Beyoncé With Bunb B and DJ Khaled AT&T Stadium, Arlington Monday, May 9, 2016 There are few artists capable of giving performances that transcend to something beyond just a plain old concert, but Beyoncé is chief among them. Outside of her status as an artistic visionary, fashion legend and feminist…
Dean Terry and Patrick Murphy thought their event was rock solid. In March, the city awarded the pair a $5,000 grant as part of the Cultural Projects Program of the Office of Cultural Affairs. They called the proposal Acoustic Nerves, a three-day nonprofit event that would combine installation, performance art…
Texas music bleeds the blues, but finding a place to enjoy them in the Dallas-Fort Worth area seems nearly impossible these days. The blues have gone so far underground that Google Maps has a hard time locating the clubs on the map. So until a blues lover with deep pockets opens…
Paul Simon Winspear Opera House, Dallas Sunday, May 8, 2016 Paul Simon knows there’s no real trick to getting old. It just sort of happens. You keep doing what you do, and maybe you do it with grace. At Winspear Opera House on Sunday night, Simon didn’t do anything too…
Sturgill Simpson The Bomb Factory, Dallas Saturday, May 7, 2016 It’s been a long road for Sturgill Simpson. A year and a half ago, in November 2014, Simpson packed Club Dada to capacity twice on the same cold, rainy night. At the time, he had come virtually out of nowhere…
So you’re sitting there, head in your hands, wondering how you could’ve forgotten Mother’s Day. It’s okay. You know how you can make it up to her? By spending outrageous sums to get her tickets to see Beyoncé tonight. Or maybe Hall & Oates is a bit more her speed?…
The local music community has banded together to host even more benefit shows for the 30-year-old Rustin Luther, a local musician who has been diagnosed with a fatal brain tumor. Trees recently joined the rooster of several other Dallas and Fort Worth Clubs hosting benefit shows, hosting “Fight Rustin Fight” on Saturday,…
Matthew Medlock, owner of Legacy Music Group, began shocked but is now exhausted. But he is, ultimately, unfazed. Wednesday morning, just before 6:00 A.M., one of his clients, a producer, was shot at his recording studio in Deep Ellum. Medlock has no idea who the shooter was or what his…
Cliff Simms has some big ideas for the music industry. While that name might not yet ring a bell, his title might: co-founder and vice president of creative services for the British label DEFDISCO. And that is a name that has been on our radar thanks to their signing of…
Were you planning on going to Addison tonight? If you were planning on celebrating Cinco De Mayo, there’s a good chance you might’ve been. In which case, you probably already know all about the Lil Flip show happening there tonight. But just in case: Lil Flip is playing a show…
Ms. Lauryn Hill The Bomb Factory, Dallas Wednesday, May 4, 2016 Ms. Lauryn Hill is in the business of making her fans wait. It’s been almost 20 years since she released the innovative solo album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, and she’s yet to release a follow-up. Wednesday night at The Bomb…
Josh Baish is still in shock about having to close Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios. The Denton music venue, which he’s owned and operated since 1997 — virtually all of his adult life — has been his life’s work. But with his divorce from his ex-wife finalized on Monday, Gloves unexpectedly…
Talk all you want about being “over” Austin and its festivals, but every once in a while you just have to swallow your pride. Austin City Limits’ lineup for its 15th annual festival, announced overnight, is definitely one of those occasions. The fact that Radiohead will be headlining this year’s…
Not that long ago, techno music was a dirty secret in Dallas. It was genre banned from peak-time status and banished to the wee-hour slots — if it was booked at all. But, in the form of their production duo Cache Money, Andrew Glebhoff and Adam Jilek are a perfect examples…
After 20 years as a Denton punk institution, and one of the most revered punk venues in North Texas, Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studio announced this morning that it will be closing its doors come June 5. “No easy way to say this, so we’re just gonna come right out and…
At the age of 26, Brandon “YoungStarr Beatz” Henshaw has done pretty well for himself. The Dallas producer has had viral dance hits. He’s been atop the Billboard charts. He’s gone Platinum. But if it hadn’t been for a fateful car ride his senior year of high school, he might…
Six Shooter is a recurring feature where we highlight six new releases by North Texas-based musicians, with some extra ammo to spare The school year’s almost over and summer’s just around the corner, which means things are getting busy in Dallas music. From a trio of sharp-witted teenagers to a…
Jeremy DuQuesnay Adams didn’t live a life in music, but for the world at large it will be the thing he’ll always be remembered for. Adams, a longtime professor at SMU, was a brilliant scholar who dedicate his life to education and writing. But in 1968, he became a part…
It may seem hard to believe, but once upon a time Dallas had its very own version of John Peel on the local radio airwaves. And that man worked, of all places, at The Edge, long before corporate radio companies like Clear Channel had come to assert local dominance. His name was…
For a city so laden with Western stereotypes — the cowboy hats, the boots, the big hair — Dallas isn’t necessarily a city of country music fans. But it’s a city that has richly contributed to the history of country music, so at least a basic understanding of the genre…
The Observer needs a part-time clubs editor. The job is 12 hours a week and duties include: — Data entry to keep our clubs listings current and managing the Dallas Observer concert calendar. — Processing reader-submitted calendar items. — Writing brief descriptions for notable concerts. — Slackers need not apply…
Boom 94.5 Fest With Master P, Kurtis Blow, Big Daddy Kane and more Fair Park, Dallas Saturday, April 30, 2016 This year’s Boom 94.5 Festival wasn’t just a love letter to the history of rap. It was a group therapy session for the lovers and practitioners of hip-hop. The theme…
