Austin Downtown Arts: Music

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Around the World in 80 Days
It might seem strange that a rocker from Holland and an army brat from Comanche, Texas, came together to help bring Spanish flamenco to Austin.

As SXSW Grows, So Do Its Alternatives
Rather than approaching SXSW as a kind of musical lottery, these alternatives show that it can be used as a hub for expanding artistic projects and resources.

Austin's Blues Family Tree
February 19-23 marks the 7th Annual African American History Month Concert Series, one of Austin's finest showcases for local and regional blues, jazz, and gospel artists.

Austin's Latin Music Fever
Once again, my friends, Latin American music has reared its head: dark skinned beauties, latin lovers, rich cigars, and all.

Austin's Place in Country Music
Music has long been the escape and solace of the working man. Grown out of the need for entertainment and a deep root in religion, country music, like so many others, began after a long hard day on the porches and in the homes of the rural south.

Clarksville Jazz Festival Preview
This June's Clarksville-West End Jazz and Arts Festival marks nine years for Austin's largest event for the jazz community.

Deep in the Heart of Something
Something about Bill Frisell: he's got some crazy vision running through his head.

Dreaming Habana Sunshine
Roy Hargrove is the trumpet-man's name. His band: Crisol. The song: "Mr. Bruce," track number five, featuring Chucho Valdes on piano. Buy it, get it, hear it, taste it.

Fredrick Sanders' Smile
Fredrick Sanders is a friendly, soft-spoken jazz pianist who has been a notable in Austin's growing jazz scene for the past three years.

Get Into the Groove Line
What's the bottom line for any serious funk band? Why, it's the groove line, of course. That would be the horn section.

Hot Buttered Rhythm
Hot Buttered Rhythm will be bringing down many a house in town.

I'll Be Home for Kwanzaa
The collective-unconscious theory of finance goes something like this: traveling through the Earth's troposphere is a jetstream through which moves a constant supply of cashflow.

Jazz Hall of Fame Inductees
In a year when the trumpet, violin and piano will be featured by legendary and soon-to-be-legendary jazz musicians at the Clarksville Jazz Festival, the annual honors of induction into the Austin Jazz Hall of Fame will go to two local guitar heroes.

Musical Hero Returns to Austin
Just before Van Cliburn won the first Tchaikovsky competition in 1958, the United States and the Soviet Union were locked in the protracted, tiresome endgame of World War II: the Cold War.

The New Blues?
As an African American musician, I bemoan the low interest among my people and other people of color in jazz, its related forms and fundamental antecedent -- the blues.

Sebastian Campesi: Hidden Treasure
One gray afternoon in January, I had a reunion with my "adopted grandfather" and former fiddle teacher, Sebastian Campesi in San Antonio.

South by Southwest
As the South by Southwest Music and Media Conference draws nearer, we here at Austin Downtown Arts thought we'd give the folks over at the festival a chance to let us know what's on their minds, to counter the inevitable criticisms and tell us what to expect.

Women in Jazz
Case study: the female jazz singer. Sultry, just under boiling over. The queen of the smoke-filled room. Still dazzling, still mysterious.