Loretta Lynn

Rachel Behring Tells Rock Star Hospitality Stories and Explains her Love for Local Music

Ever been backstage at House of Blues Dallas? Rachel Behring painted the cool murals you see on the walls back there of some of rock and soul's legends. But hell, that's just her showing she loves where she works ... and who wouldn't? Behring spent a good stretch of time managing backstage at HOB, a ... More >>

The Five Best Concerts In Dallas This Weekend, February 14-17

Patti Labelle Thursday, February 14, at The American Airlines Center, $31-$86 KSOC-FM "Old School" 94.5 has earned the nickname "The Baby Making Station," as the station's nighttime programming of "Old School Lovin'" has become a go-to staple of gatherings in the area. So it comes as no surprise tha ... More >>

Holly Williams Doesn't Think Country Needs Radio Anymore

Holly Williams, the 31 year old granddaughter of the iconic Hank Williams, has grown into a formidable artist all her own. Unlike her off-his-rocker dad and her crazy-ass half-brother, Hank Williams III, Holly hasn't really dabbled in the stone-cold honky-tonk sounds that her family has been making ... More >>

Loretta Lynn

Saturday, February 9, at Arlington Music Hall

The Five Best Concerts In Dallas This Weekend, February 7-10

The xx Wednesday, February 13, and Thursday, February 14, at The Granada Theater Achingly hip Londoners the xx have a two-night stay at The Granada this week, meaning twice as many Dallasites will be swept away by songs from their now-ubiquitous debut album and the recently released Coexist. We're k ... More >>

Bret Michaels: "I Wrote 'Every Rose Has Its Thorn' in a Laundromat in Dallas"

How Bret Michaels turned fronting a rather mindless hair metal band into a multimedia career lasting nearly four decades is one of those mysteries that may never be solved. Belting out syrupy power ballads like "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" is one thing, but becoming a reality television star, screenwr ... More >>

Hypnotic Donuts Opens This Weekend

Remember when we wrote about Hypnotic Dounut's new storefront way back in November? We told you it was scheduled to open early this year. Looks like that actually might happen. First day of business will be Sunday. I called owner James St. Peter and asked him what the deal was. How come his restaur ... More >>

"What in the Devil Is She Doing With a Rock and Roller?": Loretta Lynn Is a Lifer

​Loretta Lynn keeps it rather simple when summing her progression from childhood cabin in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky to the illustrious Winspear Opera House, where she performs Sunday night. "It really has been an interesting journey. It's a hard story to believe, but it really is interesting." ... More >>

R.I.P. Etta James, a Goddamn Legend

Much like Loretta Lynn, who we featured today, Etta James endured her share of hardships in order to become the blues and R&B phenom she did. That voice could peel paint off the walls, in the best way possible. If you don't get goosebumps when you hear "At Last," I don't want to know you. After ba ... More >>

Erykah Badu Is Sold Out, But There's Loretta Lynn, The Boom Boom Box and More

​Ah yes, it feels like we're finding our footing, 2012. You started off slow, but this weekend's concert list proves you're finally on track. Erykah Badu & The Cannabinoids at the Granada Theater tonight probably tops the list of shows to see, but we already talked about that show in this week ... More >>

Loretta Lynn

Sunday, January 22, at the Winspear Opera House

Goodfriend is a Good Find

A Beer Garden and Burger House offers East Dallas the kind of bar you'll want to make your own.

Lydia Loveless Talks Classic Punk Versus Modern Punk and Not Being Afraid of Jesus.

Despite being just 21 years of age, country singer-songwriter Lydia Loveless has the world-weary demeanor of someone twice her age. After leaving home at the age of 14, Loveless found solace in, of all places, Columbus, Ohio, and that city's underground punk scene. Like a lot of punks, Loveless th ... More >>

Penny Lazo Works For Universal Records and Gets Celebrities To Pose for Pics With Her Taco.

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we meet the people in the local music scene that you don't see on stages. Penny Lazo. With LMFAO. And a taco. No, the taco isn't real.​Penny Lazo is a DFW-based rep for Universal Records. Despite being very rock 'n' roll in appearance, her main beat is coun ... More >>

Women in (Local) Rock

Closing Time For Jack's Back Yard in Oak Cliff

Doug DavisThe bon voyage crowd at Jack's Back Yard yesterday afternoon.​One of the better bars in Dallas to feature live music came to a sudden close last night.  Well-located in Oak Cliff, just between the Oak Lawn and Kessler Park neighborhoods, Jack's Back Yard, a re-purposed complex of bu ... More >>

She's Come A Long Way, Baby

Wanda Jackson

Saturday, February 26, at the Kessler Theater

Show Announcements: Rihanna, Cee Lo Green, Dierks Bentley, Loretta Lynn, George Thorogood, Liz Phair, The Twilight Singers, Snoop Dogg, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Pinback, Wild Party, Stryper, Crosby and Nash, The Moody Blues & More!

