Chuck Berry

Greg Richling of the Wallflowers Has a Pedigree Equal to His Famous Frontman

Greg Richling, bassist for The Wallflowers, was pretty happy when Jacob Dylan called him and decided to get The Wallflowers back together in 2011. It had been over six years since the band had recorded and Dylan's solo career had brought him some of the best accolades of his career. Thankfully, The ... More >>

For 26 Episodes in 1966, WFAA Played Host to the Funkiest, Most Soulful TV Show in America

​Last night, I got a text from Peter Schmidt, who could not believe I've never written about a short-lived 1966 TV show called The !!!! Beat, hosted by iconic Nashville deejay Bill "Hoss" Allen. Wrote Peter, who'd come across it yesterday after a lunchtime discussion about Etta James turned up an ... More >>

Nude Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez Statue's Sculptor Tells Us The Motivation For His Piece

"Justin and Selena as One."​The announcement yesterday from 46-year-old Connecticut-based sculptor Daniel Edwards -- that he'd created a (mostly) nude sculpture of teenage music superstars Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez, and that it would soon be put on public display in an adult store right here ... More >>

Good Friday: Black Friday Edition

Eisley​If you've already picked up a copy of this weeks Dallas Observer, you might have noticed our music feature on Tyler band Eisley, who will be in town at The Loft on Saturday night with Ives The Band, and Christie DuPree. The story sheds light on the ups and downs that the band has experience ... More >>

Last Night: Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience at The Music Hall at Fair Park

​Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin ExperienceFair Park Music HallNovember 18, 2010Better than: I could have ever expected.Not being a fan of cover or tribute bands, I ventured down to Fair Park Music Hall with quite a bit of trepidation. Sure, Jason Bonham was the son of John Bonham, the (sadly deceased ... More >>

Bonus MP3: Black Stone Rangers -- "Plug It In"

Black Stone Rangers​A couple weeks back, we caught the very tail end of a performance from new local duo called Black Stone Rangers. It wasn't much, but it was enough to pique our interest in the outfit, which, apparently, is named after an infamous 1960s Chicago gang. So we did as we do, and we c ... More >>

Jesus Christ! This Year's Nine Worthwhile Christmas Discs

Echoes and Reverberations: The Trouble With Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Steve Reich

Phases

Pete Knows Best

If you could Beatle a dead horse, you'd do it too

Full Nelson

Willie brings his picnic north

You, Spy

Why can't Americans make TV shows as good as Brit import MI-5?

Digging Down

When Bobby Bare Jr. turned his music down, a great album turned up

Skate or Die

In the 1970s, the Z-Boys were hell on wheels. Today, they're shredding the big screen.

Consider the Copycat

They're not all bad, as 500X's crop of new artists makes abundantly clear

Do The Evolution

Merle Haggard makes a triumphant return. Wait -- he never went away.

Baby, Get Back

"Autobiography" and bootleg box prove that when it comes to the Beatles, you can never just let it be

David Bowie

Bowie at the Beeb: The Best of the BBC Sessions '68-'72

Some things he did

Roxy Gordon was "one of the great outlaw artist misfits" and so much more

You Slaid me

On the road in his Dodge Dart, Slaid Cleaves is the last of the traveling troubadours

A mother of a father

Bo Diddley created rock and roll -- now, where's his check?

Ray Charles

Young man inside an old man

With Mock Tudor, Richard Thompson proves you can go home again

Leaves us dry

Robert Christgau's collected essays read like the day the music died

Into the groovy

Raving about Simon Reynolds' techno history, Generation Ecstasy

Legendary stardust cowboy

"Groovy" Joe Poovey dies just as his Greatest Grooves are set for release

Mose's better blues

A trip to Long Island reveals an Allison wonderland

In the gutter

Penelope Spheeris wallows in the Decline of Western Civilization one more time

Out Here

Roxy redux

Local artist leaves us something to remember him by

Rave on cats, he cried

Carl Perkins, 1932-1998

Deck the malls

This season's Christmas album offerings

A tale of two venues

The difference between the Stones' two area appearances was more setting than set list

East Side soul music

The Blazers return with a record Just for You--and, hopefully, many others

Jukin' with the Reverend

The improbable rise of blues rulebreaker Robert Ealey

Camelot in 4/4 time

A golden age in Dallas jazz turns 40

Cream of the crop

Jack Bruce follows his own path

Going against typecasting

Don't call Carolyn Wonderland and the Imperial Monkeys a blues band

Bar chords

Harry Dean Stanton sings--but then, he always has

Young Country repellent

With the Cicadas, Rodney Crowell exits Nashville's cocoon

Farther along

Emmylou Harris has a new boxed set, but she won't be trapped by that cardboard tombstone

Electric blue

Jim Suhler talks about life and the local bluesman

Lou says

The soul of Velvet Underground stares into the Twilight

Bootlicking

Some of the best records are the ones never released

T.C.B. or T.Y.A.

Bobby Patterson, Dallas' great unsung soul singer, gets his Second chance

Who's next

Green Day's Billie Joe hopes he gets old before he dies

Let it be? Never

The Beatles' Anthology is the first chapter you've never heard

Heart-shaped box

Velvet Underground set charts the still-unknowable

Unsung diva

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

Ghosts in the machine

When the vinyl jukebox dies, so will a little piece of the music it played