The two adopted Texans, one from Chicago, the other from Hawaii, were sharp and funny, although not everyone savored their tastes in humor. Both led highly visible lives, but relished the quiet and ...

“I know my father touched a lot of lives, and we are going to plan the biggest send off we can for him. A true badass has left the planet,” Corcoran’s son Jack wrote in the post. Corcoran has written ...

The longtime music journalist and historian, who spent a chunk of his career at the American-Statesman, left behind two books not yet published when he died. One of them, "Austin Music Is a Scene Not ...

Now that Michael Corcoran’s dead, I can admit something I’d never have said while he was alive: Corky was the G.O.A.T. of all of us who spent our lives writing about Austin music. Corcoran, 68, was ...

If late American-Statesman music writer Michael Corcoran could curate the roster of performers playing his own wake, it's hard to imagine he would make any changes to the list of artists named for the ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Michael Corcoran – whose unique, astute and often hilarious writing style captured the energy and spirit of the Texas music scene – has died. The news of his death was announced on ...