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May 7, 2012
Justin Townes Earle - Dada - 5/5/12
Justin Townes Earle Dada Saturday, May 5 Justin Townes Earle looked dapper as he took the stage alone Saturday night at Dada. Whippet-thin, with a cleft chin that would make Travolta envious, he started the evening with nods to Woody Guthrie, first with "They Killed John Henry" and then with "Wande ... More >>
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November 14, 2011
The Jayhawks' Mark Olson on seeing Arlo Guthrie: "I was floored."
The Jayhawks' Mark Olson.As previewed in last week's issue, The Jayhawks have returned with a new album and a new sense of joy. As the band returns to Dallas with Mark Olson and Karen Grotberg in the lineup, you can expect to hear plenty of great country rock on Wednesday night at the Granada ... More >>
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August 10, 2011
Javi Garcia Prefers Dark Subject Matter: "I Am Not Interested In Writing a Pop Song," He Says.
He's just 30 years old, but alt-country singer-songwriter Javi Garcia has the world weary soul and voice of someone in their 50s. As such, even though the New Braunfels native has only been playing music professionally for a couple of years, his songs reek with the pathos and anger of post-addicted ... More >>
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August 8, 2011
Over The Weekend: Kinky Friedman at Sons of Hermann Hall
Kinky Friedman, Josh Alan FriedmanSons of Hermann HallAugust 6, 2011 Better than: Rick Perry's prayer meeting. Kinky FriedmanSons of Hermann Hall had a full house on Saturday night for KNON's 28th anniversary celebration, headlined by Kinky Friedman. It was a hardcore segment of The Peo ... More >>
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July 29, 2011
Report: The First Night of The First Round of The 2011 Shiner Rising Star Competition
Shiner Rising Star 2011: Night One of Round One Love & War in Texas in Plano July 28, 2011So here we are: another year, another opening night for the annual Shiner Rising Star competition. To begin the eighth 13-week season, three Dallas-area acts were brought to the stage of the Plano l ... More >>
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May 5, 2011
15 Year of Obsessive Wilco Coverage
Shiner Rising Star 2011: Night One of Round One Love & War in Texas in Plano July 28, 2011So here we are: another year, another opening night for the annual Shiner Rising Star competition. To begin the eighth 13-week season, three Dallas-area acts were brought to the stage of the Plano l ... More >>
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April 25, 2011
This Week In Dallas Music History: The Education of Michelle Shocked
This week in 1996, Unfair Park's Own Robert Wilonsky got down to brass tacks with Texas singer-songwriter Michelle Shocked, whose career was unexpectedly started a decade earlier.In the story, Wilonsky retells the somewhat widely known story of Shocked's hijacked beginnings. "She recorded the son ... More >>
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April 22, 2011
Q&A and Bonus MP3: Joe Purdy Knows When and When Not To Allow His Songs to Be Used
Joe PurdyFor about 10 years now, Arkansas native Joe Purdy has steadily released album after album of solid -- and at times, spectacular -- folk music. Most recently, though, with his two 2010 releases, 4th of July and This American, Purdy has adopted inventive ways to get his music heard.Case in ... More >>
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March 24, 2011
The Guth and the Glory
Joe PurdyFor about 10 years now, Arkansas native Joe Purdy has steadily released album after album of solid -- and at times, spectacular -- folk music. Most recently, though, with his two 2010 releases, 4th of July and This American, Purdy has adopted inventive ways to get his music heard.Case in ... More >>
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November 5, 2010
Q&A Bonus MP3: Mike Herrera of Tumbledown (and MxPx) Talks Going Country, Covering His Own Songs and The Current Debate on Immigration.
Mike Herrera's TumbledownMike Herrera is best known as the vocalist and bassist for MxPx, a punk rock act from Bremerton, Washington, that gained a substantial following in the mid-'90s. Although each member of MxPx was a Christian, the band never identified itself as a Christian punk band, and, ... More >>
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July 7, 2010
Q&A: Cadillac Sky's Bryan Simpson Tells Us About Working With Dan Auerbach, And Worrying About Getting Beat Up By Zac Brown. Also, He Gives Us A Bonus MP3.
