Lisa McDaniel Balances Deep Ellum’s Books

Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. Lisa McDaniel’s interests are an unlikely duo: metal and math. In all fairness, she likes local music of all different kinds. But when it comes to her faves, she’s as down…

Derek Walker’s Gone From Airwaves to Dirt Track

Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. In 2009, KZPS-FM 92.5 fired Derek Walker from their promotions crew. Unfortunately, he was sorely misunderstood by the marketing department’s then-head honcho, and was let go after going shirtless for a…

Jamie Kinser, DFW’s Lady in Black

Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. Jamie Kinser started booking shows after shaking hands with Ernest Tubb’s nephew, Lucky Tubb. Before long, a handshake turned into a partnership. Next thing you know, Kinser’s original endeavor of booking…

John Iskander’s Got Big Ideas For Parade of Flesh

Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. John Iskander was “at dinner with a priest” when he came up with the name Parade of Flesh, his one-man live music “boutique.” But it would be rather antiseptic to label…

Chris Galt’s All Up In Your Venue, Recording Your Bands

Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. Chris Galt isn’t always the most welcome person in a venue. He comes rolling in with his own console, often unplugging everything and rewiring the systems together just hours before a…

Dallas Distortion Music, Turning Common Ground Into Community Action

It blogs. It books cool local music shows. It’s a must-follow Facebook and Twitter page. It promotes bands, free of charge. So what is Dallas Distortion Music, exactly? Essentially, DDM is Matt Vickers, 34, and Evan Henry, 15. They started out as big fans of Sub Pop Records and ended…

Booze Snow Cones and Magical Tacos: Jeremy Poyo Is Home at LaGrange

Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. If you play your cards right with a local music venue, all you need is a huge picture window as your marketing tool. Certainly anyone who has strolled by LaGrange and…

Dallas Distortion Music Is In the Front Row

Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. It blogs. It books cool local music shows. It’s a must-follow Facebook and Twitter page. It promotes bands, free of charge. So what is Dallas Distortion Music, exactly? Essentially, DDM is…

Sound Advice: Lee Russell Pilots the Warship at Trees

Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. Lee Russell has spent the last 27 years doing live sound at just about every major amphitheater in the country, traveled the world with some really big productions, and is the…

The Queen of Excess: Kim Finch Rocks the Double and Single Wide

Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. Who is Kim Finch? Hell if she knows. She’d pour you a nice shot if you could help her figure that out. Finch was once “Puncho Villa” in the Assassination City…

Ilona Scheel Rocks Around the Loft in Fair Park

Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. Ever look up at apartments above some of our local bars and wonder who the hell lives there? Meet Ilona Scheel, who resides just above Expo Park’s Amsterdam Bar. No, she’s…

Fearless Leader: Rubber Gloves’ Josh Baish

Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. Josh Baish is the head honcho at Denton’s Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios, perhaps one of the most important venues in DFW’s music scene since opening in 1997. Baish owes its success…

Annie Karundethu, Proud Momma of Local Euphoria

Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. Annie Karundethu runs a small but passionate organization called Local Euphoria, comprised of a couple folks who want to expose local talent and contribute to charity at the same time. She’s…

Vince and Dawn Barnhill Have Seen a Million Faces, Rocked Them All

Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. Vince and Dawn Barnhill have been running Universal Rehearsal since 1987, five years before they tied the knot. Over that time, they’ve hosted rehearsals by Erykah Badu, The Dixie Chicks, Miranda…

Drue Mitchell Rides the Airwaves From DFW to L.A.

Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. Drue Mitchell has worked for 97.1 KEGL in promotions, as on-air jock at (old frequency) 94.5 KDGE and 89.7 KVRK, and now does television for a Christian music network in Los…

10 Intriguing Classic Rock Albums to Watch for in 2012

Most all of us know the deal when it comes to new music from a famous, old school rock artist: It’s a waiting game. A waiting game daunted with a lot of vague answers, and sometimes pretty flaky behavior. Some would say this is due to the pace set by…