Critic's Notebook

The Desk Jockeys are keeping their day jobs, even if their night job pays off.

Walker Wheeler Jr. angered Post Malone fans and got his own name out there last week, all with one video.

These cool kids come from cool parents: One of them was raised by Black Panthers.

The live music scene has a gem in Denton with multi-instrumentalist Raymond MacDonald.

And her husband thinks the nickname “Insurrectionist Barbie” is “hot.”

DFW’s Leon Bridges and Charley Crockett are two of many Texans whose music enlivens the blockbuster.

The legendary producer was the focus of an AI-assisted Dallas screening of a documentary about his life.

Dallas has always known her as the G.O.A.T. Now Forbes has made it official.

The Dallas darling lives in Atlanta now, but came home to release her first full album among friends.

Dallas is lucky to be hosting a film about music innovator Brian Eno on Saturday.

Need to fund a project or your next month’s rent? There are plenty of financial opportunities available to Dallas musicians that can help with that.

The band’s debut single “House of Cards” is highly relatable, but there’s a deeper meaning to the song.

The country singer apologized and announced plans to check into rehab.

Indie-rock band Nesting Doll moved from San Marcos to pursue a career in Denton, and the move is already paying off with a string of gigs.

Straight from the garage: Denton-based band Spun proves even total strangers can make solid music.

We all get stage fright or social anxiety. Dallas musicians tell us how they deal with nerves before performing.

The vault of pop culture artifacts goes back decades and includes t-shirts, posters and concert tickets.

Lee Russell, a famed Dallas radio DJ, is bringing the old school back to the airwaves with a new radio station: 128db Rock.

Twenty years after the Richardson native’s “SNL” lip-syncing scandal, we still don’t see what all the fuss was about.

Dallas has a new cool band in Wolves Reign, who are closely knit and closely angsty.

The long-revered music critic and Texas music history expert will be remembered for his singular voice.

Summertime has been romanced in song as long as humans have been capable of imagining.