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Music
October 13, 2011
An Oral History of the Dallas Music Scene
Some of Dallas' most successful musicians recount the rebirth of its most storied entertainment district: Deep Ellum.
Music
September 15, 2011
Jamming on Dallas Music History's Doorsteps
Some of Dallas' most successful musicians recount the rebirth of its most storied entertainment district: Deep Ellum.
Blogs
September 2, 2011
For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: Smells Like Nirvana at the Fair Park Coliseum in '93
The Legendary Show happened two years and two months earlier at Trees. That one's been well-documented. There's video -- it never gets old. Then there's Jeff Liles's recap, which ran in the paper version of Unfair Park in '05, shortly before a bankruptcy judge closed the club's doors. What a mess ... More >>
Blogs
July 8, 2011
Deep Ellum Blues: How Come These Influential Dallas Acts Don't Have Deep Ellum Murals?
Deep Ellum is in many ways the music capital of Dallas. Yes, the area has had its ups and downs. No, it hasn't always been the center of the music scene, especially with Denton consistently pumping out artists at a rapid rate. But, fact is, without a doubt, Deep Ellum has for over a century now b ... More >>
Blogs
March 18, 2011
For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: T-Bone Walker (And B.B. King) Play Monterey Jazz Fest
GregoGet yours today.Aaron "T-Bone" Walker died 36 years ago, almost to the day; the 7-year-old who lives in my house notified me of this over breakfast Wednesday as he read from the this-day-in-history section of the morning paper. He asked, "Who was T-Bone Walker?" I gave him the short answer: ... More >>
Music
December 2, 2010
Justin Townes Earle Could Live up to his Legacy, but He's Not Promising Anything.
GregoGet yours today.Aaron "T-Bone" Walker died 36 years ago, almost to the day; the 7-year-old who lives in my house notified me of this over breakfast Wednesday as he read from the this-day-in-history section of the morning paper. He asked, "Who was T-Bone Walker?" I gave him the short answer: ... More >>
Music
August 12, 2010
A.A. Bondy Questions His Folk Tag
GregoGet yours today.Aaron "T-Bone" Walker died 36 years ago, almost to the day; the 7-year-old who lives in my house notified me of this over breakfast Wednesday as he read from the this-day-in-history section of the morning paper. He asked, "Who was T-Bone Walker?" I gave him the short answer: ... More >>
Calendar
May 27, 2010
Black Pearl Sings
GregoGet yours today.Aaron "T-Bone" Walker died 36 years ago, almost to the day; the 7-year-old who lives in my house notified me of this over breakfast Wednesday as he read from the this-day-in-history section of the morning paper. He asked, "Who was T-Bone Walker?" I gave him the short answer: ... More >>
Music
June 4, 2009
The Flatlanders' Legendary Careers Keep Growing
GregoGet yours today.Aaron "T-Bone" Walker died 36 years ago, almost to the day; the 7-year-old who lives in my house notified me of this over breakfast Wednesday as he read from the this-day-in-history section of the morning paper. He asked, "Who was T-Bone Walker?" I gave him the short answer: ... More >>
Blogs
March 4, 2009
On The Range: Mexican Breakfasts
Beans for breakfast? Are you kidding?Ah, but according to the indispensable tome The Tex-Mex Cookbook, here in the Lone Star State a pot of beans was often used to break a cowboy's fast on the long trail, whether plain (as preferred by eminent Texas writer J Frank Dobie) or with a little bacon and ... More >>
Music
July 3, 2008
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Sharon Little
Monday, July 7, at Nokia Theatre, Grand Prairie
Blogs
April 7, 2008
Unfair Park Mixtape Vol.1
Monday, July 7, at Nokia Theatre, Grand Prairie
Blogs
February 18, 2008
The Closest You'll Come To Seeing Robert Johnson On Video
Monday, July 7, at Nokia Theatre, Grand Prairie
Blogs
October 15, 2007
Re*Cov*Ering Deep Ellum
Monday, July 7, at Nokia Theatre, Grand Prairie
Calendar
October 11, 2007
Recovery Is A Must
The muralists of Deep Ellum are honored
Music
February 15, 2007
French Kiss
Madeleine Peyroux gives up the love
Calendar
January 25, 2007
Suburban Blues
UTD gets sad and jazzed
Blogs
May 30, 2006
"Dallas Rag" and Other Stomps
UTD gets sad and jazzed
Music
November 25, 2004
Drain You
An often exasperating boxed set offers the final word on Nirvana's legacy
News
March 4, 2004
Top Dog
Plus: Bad Medicine; Sack of Kittens
Best of Dallas
September 25, 2003
Best New Restaurant
Local
Culture
March 27, 2003
War on War Songs
Iraq and roll don't go together well when rockers protest
Music
March 13, 2003
Muggs
Dust (Anti-)
Music
June 13, 2002
Looking Back
Why does Dallas write its musical history with an eraser?
