Critic's Notebook

It has been 16 years since Nuwamba’s first studio album, Above the Water, drew instant international attention.

It’s crawling toward midnight on a steamy Monday evening in Deep Ellum. Elm Street is just about empty, except for a small crowd standing outside the big garage door windows of Three Links.

Just think about this: Humanity has gone from the Age of Reason to the Era of the Celebrity Meal. You would think that after coming to be enlightened a few centuries ago, we would’ve ended up in a better spot, but no

As an artist and producer, LeRoyce has always chosen to put the quality of his music above anything else.

Many artists like to call themselves a “jack of all trades” but in the case of Nychelle, the cliché fits. As a mother, tattoo artist, business owner and a rapper

Texas’ metal scene is as punishing as they come, and now, it’s got a new supergroup to contend with: Fugitive.

Steve Jones would probaby rather listen to the sound of nails on a chalkboard, on a loop, than to the Sex Pistols. He’s heard them plenty, since before anyone else.

Ten years ago, singer, composer and KXT host Paul Slavens self-released Alphabet Girls Vol. I, a stream of jazz tunes with an alphabetical list of songs about famous women in power.

On her latest single, “Not Again,” 18-year-old Jenna Raine confidently kisses off an ex who comes around after she finds her own happiness.

Texas hip-hop history is not complete without the mention of Robert Earl Davis Jr., known musically as DJ Screw.

What better way to accompany the Rangers’ next homestand than with what may be America’s second favorite pastime: movies about baseball?

Rashad Spain, who is better known by his stage name Saucy Santana, is a former makeup artist for hip-hop duo City Girls and began his musical career in February 2019

Rapper P$O Kwama has been riding an ascending wave and onlookers are just starting to catch on. Just this week, he’ll be performing on June 23 at On Premise in Deep Ellum.

Live music still provides the beat that summons crowds to Deep Ellum. The neighborhood at the heart of Dallas’ nightlife scene is endlessly changing.

Mike Mroz, the guitarist and one of the founding members of the Dallas-born AC/DC tribute group Back in Black, approached the task of making a documentary about his longtime music group

Too often, the stories of immigrants are told through a lens focused only on agony, the struggles that come to a screeching halt once their journey to America is complete.

The only public classical music station in all of Texas will remain public and classical.

Whether you know him by name or not, you’ve definitely seen Marc Rebillet’s videos. Armed with a keyboard, loop machine and production equipment, the North Texan native has become omnipresent in the digital realm

The funny thing about what happens when bands reunite is that they have to prove they’re worthy of a comeback.

A local piece of heavy metal history is gone. The current owner of the 3,784 sq. ft. mansion in Arlington once owned and occupied by the late Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul tore it down just a few months after purchasing it in February.

If you had gone up to bassist Michael League in his freshman year studying jazz at University of North Texas and told him that someday he would win four Grammys

In popular music, which is often all about staying on brand and in the now ans facet of an artist’s public persona reflects the work they’re currently promoting, it’s easy to forget that concert tours don’t always have to bear the name of their headliner’s most recent album.