Mara Lee Miller

Get To Know Your DOMAXXIII Nominees: Best Male Vocalist, Best Female Vocalist

​Welcome to our 2011 Dallas Observer Music Awards breakdown, wherein we'll use the weeks leading up to the DOMA showcases on Saturday, October 15 (which is also when voting ends), to explain the nominees in each category Today, we look at the nominees in the Best Male and Best Female ... More >>

Five Photos from Patio Sessions with Bosque Brown and Chris Johnson

All photos by Mattie StaffordChris Johnson of Telegraph Canyon​Yesterday eve's Patio Sessions was a doozy: Chris Johnson of Telegraph Canyon and Bosque Brown laid down some tunes at the AT&T PAC. If you missed Johnson yesterday, he's a total Observer fave and an immersive concert experience. M ... More >>

Nine Local Acts Worth Seeing at 35 Conferette

​The headliner list for the 35 Conferette is incredibly impressive this year, with big names like Mavis Staples, Big Boi and !!! highlighting the bill. But, among the 200 and counting bands that are playing the festival, there's also a pretty great lineup of local talent. In fact, almost 100 of 22 ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Sarah Jaffe at the Wyly Theatre

Sarah Jaffe, Bosque BrownWyly TheatreFebruary 12, 2011Better than: another show in another bar, as Jaffe so put it early on in her performance on Saturday night.Melanie GomezSarah Jaffe​Once upon a time, she was a shy performer, perhaps too concerned with making any on-stage mistakes before her at ... More >>

Giveaway: A Pair of Tickets to Tomorrow Night's Kessler Theater Show with Paper Bird, Bosque Brown, Fox and the Bird, Kristy Kruger

Paper Bird​Things are gonna get real down and folky tomorrow night at the Kessler Theatre in Oak Cliff, as three fine locals--Bosque Brown, The Fox and The Bird and Kristy Kruger--join in to form a bill also featuring Denver's Paper Bird.But there's more than folk at play here: Each of the acts on ... More >>

Good Friday: Fall Indie Fest, Matt & Kim, Fang Island, School Of Seven Bells, The xx, Morning Benders, Twin Sister, Cults, The National, Sarah Harmer, Two Door Cinema Club, Gaslight Anthem, Devendra Banhart & More!

​You may remember when I mentioned Grand Prairie's upcoming Fall Indie Fest in a story about suburban rock a few weeks ago. Well, Fall Indie Fest is finally here. While it doesn't have quite the same fanfare of the little festival in Austin this weekend, there is still reason aplenty to head out w ... More >>

Balmorhea, Doug Burr, Bosque Brown

Thursday, September 2, at the Granada Theater

Counting Down the Best Local Albums of '09

The Best Songs in Dallas Music, 2009: Bosque Brown's "This Town" Comes Back at No. 8.

[Editor's Note: Over the next couple of weeks, I'll be presenting my favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today we take an in-depth look at song No. 8 on the list--and, please, feel free to click after the jump for a free download of the track. Lastl ... More >>

Presenting The Best DFW Albums of 2009...

[Editor's Note: In this week's paper, you'll see my picks for the best DFW albums of 2009. Unfortunately, because of space concerns in print, some of the column was cut. So I've decided to print the whole thing here in full. Check it out. Argue away. Do your thing. And check some of our writers' pic ... More >>

Good Friday: Blue Jungle, True Widow, Eyes, Wings And Many Other Things, Sydney Confirm, Sore Losers, Yeahdef, Keith P, DJ Sega, Killanova, Prince William, Yeahdef, Beauxregard, Land Mammals, Jesse Gage, Mara Lee Miller, Theater Fire, Mimicking Birds

​The ACL festival may be going on right now down in Austin town, but North Texas music lovers aren't going to let some silly little no-compete clause ruin the weekend.First, let's review the shows we've already mentioned. Tonight, Telegraph Canyon releases The Tide and the Current at Lola's in For ... More >>

The Guardian on Bosque Brown's Mara Lee Miller: "Quite A Voice."

Annie GunnBosque Brown's Mara Lee Miller gets some serious praise from The Guardian.​ Looks like Telegraph Canyon's not the only Fort Worth-based act garnering some serious praise from a respected out-of-town outlet today: This morning, the UK-based daily The Guardian honored Bosque Brown as its " ... More >>

DOMA XXI: And The Nominees Are...

This year's trophy will look nothing like the Heisman. Sorry to get your hopes up.A few weeks back, the 2009 Dallas Observer Music Awards balloting process began--somewhat quietly, I admit.  Distinguished area musicians, producers, booking agents, sound engineers, bloggers, journalists a ... More >>

Video: Watch Bosque Brown Perform "Phone Call"

Earlier this afternoon at Gorilla vs. Bear, Chris Cantalini posted the above video of Bosque Brown frontwoman Mara Lee Miller and her sister/pianist Gina Milligan performing the song "Phone Call" off of her just-released album, Baby. It was shot by Spiral Diner executive chef James M. Johnston in th ... More >>

Bosque Brown's Mara Lee Miller Expands Her Vision While Sticking Close to Home

Bonus MP3: Bosque Brown -- "Went Walking"

Sure, some other blogs have already beat me to the punch on this one today--shocking, but sometimes here at DC9 we're not just sitting at our computer, refreshing our email inboxes over and over--but, whatever. Since you and I both know that this is the only music blog worth reading in town (please ... More >>

Bonus MP3: Blackbird Harmony -- "Caution & Dispatch"

Blackbird Harmony

Hardwood Exits (Yer Bird)

Musical Portraits

Goldberg captures Texas' best

Oh, You’ll Have Plenty o’ Hymns on Sunday, Don’t You Worry

Bands on the Run

Amid the SXSW cacophony, there was good stuff to be found

The Baptist Generals, Theater Fire, Bosque Brown, Doug Burr

Friday, February 9, at the Granada Theater

Odds & Ends

At this week's Dallas Video Festival, local audio gets the spotlight treatment

Kickin' It In Aisle Five

We didn't get the budget for a DOMA documentary, so here's a quick behind-the-scenes rundown instead

MySXSW

Austin's biggest music fest was anything you wanted it to be. Dallas acts made theirs a blast.

The Deep Ellum Experience

Dallas has good bands. So why did they flee Deep Ellum?

Dallas Decides

Local musicians put the mikes down and pick up the pens to choose their favorite albums

Our critics' top 10 albums

Odds & Ends

The Cavern used to be a dark, dingy place for bad local bands. Lance Yocom is brightening it up.

Best City Ever

If you think Dallas' music scene is slipping, then you're obviously missing the shows

Bosque Brown

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