What you see above is a Jeff Liles-filmed two-fer from Joe Ely's extraordinary, intimate "Storytellers" performance at the Kessler last night: Dig All Night's "Behind the Bamboo Shade" followed by Ely's rendition of the immortal "Dallas," penned by Jimmie Dale Gilmore and originally released as the ... More >>
Russell HobbsThis is the week that the Dallas Observer will release its annual Best Of issue, so it seems appropriate to open the vault and look back at a Best Of issue from September 2000. During this week 10 years ago, staff writer Jimmy Fowler shed light on Russell Hobbs' then 15-year legacy a ... More >>
Our pal Maria May at the AT&T Performing Arts Center sent about an hour ago that Natalie Merchant, one of the 10,000 Maniacs, will be performing August 19 at the Winspear Opera House in support of her new album Leave Your Sleep. She confirms: This'll be the first pop show in the Winspear (rec ... More >>
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, April 23, 2010...The family of Guru are disputing a death-bed letter the rapper supposedly penned. What, you can't write a letter while being in a coma? Who would've thought 10,000 Maniacs saved Patti Smith from poverty?DJ AM will make a pos ... More >>
Say what you will about Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, the duo known as The Indigo Girls. But, fact is, these gals have been doing their folksy thing for nearly a quarter century now. "Closer to Fine," the Girls' first hit from 1989 is an easy target of derision, but seen in the context of its day (the ... More >>
Two follow-ups in this particular radio round-up. First, I exchanged a few messages with Alan Ayo via Facebook, and the long and short of it is, he's not at all upset that Clear Channel gave him his walking papers yesterday. Writes the former midday host and music director at KDGE-FM:I'm feeling rat ... More >>
Falkon leaving town, clubs denied late-night permits and When Rock GoesBad
Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure & Unknown Recordings (Elektra/Asylum)
Tom Waits and John Denver get the tribute treatment
Why can't we all just get along? The history, or not, of Russell and Jeff's Deep Ellum
May 27 - June 2, 1999