News
April 18, 2002
2002 Dallas Observer Music Awards
These are your choices, not ours, for the best musicians in town
Best of Dallas
September 20, 2001
Best Blues Club
Hole in the Wall
News
April 19, 2001
2001 Dallas Observer Music Awards
Narrow margins remind us that everyone's a winner
Music
September 7, 2000
Folk 'Em
The new Broadside boxed set resurrects the intimacy and immediacy of New York in the 1960s
Music
January 20, 2000
Lost legends
Tary Owens helped rescue the early roots of Texas music. Then those songs saved Owens from himself.
Music
December 9, 1999
G. Love and
Special Sauce
Tary Owens helped rescue the early roots of Texas music. Then those songs saved Owens from himself.
Calendar
November 4, 1999
Deep background
The Artman cometh, and he's got the blues
Music
May 27, 1999
Seeing it through
Blind Lemon Jefferson musical (or is it?) finally opens its eyes
Music
February 25, 1999
The only one
Wilco's Jeff Tweedy spent years trying to prove he was better than everyone thought. Now, with Summer Teeth, nothing's ever gonna get in his way again.
Music
December 3, 1998
Long journey home
Lucinda Williams' Car Wheels roll on a perfect road
Music
November 12, 1998
Eyesight to the Blind
A historian and a playwright bring a Dallas blues legend's story to the stage
Music
April 9, 1998
Hard travelin'
Ramblin' Jack Elliott has a few more stories to tell
News
January 8, 1998
Letters
Ramblin' Jack Elliott has a few more stories to tell
Music
January 8, 1998
Come Again
The best reissues of 1997 prove nostalgia pays off
Music
November 27, 1997
Rory in the sky
The long-coming canonization of an Irish hero
Music
August 28, 1997
Rave new world
Tom Faulkner explores his musical horizons
Music
July 24, 1997
Cream of the crop
Jack Bruce follows his own path
Music
June 5, 1997
Bordered by ballads and folksongs
John and Alan Lomax, groundbreaking musicologists
Music
May 8, 1997
Out of the past
Slaid Cleaves finally molds his influences into the shape of his own voice
Music
December 26, 1996
Water from a deeper well
TV special documents the building of Wrecking Ball
Calendar
July 4, 1996
Events for the week
TV special documents the building of Wrecking Ball
Music
May 30, 1996
Batter up
In the midst of a silver age, the Light Crust Doughboys are swinging for the bleachers
Music
May 9, 1996
Roadshows
In the midst of a silver age, the Light Crust Doughboys are swinging for the bleachers
Music
April 25, 1996
The education of Michelle Shocked
Once portrayed as a bumpkin, she's finally wised up
Music
March 28, 1996
To be or not to bop
Texan Jazz unveils the Lone Star contribution to jazz
Music
February 15, 1996
The shaman and his savior
Documentary Arts preserves the lost music of the Hmong

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