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DJ GSpook (Pedro González) spun records and rhymes for K104 FM and 97.9 FM The Beat and was one of both stations' first Latino on-air talents.

DJ GSpook Remembered for His Legacy in Latino Hip-Hop

By Danny Gallagher

Mar 23, 2021

Pedro González Radio DJs have to craft a personality for their on-air audience. Hip-hop DJ and musician Pedro González, known as GSpook, didn't need to make up a personality to reach his audience. "He was the same person," says Dallas DJ J-Kruz, who met GSpook when they worked at K104 FM...

Black Tie Dynasty from left: Cory Watson (vocals,guitar), Brian McCorquodale (synths), Eddie Thomas (drums), Blake McWhorter (bass)

Tragic Kingdom: Black Tie Dynasty's New Reign Is Wrecked by COVID

By Preston Jones

Jan 27, 2021

This was always going to be a bittersweet story. A story about four friends, bound together by the act of creation and love for one another, whose creative exploits are a part of Dallas-Fort Worth music history and who had rediscovered their artistic bond in time to mount a potential...

John Ashley Bellamy was a beloved figure in the Dallas art scene who gifted the city a yearly Christmas party at the Moon Mansion.

John Ashley Bellamy’s Death Marks the End of a Long-Standing Christmas Tradition in Dallas

By Atheena Frizzell

Dec 22, 2020

John Ashley Bellamy, a Dallas artist and arts patron, died Tuesday, Dec. 8, at age 77. For many Dallasites, Bellamy’s death also means an end to a long-standing holiday tradition: the annual Christmas Eve party where eclectic crowds gathered each year to celebrate at Bellamy’s home, an old church known...

Mississippi-born country legend Charley Pride chose North Texas as his home. He made a whole country proud.

North Texas Is Proud to Claim Country Legend and Native Mississippian Charley Pride

By Jacob Reyes

Dec 16, 2020

Country music trailblazer Charley Pride died Saturday at the age of 86 of complications of COVID-19. News of Pride's death was first announced through the singer’s website. Known for breaking systemic racial barriers in the country music industry, Pride became a celebrated name in a predominantly white genre. Hits such...

Composer David Zoller left an immeasurable legacy in the world of jazz music.

Dallas Jazz Musician and Composer David Zoller Died on Monday

By Eva Raggio and Jacob Reyes

Nov 13, 2020

David Zoller, Dallas pianist and composer, died Monday morning at his home surrounded by family, his son Matt Zoller Seitz announced. Zoller, who was born in 1941, was revered for three generations for his jazz and piano compositions. His discography includes 3x4x, Snug Harbor and Love Song to a Genie...

Dallas rapper Mo3, a successful recording artist, was shot to death Wednesday.

Dallas Rapper Mo3 Is Confirmed Dead After Shooting

By Bryson "Boom" Paul

Nov 12, 2020

The Dallas hip-hop community was rocked to its core Wednesday afternoon as news flooded social media that recording artist Mo3 was reportedly shot and killed. The shooting reportedly occurred near the intersection of RL Thornton Freeway (I-35) and Marsalis Avenue in Oak Cliff. According to law enforcement, the 28-year-old artist...

University of Texas at Austin student and North Dallas native Marshall Comeaux (left) with Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek.

Dallas Jeopardy! Players Recall Their Memories With Host Alex Trebek

By Danny Gallagher

Nov 10, 2020

If it looks like being a game show host may be the easiest job in Earth, it's because Canadian-born broadcaster and Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek made it seem so. Unlike the flashy, plaid sportscoat-sporting emcees of the '70s who tried to be the center of attention, Trebek, who died at...

We tip our hat to you, Billy Joe Shaver.

Texas Country Is Already Poorer Without Billy Joe Shaver and Jerry Jeff Walker

By Garrett Gravley

Nov 5, 2020

The world of outlaw country endured a devastating week as two of its seminal, esoteric legends, Jerry Jeff Walker and Billy Joe Shaver, died last Friday and Wednesday, respectively. Austin stalwart Walker is best remembered for writing the immortal hit “Mr. Bojangles,” which was covered by Sammy Davis Jr.; Bob...

Frank Mendez (left) with his husband Blas Amaya-Mendez.

Frank Mendez, Dallas Teacher and Selena Actor, Died on Sunday

By Eva Raggio

Oct 6, 2020

Frank Mendez, a Corpus Christi actor and one-time Dallas resident, died on Sunday. He was 57. Mendez is best remembered for a memorable scene in the 1997 biopic Selena, as the character credited as “Second Cholo.” During a scene from the film, when the singer’s bus gets stuck on the...

Riley Gale, frontman of Power Trip, died this week at age 34.

Power Trip Vocalist Riley Gale Dead at 34

By Garrett Gravley

Aug 26, 2020

Riley Gale, the vocalist of Dallas thrash metal and hardcore punk vets Power Trip, died on Monday night, the band confirmed in a statement Tuesday. He was 35. “It is with the greatest of sadness we must announce that our lead singer and brother Riley Gale passed away last night,”...

