Covering Music, Film and Pop Culture
Earlier this year I was lucky enough to catch Jad Fair, featuring Brian Birzer and Cheryl Tepper at Echo Bridge in San Antonio. I hadn’t been to Echo Bridge before that show, but it’s a lovely...
By Jason T. Sparks Documentaries about an individual, much like biopics, need to function like an essay from a Freshman Comp English class–both need a thesis, a claim that the director is making about...
Having the circus come to town was once a yearly highlight for manyAmericans. The circus trains would pull up at the city limits, thetents would be set up, and the animals and acrobats would...
Here is Anna’s long piece on Primavera Sound and summer travel that appeared in the Dallas Morning News. Read all about seeing the band Ghost and a Gothic Cathederal on the same day AND...
You can read Anna’s column on the issue of music fans behaving badly over at the Dallas Morning News. Don’t make Miranda Lambert turn this concert around!
Data recovery is no joke. I had a card failure in my camera after I had the pleasure of catching the super-fun band Particle Kid at the Paste party at South by Southwest 2022....
Anna’s review of the new Tanya Tucker documentary (from SXSW) can be seen on the Canadian site Get Reel Movies!
NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL 2022 By Jason T. Sparks The Nashville Film Festival will always, I suppose, feature documentaries about music. Since I started reviewing NFF offerings, I’ve been given glimpses into obscure corners of...
Read Anna’s column in the Dallas Morning News on The Chicks first appearance at The Austin City Limits Music Festival on the first weekend of the 2022 festival here. ICYMI, Texas Monthly also wrote...
