Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill's Side of the Story

Lauryn Hill will be gone till October. A week after making headlines for signing a million dollar five-song deal with Sony, she showed up to court on Monday with a check for $970,000. But it wasn't enough to save her from jail time. The five-time Grammy winner and highly esteemed queen of neo-soul w ... More >>

The Five Best Concerts In DFW This Week, January 14-17

Robert Gomez, Evan Jacobs Wednesday, January 16, at Dan's Silverleaf, Free A brand new effort from folk singer-songwriter Robert Gomez is called the Green Hour Residency at Dan's Silverleaf. Come during happy hour in Denton for improvisational music from Gomez and former Midlake musician Evan Jacobs ... More >>

Mary J. Blige

Sunday, November 18, at American Airlines Center

Kendrick Lamar - South Side Music Hall - 10/31/12

Kendrick Lamar, -topic, Dustin Cavazos South Side Music Hall Wednesday, October 31 Thanks to Scoremore and AEG, Dallas rap fans are currently having one of the best Halloweens ever. By the time candy prices are marked down again, our city will have seen Nas with Lauryn Hill, Asher Roth and the A$AP ... More >>

Lauryn Hill, Nas - Palladium Ballroom - 10/29/12

Lauryn Hill, Nas Palladium Ballroom Monday, October 29 From darkness there was light, sound and a burst of atomic energy as Nas came to the stage with a gang of musicians ready to work through a 90-minute set last night at the Palladium Ballroom. It only took the four minutes of the first song for ... More >>

The Seven Best Concerts In Dallas This Week

Nas and Lauryn Hill Monday, October 29, at the Palladium Ballroom, $54.75 This pairing is an inspired one, and especially notable for fans of Lauryn Hill, who have been wondering where the follow-up to 1998's The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill has been hiding. That (hopefully) comes with the release of ... More >>

Nas and Lauryn Hill at Palladium Ballroom

Monday, October 29, at the Palladium Ballroom

Five of the Week's Best Show Announcements: Nas and Lauryn Hill, Big Freedia on NYE and More

Nas, Lauryn Hill Palladium Ballroom, October 29, $54 Having seen Nasty Nas at SXSW this year, working an entire Austin City Limits stage solo for an hour while he performed Illamtic, this double-header looks to be one of the more solid Palladium shows this fall. The appearance of Ms. Hill is already ... More >>

A Back Door Visit to The Dram Shows Nary a Fedora In Sight

The newest diamond on Dallas' shiny exterior is Tommy DeAlano's joint, The Dram. Housed in what was formerly the Wooden House on Henderson, the once furniture and import boutique now boasts one beautiful renovation. All plush velvet, tufted couches and jewel tones, you can expect plenty of new Faceb ... More >>

10 Albums To Not Overlook In 2012

In case you're already blinded by the golden aura of 2012's major releases -- The Shins, T.I., Soundgarden, Nicki Minaj, Mumford & Sons, Muse, Sigur Ros -- we want to make sure you don't forget about some other sure-to-be-top-notch albums that will see release next year. They may not shine on the iT ... More >>

Colbie Caillat Tells Us How She Went From The Beach To Overcoming Her Stage Fright

Musicians are undoubtedly influenced by the music they listen to. And an artist's musical selection at any given moment can sometimes even foretell what a next album might sound like. So if you've ever wondered what the artists who grace your stereo are getting funky to, here's your chance to find o ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: Black Lips at The Loft, Lauryn Hill at House of Blues, James Taylor at the Music Hall at Fair Park and Seryn at Renfield's.

A fairly packed Wednesday night of music awaits the discerning listener who wishes to venture out this evening. Oh, and Charlie Sheen will be winning with tiger blood at the AAC tonight, too.

Show Announcements: Lauryn Hill, Concerts In The Garden & More!

