Reba McEntire

Nikki McKibbin on American Idol, Paula Abdul and Singing About a Dog Named Germs

You might have seen Nikki McKibbin in the national media these days, recalling her time with Rodney King on Celebrity Rehab 2, but she's still singing around the DFW area in two bands: No Rest for the Wicked and Love Stricken Demise. The latter has a new EP, Psychotrip, and will support Warrant, Tri ... More >>

Chuck Taylor Looks Back on 10 Years of Texas Countdown

Jeff the Brotherhood smash their heads on the punk rock.

Last Night: David Liebe Hart Band at Bryan Street Tavern

David Liebe Hart.​David Liebe Hart Band Bryan Street Tavern November, 8 Better than: an evening of stand-up with James Quall. (Well, about the same, actually.) In a 2007 interview with the A.V. Club Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim explained that the secret to their humor lies in the subtle-y ... More >>

Listomania: The 15 Most Unexpected, Unlikely, and Downright Awkward Collaborations of All Time

Beck​Yesterday Beck announced that he had been "recording some tracks" with country singer Dwight Yoakam. And yeah, we guess we could kind of see that, as Beck has run the gamut of styles during his career, touching on hip-hop, electronic, folk, and mariachi. But, even though it makes sense when ... More >>

Unexpected Influences: Lalagray May Rock The Piano, But, When No One's Looking, She Dances Half-Naked To Gaga and Chumbawumba

Welcome to a Unexpected Influences, where we talk to musicians about the music no one expects them to like. Ashley Myrick, aka Lalagray​As far as unexpected things go, Ashley Myrick can count her 2010 high on the list. She started the year a back up vocalist for local act The Beaten Sea, but her t ... 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 >>

Good Godfather! Al Pacino's Bringing a Greatest-Hits One-Man Show to AT&TPAC in November.

​Maria May at the AT&T Performing Arts Center just sent over a release announcing the 2010-'11 seasons of the Brinker International Forum, TITAS and JAZZ ROOTS -- quite the trifecta, especially when you look at the roster for the Brinker International Forum. The whole kit, along with the atten ... More >>

Picture Show: Lil Wayne at the Allen Event Center

Matt Nager​ Lil Wayne was the biggest thing going in Allen last night, with his stop at the frigid northern suburb's new Allen Event Center. Ticking off the tour dates before he heads to prison in early February, Wayne joined Reba McEntire on the short list of big acts to grace the venue's stage. ... More >>

Lil Wayne to Play Allen Event Center on January 7

​The Allen Event Center opened just last month--and, no offense to Reba McEntire, who (just as she had at Cowboys Stadium) opened the joint, or to Charlie Daniels, who'll play there with his band on December 19--but we haven't exactly felt all that compelled to go to the new venue. That's a hike u ... More >>

The Sound Sucks At Cowboys Stadium--But The Bands Aren't Helping Matters.

Today In Music News: Patrick Stump Breaks The Law, Reba Scores Second No. 1 and Ellie Greenwich Passes Away

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, August 27, 2009... Fall Out Boy lead singer Patrick Stump (the one with all the hats) was arrested for traffic warrants in California. He was then released on $15,000 bail for driving with a Illinois license instead of a California one. I kn ... More >>

Holy Crap, The New Cowboys Stadium Is Impressive

Good Friday: New Science Projects, The Theater Fire, Red, Air Review, George Strait, I Was A King, Pops Carter, Josh Weathers, Bowling for Soup, J.D. Souther, Grand Funk Railroad, Better Than Ezra, Les Claypool, Girl In A Coma

Why, yes, that is R. Kelly playing from my computer speakers in the office right now. Which means it must be the weekend. And means I must be running late on posting Good Friday. My sincerest apologies. Here are your weekend plans, friends. First up, the shows we've already hyped.Tonight's kinda cra ... More >>

George Stadium

Sound Bytes: Roy G. and The Biv Offer Download, Spinal Tap To Play Nokia, Tool Man Hocks Wine, Jodeci Cancels, and, Somehow, There Are More George Strait Tickets Now Available

Nikki LoehrRoy G. and The Biv have a new song for you to hear.Kinda a slow day round the way here at DC9. Not too too much going on. Actually, that's not true. There's a lot, but not necessarily enough to constitute entire blog posts. Also, our blogging system was down for a bit before. Oh well. On ... More >>

It's Official: George Strait and Reba McEntire To Open New Cowboys Stadium

Ron DavisOK, so maybe this is kinda old news at this point, but, yes, it's been confirmed: After weeks and weeks of truly heated speculation, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones announced at a press conference yesterday that country music icons George Strait and Reba McEntire would be joining forces to perfor ... More >>

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Yoko Romo Goes Country

Bland on Bland Crime

September's CDs produce more beef than a Western Sizzlin'

For the Rest of Us

A field guide to the hippest music festivals of the summer

Whirlpool's Going to Clean Up Frazier Courts

War on Tiara

In Pageant, six beauties in size 11 heels battle royally for the crown

American Beauty

Landscapes, from north to south

Brush With Greatness?

Plus: Needless Things and Sack of Kittens

TV or Not TV

At least there's less junk this year

Décolletage Diva

Liv Tyler makes the boys go crazy-funny in One Night at McCool's

Dreck the halls

Why are most Christmas albums so bad?

Journey, man

Kevin Bacon hasn't been in every movie ever made -- it just feels like it

Mandy Barnett

Taking the Wheel

For the second time this decade, Ray Benson pays tribute to Bob Wills

Ride with Ray

The best friend Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys ever had

A stink over 'Think'

A local housewife-songwriter claims country hunk Collin Raye stole her song

Out Here

The ghost of Xmas passes

Landmark local band packs it in

Honky-Tonk Man

He had 78 hits spanning five decades and revolutionized country music. Now, Fort Worth's Hank Thompson gets a new green light.