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1 month ago | 
statesman.com | Ana Gutierrez |Ramon Ramirez |Mars Salazar
The 2025 South by Southwest Music Festival likely suffered from a schedule that did not align with the spring breaks of the University of Texas or Austin Independent School District. Public RSVPs helped fill shows by '90s R&B titan Ginuwine and Seattle rockers Band of Horses in the early part of the festival, while country up-and-comer Megan Moroney and Latin pop breakout Ivan Cornejo failed to fill the cavernous ACL Live, even with free public access.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Ana Gutierrez |Caleb Yum |Ramon Ramirez |Mars Salazar |Deborah Sengupta Stith
Weekend one of the 2025 South by Southwest Conference and Festival is in the books. Hollywood descended on Austin with stars like Blake Lively, Anna Kendrick, Seth Rogen and Nicole Kidman gracing the red carpets, while marketers competed for our attention with splashy activations. Our team fanned out across the city to take in the sights and scenes. Here are the 10 best things we saw.
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1 month ago | 
statesman.com | Ana Gutierrez |Caleb Yum |Ramon Ramirez |Mars Salazar |Deborah Sengupta Stith
Our team fanned out across the city to take in the sights and scenes. Here are the 10 best things we saw. Seth Rogen strikes a balance in "The Studio"The irony of journalists covering the premiere of Seth Rogen’s “The Studio” is hard not to see. In his new show on Apple TV, Rogen taps into an idea creatives have long struggled with — striking the balance between keeping businesses profitable and creating stunning pieces of work enthusiasts and peers alike can appreciate.
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1 month ago | 
statesman.com | Mars Salazar |Ramon Ramirez |Ana Gutierrez
SXSW 2025 music lineup: Top 20 bands we can't wait to see. Plus 10 can't-miss showcasesMars Salazar, Ramon Ramirez, Ana Gutierrez | Austin American-StatesmanWhile SXSW's total artist count is down by over 50% from the festival's pre-pandemic peak, there are still 1013 bands on the roster. 358 international acts constitute 35% of the total lineup, the highest percentage in the festival's history. We've gathered a list of 20 music acts we are dying to see.
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Dec 21, 2024 | 
periodicocorreo.com.mx | Ramon Ramirez
Celaya, Guanajuato.- Este viernes, las calles del tradicional Barrio de San Miguel se llenaron nuevamente de color, música y fuego, luego de que se llevara a cabo una de las celebraciones más emblemáticas de la ciudad: la posada, que durante casi cinco décadas ha combinado fervor religioso con expresiones culturales únicas.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
shorturl.at | Ramon Ramirez
Celaya, Guanajuato.- Con una trayectoria de más de 12 años practicando “Jiu-Jitsu” un deporte de artes marciales mixto, originario de Japón pero más practicado y conocido como Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, el Profesor Carlos Zárate Zárate se prepara para la JP Tour que organiza Emiratos Árabes Unidos. Zárate Zárate, originario de Celaya Guanajuato, comenta que lleva ya un poco más de doce años practicando a nivel profesional este deporte de combate en el que prevalecen más las artes marciales.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
statesman.com | Ramon Ramirez
Chappell Roan amazed ACL 2024. But where does she rank among the fest's greatest sets? Ramon Ramirez | Special to American-StatesmanShow Caption Hide Caption See how the Austin skyline changes annually from ACL Fest 2024It's another year of Austin City Limits Music Festival, which means we have an updated photo from 2024 to show the change in Austin's skyline since 2005. Chappell Roan’s two-week residency at Austin City Limits Music Festival was a cultural monolith.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
statesman.com | Ramon Ramirez
Grand Funk Railroad's 50th anniversary bash at ACL Fest was 'Some Kind of Wonderful'Ramon Ramirez | Special to American-StatesmanIt’s Grand Funk Railroad‘s 50th anniversary, and they’re still good. Saturday at the Austin City Limits Music Festival, the Flint, Michigan rockers put on for festival lawnchair attendees who folded their rigs and got to the front of the stage. They put on for the boomers. They celebrated America with an oversized Uncle Sam hat.
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Oct 12, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Ramon Ramirez
Dua Lipa is good, actually. Her wave of disco-tinged club songs are memorable. She’s present and lively onstage—wielding fan energy and throwing it right back at Austin City Limits Music Festival. And she continued a long-standing fest tradition of donning a University of Texas jersey and saying nice things about the Horns Saturday night. “What do you think? See how alluring I am to all you guys?” she asked.
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Oct 12, 2024 | 
statesman.com | Ramon Ramirez
'Dua Lipa just stole my boyfriend’s heart:' The pop star is causing ACL couples to fightRamon Ramirez | Special to American-StatesmanAt a certain point in Dua Lipa’s hour and 40-minute set last weekend, you may have turned to your partner and noticed their eyes glued to the stage. It wasn’t just you who had second thoughts about taking them to watch the pop royal sing and dance at ACL. On social media, several debriefings echoed the same concern.
