AltWeeklies Wire
The Only Solid Fact About Robert Johnson is his Music — Everything Else is up for Grabsnew
Robert Johnson might the be the most effective musician in history. He died at 27 and only had 29 known recordings (16 of them produced in San Antonio); his music wasn’t widely played during his lifetime, and few facts are known about his life.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
11-17-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Robert Johnson
Rich DelGrosso/Jonn Del Toro Richardson: The Opening Actnew
Houston musicians Rich DelGrosso (mandolin, pictured at left) and John Del Toro Richardson (guitar) teamed up on the recent Time Slips On By, a collaboration of original Delta blues songs, and they bring the product of their partnership to San Antonio this weekend.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
11-17-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Bryan Hamilton's Trials with Modernitynew
Producer Bryan Hamilton sleeps on the floor. He has no job and only a few months left in his unemployment benefits. But he's optimistic.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
11-10-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
The New Terrordome: Why Public Enemy Still Mattersnew
Things have cooled somewhat for Public Enemy, the self-proclaimed “Prophets of Rage.” They made five albums post-2000, all of which failed to match the impact of their first turn-of-the-’90s dynasty.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
11-03-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Gospel According to Kirk Franklinnew
I know, I know. The Christian music scene has made great advancements in the area of production, the religious albums sound great and now go toe-to-toe with the seculars, and blah blah blah.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
11-03-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Public Enemy’s Chuck D — Still Angry After 24 Yearsnew
Anytime I receive a second-rate demo by a third-rate rapper, my first reaction is to grab him by the throat and ask, “Have you heard about Mandela? Have you read Malcolm X? Have you ever listened to Public Enemy?”
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
11-02-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Public Enemy, Chuck D
Pillow Talk Embraces the Suck with an Easy Country Temponew
Generally, musicians and music fans fall into two camps: those who believe that creativity has a shelf life and those who don’t. In the case of Pillow Talk’s Jerid Morris, 29, losing one’s creative edge is just part of growing up.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
10-20-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Portugal. The Man Tumble in the Texas Roughnew
Back in 2010, Portugal. The Man (intentionally punctuated) got roughed up by Texas and were better for the wear. Sort of.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
10-06-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Founding Father of H-Town Rap Keeps Pluggin’ in ‘Wicked’ Industrynew
Learning about K-Rino (born Eric Kaiser) involves re-evaluating what it means to be hardcore. All Music Guide attributes 24 releases to him in 16 years.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
09-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Say Revenge! debuts with a fun — and furious — shit-talking albumnew
The women of Say Revenge! — half of the co-ed foursome — are the type that, no matter what they say to you, always seem on the verge of laughter.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
09-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Chemistry and chaos help lift the Ground’s art-rocknew
If the Ground were known by any other name, one might consider Points of Contention.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
09-08-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Ground
Glambilly Reaches a Mature Frenzied State with White BBQ Saucenew
Hans Frank feeds off criticism, crafting it into art.
San Antonio Current |
David H. Monnich |
08-22-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Indie-Rock Group Takes Arts Advocacy on Tournew
Let’s play which one of these ones isn’t like the other ones.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
08-17-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Remembering ‘El Parche’ a Year After His Deathnew
August 13 will mark the first anniversary of the death of accordion legend Esteban “Steve” Jordan.
San Antonio Current |
Pedro Villarreal |
08-16-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Mega Man Celebrate 8-Bit While Calling it Quitsnew
Here’s something you may not expect from the members of synth-rock video-game cover outfit Mega Man.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
07-29-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