Cee Lo Green, practicing his best Chris Brown pose for his upcoming tour with Rihanna.​A few days ago, we received a press release stating that pop star Rihanna will be performing at the American Airlines Center on Friday, July 8. We thought "Cool!" and went on about our business. But this morning ... More >>

Made a Playlist, Now Checkin' it Twice: By Request, Last Night's Christmas Music Show

​Many thanks to the many folks who tuned in and called in during last night's late-night Christmas-music spectacular, which gets a replay on KTCK-AM (1310, The Ticket) beginning, why, right this very moment. (That'll be just the three-hour yuletunes special, not the two hours of pirate-radio non-h ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: Misery and Gin and Merle Haggard at the Longhorn

​A couple of years back, in his Echoes & Reverberations piece about the Longhorn, Jeff Liles ran the picture you see here -- good God, that must have been quite the back-to-back. But that's from January 1978. This week's offering comes later, in February 1982, when Merle Haggard and the Strang ... More >>

Good Friday: Trees' Anniversary, Ace McNeely Memorial Concert, Doug Burr, Monco Poncho, Airline, Loretta Lynn, Jackson Browne, Record Hop, Spooky Folk, The Beaten Sea, More.

​The Granada Theater's not the only venue around town celebrating an anniversary this week: On Saturday night in Deep Ellum, Trees will celebrate its own one-year anniversary. Tough to believe that it was just a year ago that the venue re-opened, but, hey, time flies. And the venue will be celebra ... More >>

Lilith Fair To Return This Summer With Local Artists And A Dallas Stop

This logo wasn't lying. ​In yet another sign that the '90s are back, or perhaps never really ended, Lilith Fair is returning this summer with a 33-city schedule (including Dallas) revealed so far. Even better news: the lineup is strong enough that you won't have to promise your boyfriend a blowjob ... More >>

Elvis Costello and the Sugarcanes

Wednesday, September 2, at Nokia Theatre, Grand Prairie

Elvis Costello

Secret, Profane & Sugarcane (Hear)

Almost Blue? Hardly, As Elvis Costello Brings His Secret to Grand Prairie on September 2.

I spent way much of the wee small hours of this very morning listening to Elvis Costello's Secret, Profane, and Sugarcane, his country record due June 2 and one produced by Fort Worth's own T Bone Burnett. It's more or less Almost Blue 2, though a wee bit more hushed and rushed--a jingle-jangle ramb ... More >>

Top Ten Americana Albums of 2008

In next week's paper, we'll unveil our national package on the best music of the year (the following week, we'll tackle the best in DFWd music). But, as a teaser, here's our paper's contribution to the national package: Noah W. Bailey's picks for the best Americana/folk releases of '08. Picking the ... More >>

Louisiana Woman

Loretta Lynn visits Bass Hall

Elvis Costello & the Impostors

Momofuku (Lost Highway)

Opposites Attract

Two worlds collide, then coincide

Oddities

Still more sad stuff, plus the good news that the Longhorn will host a show

Bumpkin Battle

Lucinda Williams

West (Lost Highway)

Represent, Y'all

The holler's not that far from the 'hood

The Country Rapunzel

The Sadies

In Concert, Volume One (Yep Roc)

White Lightning

George Jones visits Bass Hall

Odds & Ends

Congrats to Brave Combo, finalists named in Ultra DJ contest, Erykah Badu hosts Jill Scott afterparty

Barnstormer

Tift Merritt breaks through with an impressive album and an even more impressive Grammy nomination

Rock for Choice

Local musicians pick their favorite albums of 2004

Americana Pie

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

Best Radio Station

KHYI-FM (95.3), The Range

New Reviews

Loretta Lynn

Van Lear Rose (Interscope)

South by So What?

In defense of Austin's overhyped, overblown music fest

Honky-Tonk Heaven

WaterTower Theatre goes country with a sweet, dreamy musical about Patsy Cline

O Patty

Patty Loveless isn't just Down From the Mountain, because she never left

Soundtracks

O Brother, Where Art Thou?(Mercury) & The Gift(Will/Lakeshore)

Here I Am Again

Loretta Lynn is Still Country, and still woman enough for you

Farther along

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