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Lightnin' Hopkins

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2011

    Sunday at Hardly Strictly: Gomez, Justin Townes Earle, and Bela Fleck Help Fuel the Good Vibes

    Gomez Justin Townes Earle Zakir Hussein, Bela Fleck, and Edgar Meyer Devil Makes Three The Swanson Family Band October 2, 2010 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Better than: Smuggling vodka into Outside Lands. "This is so much better than Outside Lands!" a girl squealed Sunday after exiting a line of por ... More >>

  • Film

    May 11, 2011

    "Everything Must Go": Will Ferrell Stops Mugging for Down-and-Out Drama

    Gomez Justin Townes Earle Zakir Hussein, Bela Fleck, and Edgar Meyer Devil Makes Three The Swanson Family Band October 2, 2010 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Better than: Smuggling vodka into Outside Lands. "This is so much better than Outside Lands!" a girl squealed Sunday after exiting a line of por ... More >>

  • Film

    April 6, 2011

    Arthouse Movie Listings for April 6-12, 2011

    Gomez Justin Townes Earle Zakir Hussein, Bela Fleck, and Edgar Meyer Devil Makes Three The Swanson Family Band October 2, 2010 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Better than: Smuggling vodka into Outside Lands. "This is so much better than Outside Lands!" a girl squealed Sunday after exiting a line of por ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2009

    Track of the Day: Black Joe Lewis

    The new breed of fiery soul singers isn't exclusively female. For example, give a listen to Austin's Black Joe Lewis, a young man who takes his cues from James Brown and Lightnin' Hopkins to produce some raw, sweaty, rockin' soul music. He doesn't mind swearing up a storm in some organ-driven funk ( ... More >>

  • Music

    January 14, 2009

    Willie Nelson: The Herbal Hillbilly Sinatra

    The new breed of fiery soul singers isn't exclusively female. For example, give a listen to Austin's Black Joe Lewis, a young man who takes his cues from James Brown and Lightnin' Hopkins to produce some raw, sweaty, rockin' soul music. He doesn't mind swearing up a storm in some organ-driven funk ( ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2008

    The Top 10 Reissues of 2008

    By Chris Gray It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, ... More >>

  • Music

    November 26, 2008

    Holly Golightly

    Dirt Don't Hurt (Transdreamer)

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2007
  • Film

    September 26, 2007

    Repertory Film Listing

    Dirt Don't Hurt (Transdreamer)

  • Music

    January 4, 2006

    A Pack of Mutts

    Dirt Don't Hurt (Transdreamer)

  • Music

    September 7, 2005

    Bob Dylan

    No Direction Home: The Soundtrack

  • Music

    April 2, 2003

    Townes Van Zandt

    For the Sake of the Song | Our Mother the Mountain

  • Film

    November 20, 2002

    Reps Etc.

    For the Sake of the Song | Our Mother the Mountain

  • Film

    November 20, 2002

    Deep Westurn

    Carpenter, high school teacher, painter, filmmaker: the experimental movies of Robert Nelson

  • Music

    October 11, 2000

    Digging Up Roots

    How Chris Strachwitz sparked a music revolution by releasing obscure, vernacular music

  • Music

    July 26, 2000

    A Brand-New Case

    With the new wave Plimsouls (and Plimsouls reunion) behind him, Peter Case is returning to his folk roots

  • Music

    March 1, 2000

    Riff Raff

    Mark Eitzel at Hotel Utah, Clit Stop, Arhoolie Records' 40th Birthday

  • Music

    June 2, 1999

    The House of Tudor

    Mark Eitzel at Hotel Utah, Clit Stop, Arhoolie Records' 40th Birthday

  • Music

    March 3, 1999

    Another Crossroads

    Former Sister Double Happiness frontman Gary Floyd re-confronts his (and America's) musical roots

  • Music

    February 17, 1999

    Reviews

    Former Sister Double Happiness frontman Gary Floyd re-confronts his (and America's) musical roots

  • Music

    February 3, 1999

    Chasing History

    For 40 years, Arhoolie Records' Chris Strachwitz has worked to make unknown roots music (almost) famous

  • Calendar

    November 20, 1996

    Night+Day

    For 40 years, Arhoolie Records' Chris Strachwitz has worked to make unknown roots music (almost) famous

  • Music

    May 22, 1996

    Recordings

    For 40 years, Arhoolie Records' Chris Strachwitz has worked to make unknown roots music (almost) famous

  • Music

    March 6, 1996

    Revival Meeting

    HighTone Records' Roadhouse Revival Tour

  • Music

    March 1, 1995

    White-boy blues

    The life and times of Preacher Boy and the Natural Blues

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