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Victoria Celestine: From the Outsidenew
You may have heard of 15-year-old Victoria Celestine. When she was 14 (and known as Victoria Zaleski), she recorded a handful of tracks with producer Gordon Raphael and did a few well-received acoustic shows here and there.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
11-28-2011 |
Reviews
Rory Block: The Headlinernew
"In 1964 I first heard Robert Johnson," Rory Block told the Current. "I was 14 in 1964, and I immediately felt that he was the greatest blues genius I had ever heard."
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
11-17-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
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
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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
R.E.M.: Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbagenew
I'll never forgive Michael Stipe for once saying that the Beatles sounded like "elevator music" to his ears. What I will forgive him for is continuing R.E.M. even after drummer Bill Berry left in 1997.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
11-16-2011 |
Reviews
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
Jenn Alva (Girl In A Coma) on The Smiths Box Setnew
"You've Got Everything Now." You would if a complete box set of every Smiths album is your ultimate ambition.
San Antonio Current |
Jenn Alva |
11-10-2011 |
Reviews
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
Memory of a Melody: Things That Make You Screamnew
San Antonio has never had a dearth of talent, but few bands have possessed the potential to break into national or international consciousness the way Memory of a Melody does.
San Antonio Current |
Gonzalo E. Pozo |
11-10-2011 |
Reviews
Florence + The Machine: Ceremonialsnew
With her stunning 2009 debut, Lungs, Florence Welch proved she had the pipes, the songs, and enough musicians around her to give you explosions and silences.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
11-10-2011 |
Reviews
U2: Achtung Baby (20th Anniversary Edition)new
Achtung Baby, described by Bono as "the sound of four men chopping down The Joshua Tree," was U2's first great reinvention, and their message to the '90s: "We're not going anywhere."
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
11-10-2011 |
Reviews
The Beach Boys: The Smile Sessionsnew
The Beach Boys' Smile long loomed as pop's greatest unfinished masterwork, before the weight of its ambitions took both Smile and the Beach Boys down with it.
San Antonio Current |
J.D. Swerzenski |
11-09-2011 |
Reviews
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
White Denim: Takes Places in Your Work Space EPnew
Standard EP recipe: Add album rejects, studio scraps, perhaps one or two über-experimental tracks, stir for 15-30 minutes, and serve quickly to fans impatient for the next full-length.
San Antonio Current |
J.D. Swerzenski |
11-03-2011 |
Reviews
