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Lola's Saloon Gets Some Room to Breathe (and Park) With Its Expanded Patio

By Steve Watkins
Nov 24, 2015

In Fort Worth, Lola’s Saloon is live music. Just off the 7th St. corridor, the bar has been hosting live music week in and week out for the last decade. Some of the city’s most memorable music events have happened in this joint, and just about every live music freak...
John Rody's All-Local The Pirate Radio Station Has Launched in Fort Worth

By Steve Watkins
Sep 22, 2015

Back in February we told you about John Rody, a Texas Radio Hall of Famer who secured one of the FCC’s new community radio licenses enabling him to go on the air with a low-wattage FM radio station, known as The Pirate. The station, which has existed in Internet streaming...
John Rody Launches Pirate Radio, a Radical New All-Local Music Station in Fort Worth

By Steve Watkins
Feb 9, 2015

A little over two years ago, Texas Radio Hall of Famer John Rody and his wife Sallie launched The Southside Pirate, a Fort Worth-based Internet radio station dedicated to only playing local music. But they weren't content to just stream music; they filed for a frequency under the Community Radio...
Ryan Tharp's Debut Album Has Been 11 Years in the Making

By Steve Watkins
Jan 29, 2015

The first time I met Ryan Tharp was at Wingstock 2014. Amidst the chaos and buffalo wing sauce Tharp and his band were doing a soulful, yet somewhat experimental set -- bluesy, but with a certain tinge of Radiohead. So when I managed to wrangle a preview copy of Tharp's...
Gollay is Fort Worth's Most Fascinating Songwriter

By Steve Watkins
Jan 15, 2015

Rachel Gollay comes in out of the cold and into the lounge at the Live Oak Music Hall in Fort Worth's trendy, gentrified Fairmount neighborhood. In spite of the cold, she decided to brave the trip on foot. Meeting Gollay, "rock star" isn't the first thing that enters your mind...

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