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THE WORLD CAN SING AGAIN May. 27, 2021 at 11:00 am WITH MUSIC IN THE AIR SAM FIRST — “O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!” (“Jabberwocky,” Carroll), “HUZZAH!” (Albert Alligator, or mebbe Howland Owl, from the uniquely precious Pogo cartoon strips by Walt Kelly), “Great googly-moogly!” (Willie Dixon, F. Zappa) — I had to call out all the great orators to express my elation that Sam First is back in the saddle. They were pretty much the last club to wave the white flag, as the pa...

By: Andy Gensler (photo by Matt Lief-Anderson/Courtesy Bring Music Home) Comfort Dog: Three weeks after Tamara Deike interviewed Jason McNeely (above), owner of Austin’s Barracuda, the venue permanently closed. If ever there was a vital document capturing the essence of what this year made America’s clubs so universally beloved, it’s “Bring Music Home,” a glorious new coffee table book chronicling more than 200 independent clubs in 30 ...

Print Twenty-one years. That’s how long Chris Goldsmith has been working at the Belly Up Tavern. But there was nothing that happened in those 21 years that could have prepared him for 2020, the year that the coronavirus pandemic shut down the country’s music venues in one sudden, shattering swoop. “It has been surreal. That is the best way to describe it,” said Goldsmith, president of Belly Up Entertainment. “The club is usually such a vibrant, crazy place that is so full of life, an...

Skip to main content Currently Reading Photos of empty San Antonio music venues The Lonesome Rose, Majestic Theatre, Paper Tiger capture toll of COVID on live entertainment Deborah Martin, Staff writer FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 The Lonesome Rose is one of the San Antonio venues featured in “Bring Music Home,” a coffee table book that aims to depict the impact of the pandemic on performing arts spots across the country.Oscar MorenoShow MoreShow Less 2of6 The Paper Tiger is one of the San An...

COVID IS KILLING LIVE MUSIC Dec. 17, 2020 at 5:00 am WHAT IF WE NEVER HAD LIVE MUSIC AGAIN? Don’t even think it! That would never happen, right? Musicians are nothing if not resilient. And we have a vaccine now, things will eventually get back to some kind of near “normal.” Sure, but… If all musicians have are backyards and train stations and such, if they have to create and work for only what you throw in the hat, the best will die on the vine. I’m not going to go into the whole netw...