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Real. Texas. Festival. It's On.

The city of Mesquite just released the dates for this year's Real. Texas. Festival. The seventh annual event will take place April 26-27 at Rodeo Center, located at 1818 Rodeo Drive. This year's musical lineup will feature newly minted restaurateur Pat Green among others. You can also expect anothe ... More >>

Since Sharon Hage's Doing Menus for Bowlers and Pat Green, Why Not Really Expand Her Horizons?

Sharon Hage is a celebrated chef in Dallas' dining culture. She opened and ran the much-mourned York Street, the fine-dining restaurant that brought the farm-to-table movement to Dallas by showcasing simple, honest cooking based on high quality ingredients. So she's recently turned her efforts to co ... More >>

Free Range Concepts & Pat Green Announce "The Rustic"

Dallas is going to get a really big bar. At least it looks pretty big in this rendering. "The Rustic" will open this spring, according to Josh Sepkowitz and Kyle Noonan, who also opened Bowl and Barrel recently on Park Lane. See also: - Bowl and Barrel to Open Soon with Some Potentially Impressive ... More >>

Five Non-Hank Jr. and Merle Acts to Catch at Sunday's Stockyards Music Festival

Over the course of the last few years, the Sunday before Labor Day has seen some really good times take place on the dusty plot of land next to Billy Bob's in Ft. Worth's Stockyards district. Day-long festivals headlined by acts such as Cross Canadian Ragweed, the Black Crowes and the Randy Rogers B ... More >>

The Best Texas Country/Red Dirt Songs of the Past 15 Years

Nine of This Week's Most Notable Show Announcements: Swans, Crushed Stars and More

Swans, Xiu XiuSunday, September 16, at Trees, $20In 1997, post-punk act Swans went on hiatus and didn't return until 2010, when they released My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky. A successful tour followed. Seems the band has settled back in nicely, as they're set to release The Seer in Aug ... More >>

The 15 Best Songs From the Past 15 Years of Texas Country/Red Dirt/Whatever It's Called

As we look upon the massive machine Texas country has made chug along over the past several years, it's easy to see 1997 as a pivotal time. In college towns and major metropolises alike, the masses were demanding more music from people that shared their pride, enthusiasm and thirst for something dif ... More >>

Lone Star Park's Business Is Booming. What Are They Doing Right?

See also: Photos of Wolfdance at Lone Star Park, June 30 For those paying attention to area booking, a curious string of events has been occurring this summer. Grand Prairie's Lone Star Park has cornered the market on Texas country with their Lone Star Music series, which has already drawn more tha ... More >>

Chuck Taylor Looks Back on 10 Years of Texas Countdown

Nicholas Altobelli: "I Learned How To Play Guitar On Pat Green Albums. Did I Just Lose My Indie Cred?"

If you've been around Deep Ellum for the past six months, you've probably heard about Nicholas Altobelli. This weekend is no different, as he's a part of the first annual Deep Ellum Big Folkin' Festival, along with The O's, Telegraph Canyon and Dovetail. Altobelli shared his first show experiences ... More >>

A Spune Christmas, Moby, Man Or Astro-man? and a Very Solid Weekend of Shows

Telegraph Canyon headlines A Spune Christmas at Dada​It's a big weekend for shows any way you cut it. Tonight's A Spune Christmas party at Dada with Telegraph Canyon and Air Review is certainly one of your better options, especially if you like free tacos and free beer. Saturday night, however, is ... 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 >>

Once More, Rallying 'Round the 2010 Rangers

Photos by Conner HowellThe season ended for the Rangers on Monday night. Still, Pat Green would like you to take him out to the ballgame.​Not yet ready to let go of the 2010 season, Your Texas Rangers held that rally Wednesday evening in the Ballpark's parking lot. We dispatched Intern Conner Howe ... More >>

Big Wild Dance Party

Picture Show: KISS Fans at Pizza Hut Park

All photos by Roger CaldwellCheck out more photos of KISS in our slideshow.​In Darryl Smyers Q&A with Tommy Thayer, who has played guitar in KISS since 2002, Thayer mentioned his weight-loss from the strain of the tall shoes and heat of the lights. Bottom line: it's hard work to dress up like ... More >>

Over the Weekend: KISS, Daughtry, Pat Green, Drowning Pool, The Academy Is . . ., The Envy, Revengeance at Pizza Hut Park

KISS, Daughtry, Pat Green, Drowning Pool, The Academy Is..., The Envy, RevengeancePizza Hut ParkSaturday, September 18, 2010(Way) better than: getting drunk and watching KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park. Roger Caldwell"How 'bout a little Kiss?"​It was the same old KISS that showed up on Saturday ... More >>

Good Friday: Kiss, Pixies, Daughtry, Drowning Pool, Harlem, Dungen, Lazer, Rusko, Sleepy Sun, STEW, Derek Webb, Cas Haley, Shonen Knife and More!

