Bessie Smith

Events for the week

Unsung diva

R&B great Etta James ponders the fame that got away

Joyful noise

New Arts Six and Langston Hughes celebrate a stirring Black Nativity

All this useless beauty

New gay music collections make fancy cultural straitjackets

You got another thing comin'

Venal old fraud Pat Boone bellies up to the trough once more with an album of metal covers

Roadshows

Venal old fraud Pat Boone bellies up to the trough once more with an album of metal covers

Hard travelin'

Ramblin' Jack Elliott has a few more stories to tell

White like me

Even those with no soul will enjoy Jubilee Theatre's musical tribute to composer W.C. Handy

Sad, sad song

Theatre Quorum makes beautiful music in Serenading Louie

Sins of the playwright

Isaac retells an Old Testament tale as a family coming to terms with its dysfunctionality

Size matters

For the world premiere of Blind Lemon to work, either the production needs to be smaller or the space needs to be larger

Our 20th Music Awards

1988-2008: Two Decades of DOMA

Down and Out

Clarence has the blues

Ripped Off

When singing the blues, DISD's Corrine Silguero knows it helps to live through them

Blues States

Singing it loud and proud at WaterTower; Echo trio tries red-hot political comedy

Smokin'

DTC kicks it up a notch with Anna in the Tropics; area critics honor the year's best stage work

Madeleine Peyroux | William Galison & Madeleine Peyroux

Careless Love (Rounder) | Got You on My Mind (Wake Up Music)

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Godspeed, Goodspeed

Plus: John Cocktoastin'; Kick ASSCAR

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Dirty Blonde, Black Roots

Musicals explore the birth of the blues, the death of a bawdy Hollywood icon

Lift Him Up

The gospel truth about Christian blues pioneer Washington Phillips

Bang to Hype

At SXSW, it's all about the buzz, not the Buzz Band

Lush Life

No script, no plot. Who cares? Blues in the Night hits all the right notes.

Got Blues?

Dallas Theater Center shows its Blues in the Night

Kids Play

The Moss Brothers are a novelty act -- until you hear them

Lost legends

Tary Owens helped rescue the early roots of Texas music. Then those songs saved Owens from himself.

Mandy Barnett

Tary Owens helped rescue the early roots of Texas music. Then those songs saved Owens from himself.

Good Godfather! Al Pacino's Bringing a Greatest-Hits One-Man Show to AT&TPAC in November.

​Maria May at the AT&T Performing Arts Center just sent over a release announcing the 2010-'11 seasons of the Brinker International Forum, TITAS and JAZZ ROOTS -- quite the trifecta, especially when you look at the roster for the Brinker International Forum. The whole kit, along with the atten ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: The Cult at House of Blues, Miss Marcy and Her Texas Sugar Daddies at Pearl, and Becky Middleton leads Songwriters in the Round at Opening Bell Coffee

Another Monday comes around just in time to spoil all those good feeling brought on by the Cowboys finally winning a game. Not to worry, though: This evening's musical offerings are decidedly eclectic and one shouldn't have too difficult of a time finding some kind of ear candy.