Music

Just like clockwork, a new year ushers in a fresh batch of promising new North Texas recording artists poised to be the next big thing.

Let’s be honest – 2021 didn’t end on a cute note. Hopefully, in the new year those who are responsibly vaccinated and boosted will be able to enjoy life’s simple pleasures again,

It’s a Tuesday afternoon, and Sur Duda’s lead singer Cameron Smith takes a break from helping a group of friends hanging out at The Boiled Owl Tavern.

Is Marc Rebillet more contagious than the omicron variant? It’s a fair question, or at least it was for a few hours on Friday night at the Factory in Deep Ellum.

This week, three Jeopardy! contestants were stumped by the clue, “The stage name of this rapper and actor gets shortened to MGK,” given by host Ken Jennings.

Casie Farrell remembers the moment she decided she’d make a living by chasing the high of music. She was fitted in all-black – from her signature bangs to her sleek leather pants – and found herself among more than a thousand people entranced by the high-tempo, pulsating rhythm of techno on the basement floor of Berlin’s underground club Tresor.

Austin likes to think it’s the music capital of Texas, but we beg to differ. While Austin may be the home of famed music festivals, Dallas is the foundation that molded music icons of likes of Erykah Badu, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Usher and Blind Lemon Jefferson, who all found their musical footing in Dallas – a fact many tend to overlook.

The last nearly-two-years spurred a great deal of losses of all kinds in the music industry, from shuttered venues to billions in revenue and tours and albums postponed.

The shadow of the pandemic seems to keep returning like a champion eater with a buffet pass. A lot has changed since it all started in March 2020, but any changes in Deep Ellum started long before a global catastrophe transformed our way of life as we know it.

After over a year off, the North Texas music scene came roaring back this year to make up for lost time. From the acts we saw this year, it’s clear that many artists used their extra time to build up their musicianship,

For the last three years, former President and national tastemaker Barack Obama has released his annual summer and year-end playlists on Spotify.

It’s been a big year for singer David Archuleta. Over the past 12 months, the American Idol runner up has gained a large following on TikTok, where he answers fan questions and stitches in videos of himself harmonizing with other singers