On a chilly January day in their hometown of Denton, the members of beloved folk-rock outfit Midlake are having a spirited discussion about bagels.

The Venn diagram for iconic rock bands Foreigner and King Crimson do not have a lot of overlap. It’s safe to say that most devoted fans of one do not own any records by the other, and the descriptor “rock band primarily active in the 1970s” is about as far as you’ll get when it comes to their similarities – except for one extraordinarily key element of both groups: multi-instrumentalist Ian McDonald.

Of the nearly 55 years that Jethro Tull has existed as rock ‘n’ roll’s ambassador of flute-driven English folk music, 45 of those years were driven by the muscular guitar battery of Martin Barre

There can never be another Meat Loaf.The artist who was born in Dallas in 1947 as Marvin Lee Aday and died Thursday at the age of 74.

Supposedly, Elton John was responsible for 2% of all music sold on Earth in the mid ’70s. Frankly, that claim doesn’t seem that too far-fetched, given the absurdly large and consistently great body of work John had accumulated up to that point.

Here is the definition of what you would call a “fun fact”: Michael Nesmith’s mother invented Wite-Out. While Bette Nesmith Graham was toiling away to perfect and market what would eventually be trademarked as Liquid Paper, her son Michael was on the precipice of becoming one of the biggest musical stars of the 1960s as a part of the breakout TV show and pop group The Monkees.

In 1976, Joni Mitchell ran away. She ran away from everything – her home, her occupation, her partner, her lover, even her identity.

There’s an eternal debate about whether musicians perform better under the influence.

If you do a Google search for Brianna Ruelas, the autocomplete features the subtitle “singer.” Ruelas just released her first single, “Thieves,” and though she’s technically just “starting” her singing career now at age 42, she’s been a singer her whole life and a force in the music industry for the last decade.

North Texas musician Jonathan Tyler is ready to rock again with a new single and accompanying video for “Moon & Stars” from his as-of-yet unannounced upcoming album. The video for “Moon & Stars” is an elaborate affair, with Tyler and model/actress Zoe Prewitt in a Corvette driving around scenes resembling…

Adam Melchor can’t help but smile. As he opens the camera on his end of our Zoom interview, Melchor’s smile is cutting through a cloudy and rainy backdrop reminiscent of the chilling final scene in the movie Cloverfield.

It’s a good time to be Jaci Butler. Jaci is pronounced like “Jackie,” and she’s a Rowlett native who’s been extraordinarily busy for the past 19 months.