Artist Scott tucker with '60s icon Trini Lopez, who died on Tuesday.

Trini Lopez's Legacy Resonates With Dallas Musicians

By Eva Raggio

Aug 13, 2020

Trini Lopez, a music and film icon of the 1960s, died of COVID-19 complications on Tuesday. He was 83. Lopez was born in Dallas on May 13, 1937, and spent his early years in what we now call “Uptown,” then known as “Little Mexico.” “It was a Mexican and Black...

Comedian Clint Werth performs stand up at the Dallas Comedy House in Deep Ellum.

Comedian Clint Werth Leaves a Legacy of Comedic Edginess

By Danny Gallagher

Aug 3, 2020

It's easy to believe that a comedy scene wouldn't exist without comics like Clint Werth. The deeper truth is that there wouldn't be a great comedy scene without comics like Werth. "Clint was a guy who played it so cool all the time," says comedian and Dallas Comedy House (DCH)...

Mr. Troll, a local music treasure, died this week, his family said.

Mr. Troll, Dallas Music Scene's Iconic Hippie, Has Died

By Jacob Vaughn

Jun 11, 2020

Ramon Mallow was a self-proclaimed hippie. People knew him as Mr. Troll in the Dallas-Fort Worth music scene, a moniker from his old biker days. His family called him Danny, after his middle name Daniel. His sister Faye Price said she always called her brother a bohemian. He prided himself...

Bill Wisener, local music scene legend, champion and hero, died on Friday.

Dallas Music Scene Remembers Record Store Owner and Icon Bill Wisener

By Eva Raggio

Jan 14, 2020

This past Friday, Bill Wisener, who owned the iconic Bill’s Records for over 40 years, died at age 75. Wisener was a venerable Dallas figure, a chain-smoking music connoisseur who had endless stories and meaningful pleasantries for customers. He died the way he’ll be remembered by most: sitting behind the...

Austin musician Daniel Johnston passed away this Tuesday. His genius lives on.

Nothing Stopped Daniel Johnston from Being an Artist. Nothing.

By Garrett Gravley

Sep 13, 2019

I’ve always hated the notion of the “tortured genius” since it essentially glamorizes an artist’s devastating struggle. Isn’t music supposed to, as Woody Guthrie once put it, “comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable?” I’ll admit, it has become harder for me to intellectually defend my disdain for this archetype...

Kylie Rae Harris, a country star and mother, passed away on Wednesday night.

Dallas Music Scene Mourns the Death of Rising Country Star Kylie Rae Harris

By Christian McPhate

Sep 6, 2019

Every 48 minutes, someone is killed in a drunk driving crash. It’s the leading cause of death on U.S. roads, ending more than 37,00 people’s lives in 2017, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. On Wednesday night, that someone turned out to be rising Texas country music star...

Musician David Berman, a former Dallas native, died of unknown causes on Wednesday.

The Wandering Poet Is Dead: David Berman Died on Wednesday

By Christian McPhate

Aug 8, 2019

“O Dallas, you shine with an evil light / Don’t you know that God stays up all night / How’d you turn a billion steers / Into buildings made of mirrors / Why am I drawn to you tonight.” David Berman penned those words more than 20 years ago. They...

Katherine Owens was a theater visionary who established North Texas as a place for theater troupes led by women.

Dallas Theater Pioneer Katherine Owens Dies

By Christian McPhate

Jul 24, 2019

For 35 years, theater visionary Katherine Owens created expressive art in a basement in Deep Ellum, taking audiences to far away places and fairy tale lands created by legendary playwrights such as Samuel Beckett and David Rabe. As co-founder and co-director of the Undermain Theatre troupe, Owens established North Texas...

Tammi True was a burlesque performer in Jack Ruby's club in the 1960s.

Tammi True, Texas Burlesque Queen, Died Tuesday, Leaving Behind a Legacy Tied to History

By Christian McPhate

Jul 12, 2019

They called her Miss Excitement. Her real name was Nancy Bolen, then Powell, then Myers. But she was better known as Tammi True. With blonde, big hair like Marilyn Monroe’s, True looked like a movie starlet. She thought she resembled Kim Novak, who was best known for Alfred Hitchcok's Vertigo...

Actor Peter Mayhew offered a tribute to actress Carrie Fisher at the Marvelous Nerd Year's Eve convention in 2016 in Dallas.

Star Wars Colleagues and Friends React to Death of Chewbacca Actor Peter Mayhew

By Danny Gallagher

May 3, 2019

Peter Mayhew, the actor who played the towering Wookie Chewbacca in several Star Wars movies, has passed away. Mayhew's family delivered the news of his passing in a statement on his official Facebook page. He died Tuesday at his home in Boyd surrounded by his family, according to the statement...

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