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Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Dallas Observer. letters@dallasobserver.com (Dallas Observer Editor) web@voicemediagroup.com (Dallas Observer Webmaster) https://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss https://www.dallasobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/09/RSS-DAL_1320x825-100.jpg The Leading Independent News Source in Dallas, Texas https://www.dallasobserver.com 144 90 https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/dallas-guitarist-justin-lyons-knows-that-home-is-where-the-heat-is-turned-up-40683565/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/?p=40683565 Alex Gonzalez https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/dallas-guitarist-justin-lyons-knows-that-home-is-where-the-heat-is-turned-up-40683565/#respond Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:56:12 -0500 The coveted musician has toured all over the world with everyone from Lil' Wayne to Blackpink, but he says nowhere else stacks up to the talent here. ]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/dallas-guitarist-justin-lyons-knows-that-home-is-where-the-heat-is-turned-up-40683565/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/dallas-chef-dee-turns-up-the-heat-with-his-new-crossfire-album-40678454/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/?p=40678454 Alex Gonzalez https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/dallas-chef-dee-turns-up-the-heat-with-his-new-crossfire-album-40678454/#respond Fri, 22 May 2026 18:06:49 -0500 On his just-dropped fifth record, the musician and actual caterer finds the key ingredients to his R&B-rap fusion sound. ]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/dallas-chef-dee-turns-up-the-heat-with-his-new-crossfire-album-40678454/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/rising-country-singer-braxton-keith-reminds-us-the-genre-can-still-be-the-real-damn-deal-40677994/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/?p=40677994 Sean Stroud 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