Lauryn Hill​Ever since Lauryn Hill made a brief disappearance from the public eye in 2000, her career has been patchy at best. Her acoustic record in 2002, MTV Unplugged No. 2.0, was met with mediocre reviews, and the Fugees reunion fared even worse. But, aside from her brilliant output in the Fug ... More >>

Today In Music News: Lauryn Hill May Stage A Comeback, Guided By Voices Get The Band Back Together And El Shaka Gets El Shotta

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, June 30, 2010... Lauryn Hill is ready to get off the crazy mess that has been her life for the last decade and stage a comeback... maybe.Guided By Voices will reunite for the Matador birthday party.Mexican singer El Shaka was murdered shortly aft ... More >>

Throwback Staff Trax: The Replacements, The Fugees, Depeche Mode and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Welcome to Staff Trax, the weekly feature here on DC9 where we shed some light on the music we've been enjoying of late, regardless of the touring or album release schedules that tend to bear the focus of most of our coverage. Consider it a chance for you readers to get some more insight into ... More >>

The 15 Worst ...and Friends! Albums Of All-Time

​It's hard not to remember Santana's 1999 album Supernatural. Besides just the Rob Thomas collab "Smooth," which we've spent the past decade trying to erase from our memories, the album received a lot of attention at the time for being one of those records that featured a different collaboration w ... More >>

Weekend Roundup: Mary Anne Hobbs, Justin Nozuka, Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa

Mary Anne Hobbs, The Green Elephant, Friday, November 20It's Monday afternoon, friends. Get out your glow sticks! BBC 1 DJ Mary Anne Hobbs, who spun at The Green Elephant Friday night, has led the life you wish you had the balls to live: she ran off to London with a hard rock band as a teen; at 21, ... More >>

Last Night: Estelle and Solange at House of Blues

Estelle, Solange House of BluesMarch 9, 2009Better than: Catching up on the TV shows backlogged on my DVR.As someone who admittedly knows very little about Solange's singing career, I just have to say: The girl gives it her all. Her black-suited, shaggy-haired band played a particularly funky rendit ... More >>

Introducing Estelle, Britpop's Latest Crossover

With "American boy" leading her excellent American debut, Estelle is the latest British star to make a go at the States

Black Cinematheque Dallas Offers Free Admission to Bob Marley Documentary

Weekend Roundup: Grand Ole Party, Justin Nozuka, Rancid, Dallas City Arts Festival, Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights

Turned Off

Despite the hair, don't call local rockers Auto Escape emo-anything

Get Down With Dave

Chappelle returns with a raucous Block Party

Legend in the Making

As a teenager, John Legend was already recording with Lauryn Hill. Seven years later, he's only gotten bigger.

Rock and Roll High School

An honest critic is your best friend, and other lessons from a teenage Battle of the Bands

Ms. Dynamite

A Little Deeper (Interscope)

India.Arie, Slum Village, Floetry

November 14

Onward Chris' Soldiers

Dashboard Confessional's Chris Carrabba screams about infidelities, and more and more kids are screaming with him

Ill At Ease

Nas steps back into the ring, fists flying

Alicia Keys

February 20

Macy Gray

The Id (Epic)

Soul Alone

N'Dambi doesn't need a record label. She just needs you to listen.

Maxwell

Now (Columbia)

Out & About

Najee

Why 2K?

Nine is better than none this year

Erykah Badu

Mama's Gun (Motown Records)

The show-me slate

DeRogatis' Top 10 Reasons for Living in 1999

Pop smeared

Japan is the new capital of disposable pop

Marley maul

Yet another "new" disc from everybody's favorite pot smoker

Girl trouble

Rock and roll is still a man's, man's, man's, man's world

Summer suns and some aren't

Going steady with the singles of the summer

Lauryn Hill

Starplex Amphitheatre

My name is Weener

A Dallas supergroup forms to play...Weezer songs?

Buzz

Throw your hands in the air

Beatin' down hip-hop in 1998 like a stepchild

What you bought in 1998

More Top 10 lists, sort of

Listen up

1998 was not a very good year, but it's still worth the bother

Roadshows