“Amid so much vapidity in 1980s pop music, Sinead O Connor’s was a brand of art that didn’t shy away from shortcomings, or from having a distinct point of view,” writes music critic Preston Jones.
To celebrate the great Tony Bennett, here’s a look back at his 2018 performance in Dallas. At age 91.
Believe it or not, it’s been 20 years since Kings of Leon released “Youth & Young Manhood.” We are old.
Asleep at the Wheel woke us the f up on Saturday night with a show with Amanda Shires.
We haven’t heard from Dallas singer Lily Taylor in a while, but that doesn’t mean that she hasn’t been busy.
Fountains of Wayne showered us with a pop hit that won’t quit. Name that tune.
KXT 91.7 FM’s program director Benji McPhail wasted little time saying what was likely on the minds of most filing into the Kessler Theater Wednesday night. “You are never gonna see Ben Folds in a place this small ever again,” he offered by way of introduction. The sold-out space -…
It’s been 225 years since DMB released Before These Crowded Streets, and it’s still fire.
Country icon emmylou Harris was a perfect choice for the nostalgic Longhorn Ballroom.
Taylor Swift is not the only performer who can play three consecutive shows in one venue. Lyle Lovett is still at the top of his game at 65.
Fort Worth native Kelly Clarkson stays on top of pop culture through her firm determination to be true to herself in the face of pitiless music industry.
For about three minutes Friday night, everything was as it had once been. Maren Morris, who was born and raised in Arlington, about 20 miles to the south and west of where she stood on the Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory’s stage
The Euclid Tavern in Cleveland, which closed in 2018, had a capacity of about 150. Standing before a Dallas audience easily 100 times that size, Dan Auerbach explained how that cozy room led to the vast one in which we all found ourselves on Tuesday night.
Time and again, Alan Jackson has demonstrated a gift for the backward glance. The pull of memory, the golden glow of better days, the first blush of love – the singer-songwriter has shown his ability to evoke nostalgia without succumbing to sentimentality as far back as “I’d Love You All Over Again,”
In a new production by Uptown Players, Kinky Boots still stands tall with its messages of empathy, tolerance and understanding.
As the not-quite-capacity audience milled about the Factory in Deep Ellum Friday night, the anticipatory hum of pre-concert excitement in the air
Vulnerability has its limits. Musicians, particularly those adept at excavating the stories of their own lives, can, over time, tire of chipping off another infinitesimal piece of themselves and sharing it,
The wry joke in the Cactus Blossoms’ name becomes apparent the moment the singing starts. As it happened Friday.
Perhaps it’s pointing out the glaringly obvious, but the energy at a Raul Malo concert is markedly different than that of a Mavericks concert.
Stepping inside the Winspear Opera House Wednesday night was like entering a womb. That sensation only intensified as Icelandic post-rock group Sigur Ros filtered onto the stage
It took four songs before Jack White got the reaction he sought.After playing the first three songs of his fourth studio album Fear of the Dawn, in sequence to kick off his Tuesday night concert at the Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
The moment the first chords of “Can’t Buy Me Love” rang out, the weight of years evaporated. So it was Tuesday night.