It warms my heart to see some good boys from Texas doing well for themselves--and Cadillac Sky heats this ol' ticker just fine. Originally from Fort Worth, Cadillac Sky has gone on to considerable recognition and praise from bluegrass, roots, and folk fans across the nation for their genre fusing an ... More >>
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April 15, 2010
Schutze Says We Should All Do a Badu and Get Naked at Dealey Plaza--and That Includes Him
It warms my heart to see some good boys from Texas doing well for themselves--and Cadillac Sky heats this ol' ticker just fine. Originally from Fort Worth, Cadillac Sky has gone on to considerable recognition and praise from bluegrass, roots, and folk fans across the nation for their genre fusing an ... More >>
Culture
December 31, 2009
To Hell With The Recession -This Year Gave Dallas Audiences The Best Productions Of The Decade
It warms my heart to see some good boys from Texas doing well for themselves--and Cadillac Sky heats this ol' ticker just fine. Originally from Fort Worth, Cadillac Sky has gone on to considerable recognition and praise from bluegrass, roots, and folk fans across the nation for their genre fusing an ... More >>
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September 18, 2009
Will Johnson Joins Monsters of Folk, Preps Other Collaborations...
Some interesting Will Johnson news pouring in this week, as the Centro-matic frontman's keeping himself quite busy these days. Just a couple nights ago, in fact, a little birdie told me that Johnson, always the busy touring musician, is the newest addition to the Monsters of Folk lineup, jo ... More >>
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November 29, 2007
Todd Haynes Offers His Bob Dylan
He knows it might not be your Bob Dylan
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August 30, 2007
Peter Case
Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John (Yep Roc Records)
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September 14, 2006
Ghost World
True-crime noir goes searching for Hollywood's heart of darkness
Music
April 13, 2006
Zim Vs. Hag
How the two most polar songwriters of the '60s became the same man
Culture
April 6, 2006
No Strings Attached
Wooden acting all around--and not just in Stage West's brittle Puppet Boy
Film
March 20, 2003
Eyes at Front
At the 16th Dallas Video Festival, you cannot--and should not--look away
Culture
August 22, 2002
Fallon Fast
Saturday Night Live's prime player is rapidly outgrowing television's small screen
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June 13, 2002
Playing By Heart
Vena Cava became The Theater Fire, but still no one knows what to do with them
Music
September 20, 2001
Sunken Treasure
Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is the best album of this year. Here's why you can't listen to it.
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May 10, 2001
Dynamic Duo
With playwright Steven Sater, Duncan Sheik sidesteps his usual breezy pop
Music
December 28, 2000
Just Beautiful
A year so good, not even Sleater-Kinney makes the Top 10
Music
November 23, 2000
Gave the People What They Had
Sometimes, the best new music is the best old music
Music
June 8, 2000
The old old thing
Malvina Reynolds and Harry Smith argue for folk's historical authenticity. Whatever that is.
Music
November 11, 1999
Sweet grown-up James
James Taylor talks to the kids, but he plays for the adults
Culture
July 1, 1999
Banter
Terry Martin dives into WaterTower
Music
February 25, 1999
The only one
Wilco's Jeff Tweedy spent years trying to prove he was better than everyone thought. Now, with Summer Teeth, nothing's ever gonna get in his way again.
Music
February 4, 1999
Cosmic love song
A "new" Roky Erickson record might be as close as anyone will ever get to him
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December 3, 1998
Long journey home
Lucinda Williams' Car Wheels roll on a perfect road
Music
November 19, 1998
Out There
Lucinda Williams' Car Wheels roll on a perfect road
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November 5, 1998
Maybe he's doing it wrong
But a new boxed set proves you can't keep Randy Newman down
Music
October 22, 1998
Country and Midwestern
The best of the alt-country lot salute the majesty of the past--while defining the future
Music
October 8, 1998
Whiskey-bent and hell-bound
With a monumental new boxed set, Hank Williams gets out of this world alive
Music
October 8, 1998
Out There
With a monumental new boxed set, Hank Williams gets out of this world alive
Culture
September 17, 1998
Absolute perfection
Reed Easterwood's record is one of the year's best. Good luck finding it
Music
July 2, 1998
Out There
Reed Easterwood's record is one of the year's best. Good luck finding it
Music
June 25, 1998
Ani DiFranco, musician
Reconsidering the image of the do-it-yourself poster child
Music
June 4, 1998
A stink over 'Think'
A local housewife-songwriter claims country hunk Collin Raye stole her song
Music
March 26, 1998
Roadshows
A local housewife-songwriter claims country hunk Collin Raye stole her song
Music
March 5, 1998
Down in the tube station
Mary Lou Lord nears the end of her 15 minutes
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December 4, 1997
Deck the malls
This season's Christmas album offerings
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November 20, 1997
Bewitched, bothered, bewildered
What to make of Erykah Badu's latest album
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May 22, 1997
Timeless flights
The Byrds soar though the changes
Music
May 8, 1997
Out of the past
Slaid Cleaves finally molds his influences into the shape of his own voice
Music
March 6, 1997
Economies of scale
Cake hopes that cutting a deal won't interfere with keeping it real
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December 28, 1995
Who gives a Hootie?
Farewell to 1995, a year in music we'd rather forget
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