Kenny Chesney

How Not to Write About Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift is playing Cowboys Stadium on Saturday. Here are some important facts about Taylor Swift: 1. She made $57 million from May 2011 to May 2012, making her the highest-paid musician under 30 in that time period. 2. Her latest album, Red, has sold over 5 million copies since its October ... More >>

The Kenny Chesney Tailgate Dos and Don'ts: Photo Essay

Kenny Chesney's No Shoes Nation tour came to Cowboys Stadium, bringing the DFW Chapter of said Nation to Arlington for a day of drinking, flag waving and camaraderie. Massive country tours don't get any better than this in 2013 -- Kenny's undercard includes unlikely superstar/brilliantly odd songwri ... More >>

Thirteen Must-See Concerts in DFW This Week: May 9-15

We've got some pretty awesome shows happening in your city this week, and you wanna know what else? Of the twelve concerts listed below, some of the musicians in these bands have be involved in some crazy antics, including the following: 1. Got his/her eye pissed into by a bat, and had to be tested ... More >>

The Worst Summer Songs of All Time: The Readers' Picks

You know the jingle. It's the kind of hot that leaves a sweat outline in the shape of a chair on your shirt, and one of the world's most teasing, irritating songs comes on the radio: "All of those tourists covered with oil / strumming my six string / on my front porch swing." It's Jimmy Buffett's ... More >>

New Kids on the Block, Black Angels and More of This Week's Top Show Announcements

New Kids on the Block, 98 Degrees, Boyz II Men Friday, June 28, at American Airlines Center, $53-$93 Whoa. Just look at this bill. It's now 2013, so the New Kids definitely aren't so new anymore, and since they're all middle-aged, I'd say they've been around the block a time or two. Because the show ... More >>

Michelle Rodriguez Is Country Radio's Night Owl

Michelle Rodriguez spent a few years doing night shifts at 99.5 The Wolf, and a little while working part-time in the promotions department, before moving to KSCS-FM 96.3 for nights. She's there because DFW radio legend Smokey Rivers saw her natural on-air talent, but she still manages to jump into ... More >>

Mike and the Moonpies Talk Gary Stewart, Alan Jackson and Uniting Cowboys and Hipsters

It's a Tuesday night at Austin's Horseshoe Lounge and two members of the band Mike and the Moonpies are here to do an interview. Frontman Mike Harmeier is wearing snakeskin boots and a Dwight Yoakam trucker cap. Lead guitarist Catlin Rutherford vaguely resembles Chris Hillman when he wears a mustach ... More >>

Nick 13 on the Similarities Between Country and Punk: "They Are Both About Pure Emotion."

Nick 13​Best known as the leader of the psychobilly outfit Tiger Army, Nick 13 took a bold step by releasing a solo album of traditional, old-school country back in June. No longer content to wallow in the retro-rock and punk stew of his own band, Nick apparently decided to go way back and li ... More >>

Ryan Turner On Hank Williams, Kenny Chesney and The Problem With Modern Country

Opinionated, but still down-to-earth, Austin's Ryan Turner is the epitome of an old-school country singer. He prefers Merle Haggard to Kenny Chesney any day, and believes most popular country singers have simply lost their way. Turner has just released a new EP called Sweet Time, a five-song affa ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: The Wailers at the Granada, Camila at House of Blues and The Books at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

It's a weird and wonderful variety of shows happening in our area this evening. Fans of classic reggae and neo-classical avant-garde will be especially pleased...

Q&A: In Advance Of His Saturday Night Benefit Show, Jack Ingram Talks Texas Country, Writing Hits and The Importance of Arts in Schools

Jack Ingram​Dallas-raised and SMU-educated country star Jack Ingram is still a relatively new name on the national stage for fans that live outside of the Lone Star State. But, for those of us who have lived around these parts for years and have scribbled all sorts of illegible items on the walls ... More >>

Listomania: Ten Acts More Deserving Of Playing The Super Bowl XLV Halftime Show Than The Black Eyed Peas

​A week ago today, we passed along word of the still-circulating rumor that the Black Eyed Peas would be the performers at Super Bowl XLV, which, you surely already know, is set to take place at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington on Sunday, February 6.We've yet to squash that rumor--the closest we got w ... More >>

Clearing Out The Mailroom: Paper Tongues, Gwyneth & Monko, Dave Gleason

​We've got quite a backlog of CDs we've never gotten around to, so we're going to try to chip away at the pile with this regular feature. The plan: to take a few at a time and play each CD for as long as I can stand it. Paper Tongues (Charlotte, NC) S/T (A&M) Are you more than a little bumme ... More >>

Top 100 Most Annoying Summer Songs

Shut up, Jimmy Buffett.​You know what really gives us the summertime blues? "Summertime Blues," not to mention other maddening summer hits like "All I Wanna Do," "Margaritaville" or the shotgun-in-mouth-inducing "Hot Hot Hot." It's bad enough global warming is cooking the planet like a plastic cu ... More >>

