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Preston Jones

Preston Jones is a Dallas-based writer who spent a decade as the pop music critic for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, where the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors honored his work three times, including a 2017 first place award for comment and criticism (Class AAAA). His writing has also appeared in the New York Observer, The Dallas Morning News, the Houston Chronicle, Central Track, Oklahoma Today and Slant Magazine.

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What’s Old Is New: 9 Local Music Acts that Appeal to Our Nostalgia

By Diamond Rodrigue and OthersApril 10, 2024

Beloved sounds from a previous era can be heard in some of the greatest artists from North Texas today.

Lydia (left) and Laura (right) Rogers are the Secret Sisters

The Secret Sisters’ Sparkling Sibling Harmonies Made the Kessler Theater Glow

By Preston JonesApril 7, 2024

Unshakable love for one another and incandescent talents give spectacular lift to their Americana-tinged music.

Bob Dylan performing in Los Angeles

Bob Dylan Brings It All Back to Dallas With Hypnotic Fair Park Performance

By Preston JonesApril 5, 2024

The Nobel-winning wordsmith musician still has the spark he’s carried since his old days in the Village.

Neko Case Finds Her Groove, With Help From Granada Theater Crowd

By Preston JonesApril 2, 2024

Bad weather and a bummer mood couldn’t dampen Neko Case’s phenomenal talent.

Icon Patti LuPone Shares ‘A Life in Notes’ in Masterful Eisemann Center Show

By Preston JonesMarch 24, 2024

The Broadway legend received many standing ovations on Saturday night.

Portrait of Amos Lee

Amos Lee Keeps It Loose, Keeps It Tight with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra

By Preston JonesMarch 23, 2024

Making his first Dallas appearance in six years, Amos Lee was joined by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

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Kelly Clarkson Found Her Footing 15 Years Ago with <i>All I Ever Wanted</i>

Kelly Clarkson Found Her Footing 15 Years Ago with All I Ever Wanted

By Preston JonesMarch 10, 2024

The Burleson native makes pop music on her own terms.

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Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks Defy Time, Bring the Hits to AT&T Stadium

By Preston JonesMarch 10, 2024

Fans turn out for an emotional recounting of hits from two pop icons.

25 years Later, Office Space Remains So Funny it Hurts

By Preston JonesFebruary 29, 2024

Yeah, we’re gonna need you to go ahead and acknowledge how Office Space invented cringe comedy.

Norah Jones is pictured from around the time her album Come Away With Me was released 22 years ago.

Critics Slammed Norah Jones’ Sophomore Album, but It Had No Business Being That Good

By Preston JonesFebruary 28, 2024

Following up a massively adored album isn’t easy, but Norah Jones delivered with “Feels Like Home.” Too bad critics disagreed.

Extreme performing at House of Blues in Dallas.

Extreme Rocks Sold-Out House of Blues for Its First Dallas Show in 16 years

By Preston JonesFebruary 18, 2024

Extreme knows how to put on a professional rock show. The “More Than Words” band played a sold-out show at Dallas’ House of Blues.

The Mavericks Let the Good Times Roll in Fort Worth’s Stockyards

The Mavericks Let the Good Times Roll in Fort Worth’s Stockyards

By Preston JonesFebruary 10, 2024

A near-capacity crowd at Tannahill’s Tavern in Fort Worth on Friday couldn’t get enough of The Mavericks.

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The North Texas Music Releases We’re Looking Forward to in 2024

By Preston JonesFebruary 7, 2024

Dallas has some of the world’s best artists, so naturally, we’re excited for these upcoming releases.

20 Years Ago, Ryan Adams Found Beauty in the Shadows on the Exquisite Love Is Hell

By Preston JonesDecember 18, 2023

“Ryan Adams has made love hell for those who adore his work,” writes critic Preston Jones, looking back on the 20th anniversary of the singer’s “Love Is Hell.”

Barenaked Ladies’ Blend of Silly and Serious Is As Potent 20 Years After Everything to Everyone

By Preston JonesDecember 11, 2023

Barenaked Ladies are so much more than their hit “One Week.”

25 years ago, Alanis Morissette Traded Height For Depth on Her Masterful Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie

By Preston JonesNovember 2, 2023

Yeah, we all remember “Jagged Little Pill.” But its follow-up was just as masterful.

Peter Gabriel Stopped Time at American Airlines Center, His First Dallas Show in 12 Years

By Preston JonesOctober 20, 2023

The “Sledgehammer” hitmaker returned to Dallas after 12 years – and nailed it.

Ben Folds Brings What Matters Most To Collaborate With Dallas Symphony Orchestra

By Preston JonesOctober 18, 2023

The musician will perform with the DSO in a harmonious collaboration.

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20 Years Ago, Rufus Wainwright Emerged From ‘Gay Hell’ With the Masterpiece Want One

By Preston JonesOctober 5, 2023

We’re still not over “Want One” by Rufus Wainwright, even 20 years after its release.

Pearl Jam Brought ‘Something Different’ to Its Fort Worth Debut

By Preston JonesSeptember 14, 2023

Eddie Vedder joked that he should put an ad in the Observer for a new drummer for Pearl Jam.

20 years ago, My Morning Jacket Made Its Masterpiece, It Still Moves

By Preston JonesSeptember 11, 2023

My Morning Jacket came out strong with a trilogy of great records, but none was better than “It Still Moves.”

Blondshell Brings Raw and Intense Rock to Dallas for a Debut Headlining Tour

Blondshell Brings Raw and Intense Rock to Dallas for a Debut Headlining Tour

By Preston JonesJuly 28, 2023

Blondshell’s Sabrina Teitelbaum is ready to apply everything she knows to her first headlining tour.

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