Harper Root

Harper Root has been writing for for the Dallas Observer since 2016. Before that he worked for two small-town dailies in East Texas. He can usually be found eating tacos, shopping at thrift stores or attending queerlesque shows.

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Trio manintheraw Takes an Emotional Approach to Songwriting in Its Niche Genre

By Harper Root
Jun 23, 2017

Members of the DFW trio manintheraw, who describe themselves as indie math folk, know they play a niche genre, and they don’t care. For them, it’s all about the feelings music invokes. “During our practices, we really just focus more on the emotions we went through that week as a...
Sigur Rós Captivates the Bomb Factory with Gripping, Emotional Performance

By Harper Root
Jun 8, 2017

Sigur Rós The Bomb Factory, Dallas Wednesday, June 7, 2017 Sigur Rós frontman Jónsi opened his mouth in silent screams and bent his head nearly to the ground as he played his signature bowed guitar. The Icelandic post-rock trio played for a standing-room-only crowd in the Bomb Factory. The raw emotion...
The Free Man in Deep Ellum Undertaking Massive Expansion That Will Add Two New Stages

By Harper Root
May 12, 2017

Most people quit their vices the day after Fat Tuesday. But John Jay Myers, frontman of jazz band The Free Loaders and owner of Cajun restaurant The Free Man, isn't most people. "Right before Fat Tuesday I thought that I'd had enough," he says from a dingy couch in the...
Original Head of Big Tex Rules an Army of Santas in Extravagant University Park Light Display

By Harper Root
Dec 23, 2016

Some people collect stamps. Others collect dolls or china. Wayne Smith, a homeowner in University Park, collects light-up Santa figurines — more than 70 of them — and sets them up on bleachers in his front yard as part of a giant holiday display which grows more extravagant each year...

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