White Flight: The Most Dangerous Drivers on the Road

Beware.​I got a theory. Been working on it for a while, nurturing it from a fleeting thought to a flimsy premise all the way up to a working, rational theory. Here it is: There are no more aggressive, dangerous drivers on Metroplex highways than those in white pickups. I know, 18-wheele ... More >>

ACL '09: A Muddy, Beautiful Mess On Day Three

Photos by Patrick MichelsTwo mud enthusiasts scrap it out as their friend Kenny Chesney cheers them on.​The rains from Day Two at ACL may have held off on Day Three, yeah. But, make no mistake, the repercussions off dropping that much water onto a confined space? Those were definitely still felt b ... More >>

Whitt's End: 8.28.09

​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Okay, let me snap off this Olive branch and extend it to the Christians this week. Peace? *Props to 103.3 FM ESPN Radio's Randy Galloway for landing the first in-depth interview with Texas Rangers ... More >>

Picture Show: Old 97's Christen the New Hard Rock Cafe at Victory Park

Patrick Michels​Check out more photos from the night in our slideshow.The weirdest moment at last night's Hard Rock Cafe grand opening party? Take your pick, but I'll say it was right at the end, when it turned out the winner of the night's big raffle was with the band.After a night full of ridicu ... More >>

Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp

Friday, August 7,at QuikTrip park in Grand Prairie

If She Thinks Your Tractor's Sexy, Wait Till She Sees This!

Kenny Chesney already scheduled a make-up date of sorts for his rain-soaked concert at Pizza Hut Park from a couple weeks back. Actually, it's this Sunday, to be exact. Hope you remembered!But now comes this (which, really, maybe isn't that much of a surprise, considering Chesney's got a song calle ... More >>

Rained Out Kenny Chesney Show Rescheduled for May 17. Jennifer Hudson and Robin Thicke Moved to May 21.

Some DC9 readers poked fun at me for listing Kenny Chesney show at Frisco's Pizza Hut Park in last week's Good Friday blog post. Well, love him or hate him, at least Chesney has some principals: Even though he only made it through a few songs before torrential rain shut down the show (see above), t ... More >>

Weekend Roundup: Kenny Chesney, Dave Matthews Band and Demi Lovato

Kenny Chesney @ Pizza Hut Park, Saturday, May 2Sure, his tractor is sexy, but that was the last thing Kenny Chesney fans were thinking about Saturday in Frisco. Instead of disappointing thousands when a spring storm rolled in, the sleeveless heartthrob pressed on, giving concert-goers at least a lit ... More >>

Good Friday: Terri Hendrix, Lloyd Maines, Richard Lloyd, Charlie Louvin, Kenny Chesney, Dave Matthews, Ghoultown, The Uncontrollable Urge, Jason Isbell, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Slow Roosevelt, Eleven Hundred Springs

Darryl is totally stoked that this guy is coming to town.Quite a variety of musical happenings this weekend; and it's a nice mix of national and local fare. First the shows already covered in print or in the blog: Jesse did a nice job hipping you to tonight's Chalie Louvin/AM Ramblers show in Fort ... More >>

Top 10 Country Albums of 2008

Photo by Michael Alan GoldbergTwo young blondes with toothy smiles and hard-core work ethics, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood, helped country expand its fan base in these years of shrinking music sales. Meanwhile, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley and ... More >>

The Top 10 Reissues of 2008

It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, rock. "Scen ... More >>

Dallas Out-Rocks Houston, Las Vegas and Seattle

Big Willie Style

Willie Nelson doesn't have to continue performing—which makes his insistence to keep doing so all the more remarkable

Corporate Affairs

With so many major company-sponsored shows stopping in town this month, we're starting to wonder just how far this trend might go

Making a List, Checking It Twice

Honky-Tonk Men

Drink from Eleven Hundred Springs

Take It Easy

The fake Eagles take flight

Or Maybe You Just Listen to Coldplay

Steppin' Out

Girl leaves the grind behind for a li'l two-stepping where the dry turns wet

No Cheese, Please

Kenny Chesney and crew hit Frisco

Viva La Revolución!

This weekend, Southfork becomes The Range

Kenny Chesney

The Road and the Radio (BNA)

Crapped Out

After Pat Green's last album, few of his fans are feeling like Lucky Ones

Americana Pie

Grab a slice of 2004's best roots music while it's still hot.

Odds & Ends

Ranking radio, Liz loves Sorta, and Swinging My Vote

Various Artists

Future Soundtrack for America (Barsuk Records)

Queer Eye for the Country Guys

Have today's country and western stars been consulting with the Fab Five?

Toby Keith

Unleashed (DreamWorks)

Dixie Chicks

What's Not to Like.