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On October 22, Take a Walk, Ride Your Bike or Just Hang Out on the Cedar Crest Bridge

​In December of last year, the city of Dallas put out the call: Design firm needed to draw up pedestrian and bicycle enhancements for the Cedar Crest Bridge over the Trinity River. In May, the Trinity River Corridor Project Committee was told that 13 firms had stepped forward with proposals for th ... More >>

Pedestrian Playlist: What Does The Executive Director of the Dallas Zoo Listen To?

Welcome to a new recurring feature here on DC9 where we talk to people of interest in the metroplex about their taste in music, including likes, dislikes, and guilty pleasures. We're calling it Pedestrian Playlist -- because, hey, everyone listens to music.I wonder what Turtles listen to?​The Dall ... More >>

Good Friday: Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Music Festival, Autolux, Designer Drugs, Sarah Jaffe, Dave Matthews Band, Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, Nick Cannon, Lyfe Jennings, Guitar Shorty, Paramore, Tegan & Sara, Rigor Mortis, Jonas Brothers & more

​This weekend is stuffed with some pretty big shows, but the biggest one coming to town this weekend might be Saturday's Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Music Festival at Superpages.com Center with Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold, our own Hellyeah and many more.Maybe getting all jacked up on repackaged ... 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 >>

Idol Rich: "Blue Skies" Were Smiling on Casey James

​American Idol opened its results show with the Top Five performing a medley of Frank Sinatra classics and the announcement that, next week, the remaining contestants would get the guidance of Jamie Foxx. Genre? Songs of the cinema. With Foxx, I would've expected vocal impersonations (what up, Fau ... More >>

On Hold Time, M. Ward Further Establishes Himself as a Student of Music

Quincy Jones Can't Help But Look Back on His Life and Legacy

Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel

Willie and the Wheel (Bismeaux Productions)

"Fathead" Newman's Granddaughter Reveals Plans for Two Dallas Memorials

Talibah Newman, David "Fathead" Newman's granddaughter, tells Unfair Park today that on Sunday at 2 p.m., there will be a memorial service in honor of the saxophone great, who died Tuesday night in New York following a long bout with pancreatic cancer. The service will take place at the Warren Avenu ... More >>

David "Fathead" Newman Has Died at 75

Josh Alan Friedman, who penned an amazing piece about the Texas Tenor for the paper version of Unfair Park long ago, brings sad news today: Corsicana-born, Dallas-raised sax great David "Fathead" Newman died yesterday. There's only been one obituary, but a call to David's wife and manager Karen offe ... More >>

David "Fathead" Newman Has Died at 75

Josh Alan Friedman, who penned an amazing piece about the Texas Tenor for the paper version of Unfair Park long ago, brings sad news today: Corsicana-born, Dallas-raised sax great David "Fathead" Newman died yesterday. There's only been one obituary, but a call to David's wife and manager Karen offe ... More >>

Echoes And Reverberations: The Ghosts Of The Longhorn Ballroom

Remembering Jerry Wexler

A friend recalls the legendary record man

The Last Castrato

See Frankie Vallie at the Meyerson

Local Musicians Give Democracy The Finger

Last Night: Maceo Parker at House of Blues

Last Night: Van Morrison at Myerson Symphony Center

The Kids Were All Right

What You Say?!

Jamie hits the road...Jack

Jamie Foxx to Play Nokia. Wonder If He Does Any Ray Charles.

Suburban Blues

UTD gets sad and jazzed

Where Do You Buy Your Hair?

...And other questions reporters can't ever ask

Bolton Lives!

Being an ass-clown ain't so bad

Jews for Jesus (Sorta, Kinda, Not Really)

Flexible Cantos

AJ Croce takes the stage at Bend Studio

Too Long in Exile

Van Morrison one-ups Bigfoot, Easter Bunny with rare metroplex appearance

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Hello, He's Not Johnny Cash

Walk the Line never strays from the dull telling of a tall tale

Odds & Ends

Fire marshals pay Gypsy a visit; Scaraoke still going strong; cast your

Odds & Ends

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

Crash and Yearn

Howard Hughes gets what he wants, in this case a fun and loving biopic

Odds & Ends

Grammy noms, Denton cares and Deedle's last dance

Rodent Tales

It's man vs. squirrel

Messed Around

As Ray Charles, Jamie Foxx turns an ordinary bio into an extraordinary one

Ben Folds

Super D (Epic)

Odds & Ends

Plus: A tribute to Rick James

Odds & Ends

ACL Music Festival, Chaz's Live and Local Show and an interview with David "Fathead" Newman

Real Thing

Ashford and Simpson don't cost nothing

Jools Holland

Small World Big Band (Warner Music UK)

Best Beer Joint

Ship's Lounge

Out Here

Old 97's

Ray Charles

Roadshows

Soul brother number one

Ray Charles rules a far-flung kingdom

Camelot in 4/4 time

A golden age in Dallas jazz turns 40

Glory and injustice

Is bass legend Chuck Rainey falling through the cracks?

House of David

Fathead comes home

Disorder in the court

Queen Margot and The Madness of King George explore the dark side of royalty

Blues for James

Local jazzer James Clay leaves remarkable legacy