To suggest that country singer-songwriter Waylon Payne’s life story seems perfect for a book isn’t a stretch. In fact, it’s a bit surprising that a book hasn’t been written about him yet.
Sitting outside on a chilly November day, Kazunori Tanaka sits with his trumpet case and a shot of liquor having just played a set of jazz with his band, Texas Sloth Loincloth.
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…
It’s generally hard to know what’s real in this world, but it’s especially hard in the age of social media.
An assignment you’ll often get when you take a photography class is to take a photo emulating your favorite photographer.
On a hot August night in 2012, two of the most iconic women in modern rock music shared the stage for the first time in El Paso.
There are some pretty big decisions to be made this weekend, North Texas. With all of this week’s 10 best concerts occurring within three days of each other, music fans have a lot of options Thursday, Friday and Saturday night.
It may not be obvious, but meditation can be essential to making music. Whether it’s as simple as just going fishing or more traditional guided breathwork, all creative minds have a need to be at one with themselves in order to let the creative juices flow.
Since she first made headlines for defying lockdown orders for Texas businesses, Shelley Luther has become a multi-hyphenate household name as a salon owner-turned-political-martyr/aspiring musician.
Of all the bands in the 1960s that cracked open the colors of new musical possibilities, few are as underappreciated as The Moody Blues.
Chvrches excels at finding light in darkness. The group’s fourth and latest studio album, Screen Violence, the impetus for the tour which brought the Scottish synth-pop trio to the South Side Ballroom Sunday night, is a prime example.
Over the course of the past (almost) two years, many have chosen to reflect and take into consideration what brings us fulfillment. For some, that means making more time for those already close to us. For others, it means distancing ourselves from those who no longer bring us joy. For…
There’s something creeping in the shadows, stalking the heroine as she limps along in a tattered dress that’s streaked with grime and blood. She has managed to evade death, but only so far. As the first rays of sunlight begin to peek over the horizon, it becomes clear that she…
One of the best things that has come out of the age of consuming music digitally is the way people listen to wildly eclectic playlists that jump from one genre to the next without any ease in the transition.
Tame Impala has a way of emphasizing time that fixes your attention.It’s both obvious – there are an abundance of song titles explicitly referencing time and its passage, like “One More Hour,” “Eventually” or “Lost in Yesterday” – and subtle: an extended guitar solo given a moment to breathe, a single lyric uttered so frequently it becomes a mantra, or a loop repeated so insistently your own perception of time folds in on itself.
Back in October of 2015, artist and Yells At Eels trumpet player Dennis González was finishing his last piece for an exhibition in Oak Cliff. It was huge; he had worked on it for about a month-and-a-half.
Brother Moses drummer Corey Dill is out of the hospital, but he’s still got a long way to go to make a full recovery.
Rapper Yella Beezy Facing Sexual Assault, Weapon and Child Endangerment Charges
Stay calm, Thanksgiving crusaders, the Stoneleigh P has your back. Now that Halloween is behind us, holly jolly die-harders can rejoice.
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.
After multiple delays, Enrique Iglesias and Ricky Martin finally brought their joint tour to American Airlines Center this past Wednesday.
This week, smaller and local shows get a bigger spotlight than they have in recent weeks, with Tame Impala taking one of Dallas’ largest stages Tuesday night at American Airlines Center. The shows are also much lounder than they have been with acts like The Casualties and Frozen Soul playing…