Harlem. Just your average pirate/cowboy/federale, rock band​This weekend sees a pretty stacked list of local shows and touring shows alike, but the biggest of all is probably the extravaganza happening in Frisco on Saturday. As we mentioned yesterday, Kiss, Daughtry, Pat Green, The Academy Is..., ... More >>

KISS, Daughtry, Pat Green, The Academy Is..., Drowning Pool

Saturday, September 18, at Pizza Hut Park

Giveaway: Three Pairs of Tickets to See KISS, Pat Green, Daughtry, The Academy Is... and Drowning Pool at Pizza Hut Park on Saturday.

​The big show this Saturday at Frisco's Pizza Hut Park might be the weirdest bill we've seen in a while. You've got American Idol buttrocker Daughtry, opening for Texas-Country cheeseball Pat Green, opening for, well, KISS. Oh, and somewhere else along the line, Dronwning Pool and The Academy Is.. ... More >>

Giveaway: A Pair of Tickets to Lochrann's Oysterfest on September 25

​Frisco's inaugural Oysterfest on Saturday, September 25, at Lochrann's Irish Pub & Eatery is just a few weeks away. As we've mentioned more than a few times before, the lineup for this shindig, which includes Rhett Miller, Efterklang, Bowerbirds and about 15 of the area's best bands, is prett ... More >>

Gig Alert: Gig Alert - Shiner Rising Star Competition Tonight At Love and War in Texas Grapevine

​Shiner Bock beer has become a bit of a cliché in the realm of Texas country. For a while, it seemed as though all Pat Green had to do was to simply throw the name of the Lone Star legend into a verse and the song would rocket to regional hit-dom. The thing is, 'round these parts, the little brew ... More >>

Austin City Limits Announces 2010 Lineup...

​It's that time of year, again. The Austin City Limits Festival line-up was unveiled early this morning via the fest's official website. There isn't any question: This year's docket will have people gabbing--whether it's vitriolic hate or nostalgic, warm-fuzzies. Sure, for many, bashing on the cho ... More >>

Dixie Chicks and Old 97's Named to Texas Music's Best Albums Of The Decade List, Other Area Acts Named Among Its Artists Of The Decade

​The new Texas Music magazine popped up in the snail mail yesterday, and in a joint celebration of both the end of the '00s and start of the mag's 10th year in existence, the magazine, like many others before it, went ahead and listed its favorite albums and artists of the decade. And, of course, ... More >>

Because There's Nothing More Awkward and Adorable Than Celebs Taking Photos With Pets

Back in July we noted that current Dallas Morning News photographer David Woo and former News photographer Richard Pruitt collaborated on a side project due on coffee tables in November: a tome titled Top Dogs and Their Pets, proceeds from which toward rescuing, rehabbing and re-housing abused puppi ... More >>

Country Hunks And The Women Who Love Them.

Giveaway: Three Pairs of Tickets to Tonight's Bobby Bare Jr. Show At The Longhorn Saloon

Patrick Michels​A few months ago, much of the Observer's SXSW posse closed out the mess by catching Bobby Bare Jr. in a pretty empty barroom on the second floor above Sixth Street. With his always-straining voice, smart lyrics and easy turns from folk to all-out rocking, he was a breath of fresh c ... More >>

Gig(s) Alert: Great Roots Rock--At Several Area Spots--Tonight

Those looking for a way to start the weekend early--especially those with a proclivity for Americana--can do so at a variety of local establishments tonight.Aside from the much-heralded Lucinda Williams kicking up her heels at the House of Blues this evening, you can also catch Austinite Jason Allen ... More >>

A Couple O' Country(ish) Shows To Take In This Weekend...

Lone Star 92.5 Is Out For Blood This Week

Country Thunder USA in Waxahachie Cancels, Blames Everything Except The Music

For the Rest of Us

A field guide to the hippest music festivals of the summer

Jason Boland and the Stragglers

Thursday, September 28, at FireWater

No Cheese, Please

Kenny Chesney and crew hit Frisco

Jerry Jeff Walker and Django Walker

Monday, March 27, at Bass Performance Hall

Wade Bowen

Saturday, March 18, at Gilley's

Letters

Li´l Cap´n Travis

Friday, January 21, at Sons of Hermann Hall

Crapped Out

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

Load of Bull

Texas Stampede is rockin', ridin' and rodeo

Best Radio Station

KHYI-FM (95.3), The Range

Queer Eye for the Country Guys

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

Speedtrucker

January 22

Bolton No More in ’04

And other New Year’s resolutions we’re not sticking with

Mo' Bull

Check out the rockin' broncs

Walk the Line

Eleven Hundred Springs is right at home among Willie, Waylon and the boys

Letters

Friends in high places; Blood and gutlessness; For shame

Across the Bar

Potluck Audio; Club B-day; Aden high Five; It's not easy being Green

Critics' Picks

Pat Green

Letters