Chris Johnson

Chris Johnson hosts Rideshare, the afternoon music program for KMFA, where he is also the station's Music Director. He previously worked for Houston Public Radio where, in addition to hosting a daily music program, he was a regular contributor to the station's daily arts magazine, The Front Row. He's been published in the Houston Chronicle, Indianapolis Star-Tribune, Arts + Culture Texas, and the Journal for the Society for American Music.

Annie Burridge rethinks opera for a city at the “intersection of innovation and barbeque”

When Annie Burridge first assumed the position of General Director and CEO of Austin Opera just a little over a year ago, she says she made a lot of...

The etiquette box: The culture of classical music needs redress

At Austin’s Central Presbyterian Church for a recital by world-renowned violinist and teacher Miriam Fried, I was immediately struck by a note in the program booklet. On one page...