Saxophone great Coleman Hawkins helped to establish jazz as a stand-alone art form, separate from the popular swing music of the day.
With his originality, lyricism, and a keen sense for the latest trends, Hawkins' work was the foundation for bebop and the most expressive jazz ballads.
And yet, what is the price for a creative who expresses his art?
Thirty minutes left I scavenge through my house Grabbing my karaoke machine All my things I don’t want them to get wet or float away
Twenty-five minutes left A messed up pipe My house will become a swimming pool Then a memorial site to my family And a pile of dead rubble The walls breathe in water
Twenty minutes left I put on my jacket The one that I wore when we bought this house And stuff my pockets with everything I want to remember living here I want to bring it all
Your name means Night; mine is Song Together we used to fit like a puzzle Once upon a time we grew up happy; you the stars, I the starlight But I don’t know what happened to make that change
Suddenly the starlight--blotted out like a cloudy moon All that replaced it was a stormcloud That flashed with light, yes, but not the same light It’s now cold and angry--why?
To commemorate National Poetry Month, we've been airing poems by the students of Kealing Middle School's Blank Page writing program every day this April.
We're pretty proud of the lineup of talented Austinites we got to read those poems, including Patty Griffin, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Kathy Valentine, KUT's own John Aielli, and even Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell. Check out a video of our distinguished poetry readers below.
There have been many incarnations of The Intergalactic Nemesis over the years. The 1930s era science fiction story started life as a live radio serial staged in a coffee shop, then became an actual radio serial that ran right here on KUT many years ago. Then there was a revised version of the stage show, then a comic book series, and finally a live action graphic novel, which combines all the previous elements into a large-scale show that has toured the world.
But it’s never been captured for the screen until now. This Saturday at the old Austin City Limits Studio, The Intergalactic Nemesis will tape its newest incarnation before a live audience. The show will go back to its radio serial roots in a way, as it becomes a series of short web videos produced by KLRU and PBS. It'll also be available as a TV broadcast and a DVD.
For only their second outing, young theater company Soubrette Productions is taking on a challenging show: Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Assassins, a musical that examines the motivations behind the actions of attempted and successful assassins of American presidents. It's long been a controversial work, as it examines the history of and parallels between the men and women who were convinced that their violent actions were justified or even necessary.
The subject matter isn't the only difficult aspect of Assassins. It's also a pretty elaborate production, with a large principal cast and detailed costuming, sets, and props. All of this makes the production a challenge for the folks of Soubrette, but a challenge they were eager to undertake.
A young man about to go to war meets a young woman. They fall in love. A reckless, passionate affair follows. It lasts just a week, but it reverberates through six lifetimes.
That's just one layer of the narrative in a new novel by Austin author Justin Go. “The Steady Running of the Hour” includes a race against time and crosses two centuries and multiple continents – from the drawing rooms of London to the horror of World War I battlefields – through Europe, Asia and the U.S.
Producer Ron Berry created the Fusebox Festival a decade ago as a way to foster communication between Austin's arts scene and the national and international artistic community. The conversation he started way back then is still going strong; Fusebox has grown every year and this year celebrates its tenth anniversary.
As has usually been the case, this year's festival will feature hundreds of artists and performers, with roughly a third of them hailing from Austin, a third from the rest of the USA, and a third from other countries. What is different about this year's festival is that all events will be free to the public (although for some shows, reservations are required).
On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Dr. Monique W. Morris, Ed.D. Co-Founder/President of The National Black Women’s Justice Institute, and author of "Black Stats: African Americans by the Numbers in the Twenty-first Century."
"Black Stats" is a comprehensive guide filled with contemporary facts and figures on African Americans.
Seth Boustead started the Sound of Silent Film Festival in Chicago almost 10 years ago. It features newly composed music performed live to modern silent films.
Think about that: newly composed music to modernsilent films.
Boustead is in Austin for a one-day event featuring this concept. He sat down with KUT to explain what it's all about.
I am a human, I have human rights as well, No ignoring me, There is nothing wrong, With me being nothing but me, I am special, I have the knowledge, Of who I was, am, and will be, No one will hurt me, I can do anything, I am indestructible, I’m a fire burning, I make my own paths, Push myself to the limit, Do my best always, Please look at me, Notice me for who I am, I am unique, I am one of a kind, For I am me, only me, A girl with a story.
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