing for different reasons.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopeteguin |
01-19-2012 |
Music
Reserve Space in Your Playlist Now for These Anticipated Albumsnew
The music industry showed signs of life in 2011: Adele sold 14.5 million copies of 21, and Apple, Spotify, Google, and others launched music cloud services in what may prove to be the biggest turning point for music since iTunes dropped in 2001.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
01-13-2012 |
Music
Tags: new music in 2012
Third Root’s ‘Winter in America’new
Though the year is just getting started, one of the most ambitious and original local collaborations of 2012 is bound to be Third Root, a project by Mojoe's Easy Lee (poet, author, and emcee) and Mexican Stepgrandfather (Marco Cervantes, an emcee who also teaches Mexican-American and Afro-Chicano history at UTSA).
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopeteguin |
01-13-2012 |
Music
Granddaddy Beethoven Getting Comprehensive Treatmentnew
Why Beethoven? Jack Fishman, president and CEO of the San Antonio Symphony, tells it like this: "I've often heard that the periods of music are: Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Beethoven, Romantic, and Contemporary.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
01-05-2012 |
Music
2011’s best music, from yacht-rock to kick-ass driving tunesnew
It was agreed by pretty much everybody that 2010 pretty much sucked, and 2011 was going to be the year that things got better.
San Antonio Current |
Chuck Kerr |
01-02-2012 |
Music
The best San Antonio albums of 2011new
Any local musician I spoke with in 2011 had to endure my persistent inquiring as to when their next LP would be delivered. Even when it was an EP about to drop, I'd ask, ask, and then ask their mothers.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
01-02-2012 |
Music
Tags: blowing trees, bryan hamilton
Favorite Sounds of 2011new
Songwriting, execution, production, lyrics… It all counts when choosing the “best” anything on anyone’s list. But ultimately it all comes down to vibes. The following list is as flawed, incomplete, and subjective as anybody’s, but hey, what can I do?
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
12-30-2011 |
Music
The leader of Trans-Siberian Orchestra reveals the magic of big catsnew
A year ago I sat at a deli and noticed what quite possibly was the greatest concert shirt ever made. On black cotton was a ferocious white tiger clawing an '80s style metal guitar, with crimson blood pouring out from the instrument's body.
San Antonio Current |
Jay Whitecotton |
12-22-2011 |
Music
The Nightmare Before Christmasnew
On the night of December 9, jazz pianist Jordan Pollard did something she had never done before: she left her Nord Electro 2 keyboard inside her car.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
12-22-2011 |
Music
The Wrath of Zeusnew
San Antonio rapper Carlton Zeus is no stranger to controversy.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
11-30-2011 |
Music
Bashing the Unabashed Contradiction that is Morrisseynew
Stephen Patrick Morrissey has been frustrating fans of over-warm New Wave smarm since his earliest work with The Cult’s Billy Duffy in that bloodless post-punk band called The Nosebleeds.
San Antonio Current |
Roberto Ontiveros |
11-10-2011 |
Music
Iconic Girl in a Coma Exorcises Their Demons to Deliver Their Best Album Yetnew
Girl in a Coma broke my heart. Jenn Alva (bass) and Phanie Díaz (drums) are eating meat again. “Oh, c’mon…” says Phanie. “It’s hard when you’re on the road.” Jenn tries to make me feel better: “We’re still not eating beef… We’re not there yet.”
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
10-27-2011 |
Music
Songstress Choffel Heading Eastnew
The national promise. It’s something entertainment journalists with local/regional beats get caught up in sometimes, wanting to see a deserving local act take off, making a name for themselves and their community.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
10-14-2011 |
Music
The International Accordion Festival’s Battles Economic, Legal Issuesnew
The financial crisis affects everyone, but non-profits are particularly susceptible — especially arts non-profits.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
10-06-2011 |
Music
Tags: La Santa Cecilia
