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Your weekly guide to Houston: Five (plus) don't-miss events, including Bunnies on the Bayou

By Joel Luks

03.28.13 | 10:41 am

Rise from the depths of your couch and mark your calendar for a week that includes experimental tunes, food and film, a walk with your pooch, happy bunnies and the beginning of a colossal fundraisi ...

A Sunday night benefit

Local rocker injured in bike-train tracks accident sees the music community rally around him

By Darla Guillen

02.09.13 | 12:02 pm

Whether you’ve enjoyed a set of Grandfather Child at Cactus or rocked out to them at Fitzgerald’s, you understand. Anyone who’s listened to this local band play has a special appr ...

Concert: Tristan Honsinger with the Nameless Sound Ensemble

03.06.13

Best known for his work with Cecil Taylor, Derek Bailey and the ICP Orchestra, Tristan Honsinger is one of the most expressive and original cellists in the world of improvised music, poss

Nameless Sound presents TRIO 3 featuring Andrew Cyrille, Oliver Lake and Reggie Workman

Eldorado Ballroom

02.16.13

Drawing its membership from the World Saxophone Quartet, the Cecil Taylor Unit, and the John Coltrane Quartet, TRIO 3 is a true super group of the jazz avant-garde, a self-described "band wher

Nameless Sound presents the Roscoe Mitchell Quartet

Eldorado Ballroom

03.29.13

Throughout his career, saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell (b. 1940, Chicago) has been a leading voice in the fields of contemporary composition and improvised music. He is a founding member of Chicago'

Nameless Sound presents Roscoe Mitchell and Alvin Fielder

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

03.27.13

Throughout his career, saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell (b. 1940, Chicago) has been a leading voice in the fields of contemporary composition and improvised music. He is a founding member of Chicago'

Nameless Sound's Resounding Vision Awards Gala Fundraiser honoring Roscoe Mitchell

Eldorado Ballroom

03.28.13

Roscoe Mitchell is this year's recipient of Nameless Sound's Resounding Vision Award, presented to musicians whose efforts resonate beyond the concert stage. Last year's winner, Alvin F

Nameless Sound presents "Acuerdo de Musica Libre"

11.06.12 - 11.07.12

The second edition of Nameless Sound's groundbreaking cross-cultural exchange draws together significant members of the improvising communities in Mexico and Texas for two nights of varying sma

Aurora Picture Show's Ninth Annual Media Archeology: Text of Light

09.22.12

The ninth annual Media Archeology Festival is presented by Aurora Picture Show in collaboration with the University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts and Nameless Sound. This ye

Ninth Annual Media Archeology: Heart Chamber Orchestra performed by Two Star Symphony

09.21.12

The ninth annual Media Archeology Festival is presented by Aurora Picture Show in collaboration with the University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts and Nameless Sound. This ye