Steve Earle is still a radical, but about empathy more than politics
Steve Earle and his band will be making a stop in Dallas on Aug. 30 at the Kessler Theater.
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What Pandemic? The Vandoliers Triumphantly Return Bigger and Better Than Before
It’s safe to say that the pandemic has been hard on just about everyone, regardless of their line of work. But the sudden way in which COVID-19
Blue Moon, Golden Ticket: After 25 years, Dave Lane finally wins the race to radio host
On a recent Tuesday afternoon in Irving, it was business as usual inside the lobby of the Omni Las Colinas hotel.
The Shins’ James Mercer Looks Back on His Changed World 18 Years After Garden State
If you can believe, it’s now been 18 years since Natalie Portman’s character, Sam, implored Zach Braff’s Andrew to don a giant set of headphones.
Wade Bowen Found the Answers He Needed in the Beauty of Simplicity
Now that it’s been a couple of years, stories continue to emerge of artists who turned the COVID-19 shutdown months into a fruitful period.
Megan James of Purity Ring hasn’t lost hope yet
For the most part, there’s a certain protocol when interviewing an artist over the phone. Publicists sometimes connect the interviewing journalist before excusing themselves
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Joshua Dylan Balis Makes Most of His Time on Earth Before It Burns
It’s predictably unpredictable. Life altering events are rarely planned or considerate of our daily schedules. They’re rather impolite in that way
The Turnpike Troubadours Finally Returned to Texas, Bringing Joy and Triumph With Them
Given its historic status, it’s fair to say that any concert at Billy Bob’s Texas in the Fort Worth Stockyards is a big show. Each Friday and Saturday night, the massive honky-tonk, pool hall, bull-riding arena hosts the biggest names in country music for over 5,000 fans. If you’re a…
Playing With a Beatle, an Eagle and Willie, Ray Wylie Hubbard Is More than Music’s Forrest Gump
It’s safe to say that any musician working today would be thrilled to be on a first name basis with a Beatle.
Cody Canada Takes Ownership of His Art and Musical Past Thanks to Taylor Swift
Global pop icon Taylor Swift and country rocker Cody Canada may not have many things in common, musically speaking.
For Wilco Leader Jeff Tweedy, Success Bears a Moral Responsibility
Acclaimed American rock band Wilco announced recently it would soon play some concerts to commemorate the 20th anniversary of its storied 2002 album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.
After Over 20 Years, Randy Rogers Wants To Make Things Like They Used To Be
Things are different for Randy Rogers these days. It’s a Monday morning when we speak, and the popular country bandleader is still feeling the effects of arriving at his Hill Country home late the night before.
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2022 Welcomes a Hopeful, Celebratory Spring for Opera in North Texas
Spurred on by the Covid-19 shutdown in 2020, the Fort Worth Opera and the Dallas Opera each went to work on plans to engage with their communities in new ways while providing their performers and longtime fans with ways to experience opera.
The War on Drugs’ Adam Granduciel Is a Rock Star, But He’s Just Like Us
It’s hard to fathom, but every so often we get glimpses into the lives of rock stars showing them to be regular, ordinary people, just like all of us non-rock stars.
From Poor David’s to Southfork to Billy Bob’s, North Texas Has Been Big for Hayes Carll
Over the course of his 20-year career, singer-songwriter Hayes Carll has received a great many accolades and performed on some of the most prestigious stages in the United States.
Outlaws, Addiction and Second Chances: The Unbelievable Life Journey of Waylon Payne
To suggest that country singer-songwriter Waylon Payne’s life story seems perfect for a book isn’t a stretch. In fact, it’s a bit surprising that a book hasn’t been written about him yet.
UNT Grad Jeff Coffin Lives His Best Lives as Author, Teacher and Dave Matthews Band Member
A couple of days after Labor Day, University of North Texas grad Jeff Coffin was in good spirits, although he was in full recovery mode from an unexpectedly wild holiday weekend.
Casey Hess Explores His Own Versatility With Goddess Built
If anything about life is predictable, it’s that it isn’t. Not that he needed it, but Casey Hess was reminded of this pandemic-enhanced rule this week.
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Local Breweries Look Back on Those Who Made 2020 Less Terrible
To properly look back on the year that has been 2020, you need to start in 2019. For many of us, there hasn’t been a more extreme difference between one year and the next as the change from last year to this year has presented. For Peticolas Brewing Co., New…
Pandemic or Not, Jackson Scribner’s Music Needs To Be Heard
A common question asked of many songwriters is whether the music or the lyrics come first when crafting a tune. Typically, the artist replies with something along the lines of “Well, it just depends, really, there’s no one set way to write a song.” For Jackson Scribner, such a question…
Dallas Restaurants Embrace More and New Tech to Move Forward Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic
As difficult as it can be to imagine just how everyday life during this pandemic may look and feel in a month — let alone how we’ll all be getting along years from now — local restaurant, bar and brewery operators don’t have the luxury of sitting calmly to see…
Garrett Owen and The Texas Gentlemen Release Two Twangy Texas Tunes
In an effort to detect as much of 2020’s silver lining as we can, it’s important to note that while live music hasn’t been much of an option in recent months, new music from our favorite local artists has thankfully not been in short supply. Just this week a couple…