Music Matters

Music Pick of the Week: Gotta Lovett

By Michael D. Clark

Oct 26th, 2009 at 2:58 PM

Lyle Lovett, “Natural Forces” (Lost Highway)  Stevie Ray Vaughan and Townes Van Zandt are martyred as Lone Star music royalty and Willie Nelson’s legend continues to reign over the ...

Best of the Bayou City

Lyle Lovett is the latest celeb to join myHouston campaign

By Caroline Gallay

Jan 14th, 2010 at 6:00 AM

The Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau has added Houston songster Lyle Lovett to its line-up of local celebs touting the city's appeal. Lovett says Houston's arts scene ...

The Grove

A gem of a restaurant in Discovery Green

1611 Lamar St.
Houston, TX 77010

Anderson Fair

A legendary hotspot for folk and country troubadours

2007 Grant
Houston, TX 77006

Houston folk legend hits the big screen

Anderson Fair gets its movie close-up as stars like Lyle Lovett come along

By Susan Darrow

Mar 23rd, 2010 at 2:33 PM

The opening words of For the Sake of the Song, the new documentary about Houston’s legendary folk venue Anderson Fair, make it clear that it’s been a long ...

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Tower of Power fights for America's most dissed city

By Michael D. Clark

Mar 11th, 2010 at 5:27 PM

In one of her more glib and misunderstood moments, 20th-century writer, art patron and all-around modern renaissance woman Gertrude Stein famously described Oakland, Calif. by declaring, "There's no there ...

Lyle Lovett approved

Nothing to sell but the Austin sound: Kelly Willis goes Lone Star at the Duck

By Michael D. Clark

Jul 10th, 2010 at 2:43 PM

As a college town, a state capital and the unofficial capital of Lone Star music, Austin is a town of out-of-towners. Youth head there to pursue academics, get drunk on ...

CultureMap Countdown

Dan Duncan's unexpected death, basketball & the latest on Twilight are week's top stories

By Clifford Pugh

Apr 4th, 2010 at 10:27 PM

For the week of March 28-April 3, these were the most read stories on CultureMap: 1. Billionaire Dan Duncan dies unexpectedly at his home 2. Who is Bree Tanner? Twilight ...

Hurricane Ike as a set designer

Little Texas-tied movies getting Monsters attention

By Joe Leydon

Mar 27th, 2010 at 5:32 PM

After an extended and exhausting slog through the “Infected Zone” — a humongous swath of Mexico that has been quarantined after squid-like extraterrestrials landed there as stowaways aboard a NASA space ...

Sound Check

My 10 favorite albums of 2009

By Michael D. Clark

Dec 22nd, 2009 at 8:00 AM

Even in a down year, picking the 10 best albums is always one of the hardest columns to write. In an excellent music year like 2009 it’s nearly impossible ...

Great loves & great tragedies

Always unapologetic about the Gary Cooper affair: Remembering Patricia Neal & her feisty Houston visit

By Joe Leydon

Aug 9th, 2010 at 9:39 PM

As a long-time admirer of Patricia Neal’s accomplishments as an actor and courage as a survivor — and, yes, as someone whose early adolescent lust was inflamed by the cynically ...

For the Sake of the Story

Director Bruce Bryant: Anderson Fair is Houston's Preservation Hall

By Douglas Newman

Apr 9th, 2010 at 10:36 AM

I could use a little spin on a red brick floor In that crazy ol' bar when Tim locks the door Where the walls are gonna ring and the strings ...

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Most read Stories of the Week

CultureMap readers can't get enough of Beyoncé, Tiger & Anderson Fair

By Clifford Pugh

Apr 11th, 2010 at 10:34 PM

CultureMap readers can't get enough of Beyoncé. Her unexpected appearance at the River Oaks tennis tournament was the most-read story of the week. But a review of the new ...

Sound Check

Houston music is rooted in tradition

By Michael D. Clark

Nov 17th, 2009 at 5:50 AM

It doesn't have the flash of Los Angeles, the celebrated pedigree of Nashville or Memphis or even the cool points of our Texas sibling city, Austin. But perk up ...

tallying up success

$680 million reasons to boast: Annise Parker knows she's raised Houston's coolness factor

By Steven Thomson

Aug 12th, 2010 at 10:28 PM

Fiscal year 2009-2010 is in the books, and the numbers are in for the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau (GHCVB). At the bureau's annual meeting Thursday afternoon, members ...

Move over Slovakia

Think local, not global: WorldFest brings a Texas vibe

By Joe Leydon

Apr 8th, 2010 at 8:10 PM

Films from as far away as Slovakia, Singapore and Sri Lanka will be unspooled during the 2010 edition of the WorldFest/Houston International Film Festival. But this year’s fest ...

Music Matters

Your weekend music guide to iFest: Are you ready to street party?

By Michael D. Clark

Apr 17th, 2010 at 7:54 AM

I'm cheating a bit by making the entire Houston International Festival (iFest) my concert pick for the weekend. With eight live music and performance stages showcasing Grade-A talent from ...

Scenes from SXSW

Who needs credentials? At South by Southwest, the best in free music abounds

By Susan Darrow

Mar 21st, 2010 at 11:42 AM

If you were looking to catch popular acts at South By Southwest (SXSW) Music this week in Austin without a conference badge or wristband, there was no need to queue ...

Music Matters

"No shows" hurt Houston music scene: Support these concert picks of the week

By Michael D. Clark

Feb 25th, 2010 at 3:36 PM

OK, CultureMappers. If I'm going to kvetch when local live music promoters don't deliver enough acts to the fourth largest city in the United States, I must wag ...